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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
PEPPERS 
Pepper seed does 
germinate 
freely in a temperature of less 
tlian 65 degrees, hence should 
either be started in hot beds, 
in protected boxes or else 
planting deferred until the 
ground gets well warmed up 
in the spring. When plants 
have 6 to 8 leaves and danger 
of frost is past they can be set 
in the open ground in rows 3 
feet apart, 14 to 16 inches apart 
in the row. As the plants begin to protluce 
fruit draw the earth up around the stem 
as a partial support. Sweet peppers can 
also be sown in July and August in Flor- 
ida for the fall shipping crop, many find- 
ing this more profitable than spring ship- 
ping crops. In spring planting, 1 ounce of 
pepper seed will usually make about 1000 
good strong plants if properly handled. 
Most gardeners prefer to plant seed at the rate of about 
Vz pound per acre so as to make sure of a sufficient 
quantity of plants. 
Hastings’ Mixed Peppers (No. 351) 
Almost all home gardeners want both sweet and hot 
peppers in their garden and with this end in view we 
make each year a mixture of the seed of all varieties 
catalogued by us; hot and sweet, large and small. This 
mixture gives you some of every kind in your garden. 
In no other way can you get so large and useful an as- 
sortment as in our packet of mixed, peppers. We sell thousands upon 
thousands of packets of this every year 
and they give the greatest satisfaction. 
At least one packet of this ought to have 
a place in every seed order for the home 
garden in the South. Packet, 10 cents; 
3 packets, 25 cents; postpaid. 
Kuby King — % Natural Size 
Plant Peppers — No Southern garden is 
complete without sweet and hot peppers. 
Ruby King 
(No. 352) 
A leading variety of 
sweet pepper for home 
use and market in the 
South. A very vigorous 
grower, with large, sweet, mild fruits. 
A close favorite with the Large Bell or 
Mixed Peppers Bull Nose, slightly larger in size and 
certainly much sweeter and milder than 
that variety. Seed crop very short. Packet, 10 cents; % 
ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; % pound, $1.25; pound, 
$4.50; postpaid. 
Large Beii or Buii Nose 
^Nn iiome use, market and shipping to Northern 
markets from Florida, Louisiana and Texas. 
Rather mild flavor; is comparatively early and a heavy pro- 
ducer of fruits 3 to Sy 2 inches long and 2 to 3 inches across 
the shoulder. Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 
cents; ^ pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00; postpaid. 
"^he monster of the pepper family, 
Will ! 111 single specimens of this having 
^Nn OK Cl been grown weighing 18 ounces. Plants of 
strong, stocky, bushy, erect growth, 18 inches 
to 2 feet high. Very prolific, setting 3 to 4 of the extra large 
fruits at the base which ripen while second crop is setting 
on the branches. Fruit is much larger than Ruby King and 
Large Bell; almost square in shape with few seeds, while the 
flesh is very thick. In flavor it is very mild. Seed crops of 
Chinese Giant are very short but we will do our best to take 
care of you on this variety. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 35 
cents; ounce, 60c; % pound, $1.75; pound, $6.00; postpaid. 
Large, bright gold- 
en - yellow variety ; 
Hastings’ Golden Prize 
^No 350 \ sweet and mild. In some places this is 
1 nui tfwuy eaten like an apple in the raw stage, for it is 
said to cure chills and fever. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 15 
cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 90 cents. 
Ruby Giant (No. 359) Zif 
here it is. Hastings’ Ruby Giant is a cross between Ruby 
King and Chinese Giant, having the good qualities of both 
yet without the undesirable qualities of either. It is very 
attractive, grows to large size, is exceptionally mild, and 
when ripe is of a bright scarlet color. Flesh exceedingly 
thick, sweet, and so mild that it can be eaten raw. 
Ruby Giant is early in maturing, the plant is vigorous 
and upright, taller than the Chinese Giant, much more pro- 
ductive and an excellent large sweet pepper for stuffing. 
It makes a satisfying table pepper, an ideal home garden 
sort, and is a quick basket filler for the market gardener 
that will sell on sight. You will make no mistake by plnat- 
Ing Ruby Giant. Packet, 10 cents ; % ounce, 20 cents ; ounce, 
35 cents; % pound, $1.25; pound, $4.50; postpaid. 
Kuby Giant Pepper (Natural Size)— A R^l Giant Sweet Pepper 
