H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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HASTINGS' WATERMELON SEED 
Is Strictly Southern Grown and Saved from Crops Grown Exclusively for Seed. All Seed Taken from Selected 
Melons only. No Melons Sold or Shipped from Our Crops. Hastings' Melon Seed Will More Than Satisfy You. 
A Good, Sweet, Juicy Old-Time Augusta Rattlesnake Watermelon Grown from Hastings’ Seed 
Hastings’ Augusta Rattlesnake Watermelon ( No.'252 ) melon-growing State, fn no place in the world 
are finer, sweeter melons grown than the Rattlesnake in certain Georgia localities, especially suited to it. No one has such pure seed of 
this famous variety as ourselves. It is simply perfection of the Rattlesnake strain. Every seed we offer is taken from melons weighing 
30 pounds or more, and 60- to 75-pound Rattlesnake melons are nothing unusual in our seed crops. If you have been buying seed of the 
Georgia Rattlesnake, as commonly sold, you do not know how good a Rattlesnake melon can be. Melons grown from our seed of this are 
so fine that they cannot fail to give you satisfaction. We consider Augusta Rattlesnake the best second early melon there is. Plant, at 
least, a few of them this year. Packet, 10c; oz., 15c; ^ lb., 35c; lb., $1.00; postpaid. Ten-pound lots or over, not prepaid, 85c per pound. 
Halbert Honey-Sweetest of All Watermelons (No. 255) Sweet as^he sweetest melon grown, but, as 
most all records are broken, in Halbert Honey bas been produced a sweeter melon and one without strings in the flesh. No stringy pulp 
is left even after the largest bite of “heart.” This melon has been put through our tests and has been found a mighty good melon foi* 
home and nearby market use. It is the sweetest of all melons, and its delicious crimson red flesh extends nearly to the skin, the rind h^ 
ing very thin and brittle. It is more evenly shaped than Kleckley Sweet, as shown in the above illustration from a photograph, and the 
dark green skin makes it a very attractive melon. It is early, prolific and grows to rather large size. For the finest eating melon plant 
Halbert Honey. Packet, 10c; ounce, 15c; % pound, 35c; pound, $1.00; postpaid. 
