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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
McCASLAN POLE BEAN (No. 26) 
(Notice the heavy bearing: quality of McCasian to the left.) This superb 
pole bean of Georgia origin, introduced by us in 1912, has been acknowl- 
edged by every seed trade expert who has seen it as the best pole bean in 
existence, the one pole bean, as one of them said, that “beats Kentucky 
Wonder”. If you once plant it you Avill fully agree with Mr. J. H. Sheffield, 
of Wingate, Miss., Avho wrote us: “McCasian bean surpasses anything in 
the bean line I ever saw”. 
The illustration to the 
left is a matured vine 
showing its immense 
prolificness. The large 
size pods fill perfectly 
and in the “snap” stage 
are deep green in color, 
meaty, stringless and 
of delicious flavor. 
Vines continue to bear 
throughout the season 
if kept closely picked. 
When allowed to ripen 
the shell beans of pure 
white color are most 
excellent for winter use. 
The McCasian is a pole 
snap bean that no 
Southern home garden 
can afford to be without. 
It’s the one pole bean 
for any Southern gar- 
den and you will never 
regret planting it. It is 
unbeatable. Packet, 10 
cents ; % pound, 25c ; 
pound, 45c; 2 pounds, 
80c; postpaid. Not pre- 
paid: 15 lbs. (peck), 
$3.25; 60 lbs. (bushel), 
$12.00; 100 lbs., $20.00. 
Southern 
Creaseback 
(No. II) 
Also known as “Fat- 
horse” bean. Fine for 
planting as a pole bean 
or in corn. Can be used 
as a snap bean and is 
of greatest value for 
shell beans for wunter 
use, beans being pure 
white. Packet, 10 cents; 
% pound, 20 cents ; lb.. 
Single Matured Plant of New McCasian Pole Bean 40c; 2 lbs., "iOc; postpaid. 
Texas Prolific, Old Homestead, Kentucky Wonder 
/kJll I C\ This superb pole snap bean is known under all three of these names. It 
^llUi Iwy is a most profitable pole, green, snap bean for you to plant any time 
from April to August. Bears in sixty to seventy days from planting, and if closely 
picked will continue bearing until frost. Pods are green, round, well rounded out, 
meaty, tender, practically stringless and grow 6 to 12 inches long. Immensely pro- 
lific, a peck having often been picked from a single vine, our illustration giving a 
splendid idea of its productiveness. If you have grown it before you need not be told 
its value. If you have never grown it, plant, at least, a few of them this year, for 
you will certainly be pleased. Packet, 10c; % pound, 25c; pound, 45c; 2 pounds, 
80c; postpaid. Old Homestead is very short in supply this year and for pole bean 
seed in quantity lots Ave urge you to plant McCasian. If you are satisfied with Old 
Homestead you will be more than satisfied with McCasian. 
Kentucky Wonder Wax( No. 5) podded form ^of Kentucky Won- 
der, equal in every respect to that famous variety. Pods are long, very thick, 
meaty, deeply saddle-backed, entirely stringless and of bright yellow color. Packet, 
10 cents; % lb., 20 cents; lb., 40 cents; 2 lbs., 70 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid; 15 
pounds (peck), $2.75; 60 pounds (bushel), $10.50; 100 pounds, $17.50. 
GEORGIAN POLE BEAN (No. 36) 
Hod of extreme heat and 
drought in September, snap beans were not to be had from any of the truck grow- 
ers. All beans apparently had quit bearing and dried up. 
One day during this bean famine a farmer with a good-sized wagon load of “snap” 
beans stopped in front of our Atlanta store and it -wasn’t long until he sold out his 
load at the rate of $2.00 per bushel. It took us three years to get even a very small 
quantity of this seed and about six years more to offer it for sale in quantity. 
It makes a strong growing vine either for trailing on poles or for planting in corn, 
and is fairly covered with medium sized, meaty, practically stringless pods of finest 
flavor and quality. Its greatest value, however, is its great resistance to drought and 
heat. It is a bean to stay -with you late in the season, giving both satisfaction and 
plenty of beans under late summer and fall conditions when beans are always scarce. 
Packet, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; pound, 40 cents; 2 pounds, 70 cents; post- 
paid. Not prepaid: 15 lbs. (peck), $2.50; 60 lbs. (bushel), $9.00; 100 lbs., $15.00, 
Texas Prolific — Old Homestead — Kentucky Wonder 
