II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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250,000 PLANT HASTINGS’ CABBAGE 
A quarter of a million is a large number of people, yet a few thousand more than that plant Hastings’ Cabbage Seed of different vari- 
eties every year. Since we started in business in 1889 we have made a specialty of the very highest grade of American grown cabbage 
seed, and the illustrations on this and the following pages show just what good cabbage Hastings’ Seeds make. We know that we can't 
be too particular about the quality of our cabbage seed, and you can’t be too particular about what you may buy and plant. Neither 
you nor ourselves can afford to take chances. No matter how good your soil, how carefully you cultivate or fertilize it, if the cabbage 
seed quality is not right you make more or less of a failure. 
In our seed crops, every head of cabbage is most carefully inspected before it is allowed to produce seed for us. We know it is right. 
We have only one grade — the very best that can be grown — and the buyer of a 5 or 10-cent packet gets exactly the same quality as does 
the big trucker or market gardener buying in 50 to 100- pound lots. We play no favorites among our customers. We believe that the 
man planting a home garden for his family's use is entitled to just as good seed quality as is the market gardener Avho plants for mar- 
ket. If you’ want to be successful in growing cabbage, you must plant the right cabbage seed, and the Hastings’ quality is exactly 
what will please you and pay you, the quality you want to plant this year. 
heavy clay or muck. Naturally the light soils will require more fer- 
tilizer or manure than the heavier ones. Most of the fertilizer or ma- 
nure should be worked into the soil before transplanting. The best 
all-around commercial fertilizer for cabbage should contain : Avail- 
able phosphoric acid 7 per cent, potash 8 per cent, nitrogen 5 per cent. 
Most of the cultivation should be before the crop is planted. This 
means two to three deep plowings and then working the soil as 
tine as possible. You won’t overfeed cabbage so you need not be 
afraid of putting too much manure or fertilizer on the crop. 
Transplanting should be done, so far as possible, on cloudy days 
or just before a rain. In small gardens this can be done late in 
the afternoon. Set plants upright with only the leaves above the 
surface. Firm the soil around the plants. Cultwate frequently 
and very shallow, as the roots come near the surface. Keep out 
absolutely all weeds and grass. Seed required: In early spring 
plantings one ounce of seed will usually produce about 2,000 
plants ; 4 to 5 ounces per acre. After hot weather comes two or 
three times as much seed is needed. 
Hastings’ Seeds Never Found in the Boxes at Merchants’ or. Druggists’ 
A lot of folks write us 
every year saying that 
when planting time came 
they went up to their 
merchant’s or druggist's 
expecting to find Hast- 
ings’ Seeds in the boxes 
for sale and were disap- 
pointed in not finding 
them. 
We turn down several 
hundred requests from 
merchants for boxes of 
seeds each year who say, 
“Your seeds have a great 
reputation around here. I 
could sell a lot of them.” 
Hastings’ Seeds in boxes 
have never been placed on 
sale. With all due respect 
to our seed trade friends 
who have put out seeds in 
boxes we don’t agree with 
them that theirs is the 
proper Avay to sell seeds 
and we are perfectly will- 
ing to let you choose be- 
tween the reputation of 
Hastings’ Seeds and 
theirs. Results count. 
Hastings’ Seeds must be 
bought direct from 
Hastings’. 
If we sold Hastings’ 
Seeds through mer- 
chants we would have to 
raise prices or reduce 
amounts of seed in pack- 
ages, but the chief rea- 
son we sell direct is be- 
cause our seeds make 
our reputation. We want 
them to be pure, fresh 
and to grow. Planting 
Seeds cannot be looked 
after properly if they are 
scattered all over the 
country under all sorts 
of conditions. Hastings’ Centennial Late Flat Dutch Cabbage — The Greatest Cropper Known Among Cabbages 
For home gardens the seed 
for early cabbage can be 
sown in boxes very early, kept in sheltered spots and covered 
when there is danger of freezes. Later plantings may be made in 
open ground as early as ground can be worked. Work soil in seed 
beds as fine as possible. Beds should be slightly raised for drain- 
age. Do not fertilize soil in seed beds to make it any richer than 
the open ground in which the crop is to be groAvu. 
SoAV' seed in drills 6 inches apart across the bed, dropping the 
seed 5 or 6 to the inch. Thicker soAA’ing than this means spindling, 
unhealthy plants. Cover seed about % inch in heaA^y soils, % inch 
in light sandy soils ; firm the soil after covering and then “water 
the bed thoroughly. Keep beds moist but not soaking Avet. Seed 
germinates in 3 to 8 days, according to AA’eather. The young plants 
should be kept growing steadily from the start. A check in the 
growth of cabbage is injurious. AVhen plants have made the fourth 
or fifth pair of leaves transplant to open ground. 
Cabbage can be grown on almost any soil from light sand to 
Hastings’ Centennial Flat Dutch Cabbage (No. 1 10) a photograph of a Imad of our Centennial Flat Dutch. 
This cabbage during the last few years has made some wonderful records in Florida, Mississippi and Texas both from spring and fall 
plantings, and it will do the same for you. Hastings’ Centennial Late Flat Dutch, the best main crop, heavy producing strain of Late 
Flat Dutch, is to cabbage growers Avhat Hastings’ Prolific is to corn growers. 'While Ave do not recommend it for an early cabbage, for 
main crop and late it is about the best you can plant. The only objection we ever heard is that on A-ery rich ground it grows too large. 
This can be controlled by planting rather close in the roAV. Good for either spring or fall planting, being remarkably hardy, Aigorous 
and resistant to both heat and cold. We sell more of this to cabbage growers for shipment in Gulf Coast sections than all other varie- 
ties combined. For home gardens. Centennial is unexcelled for later use after early Aarieties are gone. Its A’igor makes it especially 
A'aluable to groAv under unfaA’orable conditions. If you liaA^e planted it before you knoAV this. If not, plant some this spring and see 
Avhat real good cabbage is. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 30 cents; % pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00; postpaid. 
