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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
Nixon — the Real Georgia Cantaloupe 
NIXON, A GEORGIA CANTALOUPE 
/Ma This.is a real Georgia cantaloupe with a great repu- 
^llQiA*v£j tation in Georgia, where it has been known locally 
for many j-ears. In size it is large to extra large and with a de- 
licious flavor. Single specimens weighing 12 to 15 pounds are 
nothing unusual. In flavor and quality it is a superb variety and 
it is sun and insect-proof to a marked degree. For home use and 
nearby markets for medium and late maturity it has no equal, 
and if you Avant a genuine Southern cantaloupe that far excels all 
others in quality and as a late crop plant Nixon. Packet, 10 
cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, ^1.75; postpaid. 
Texas Cannonball — A Real Insect-proof and Sun-proof Cantaloupe 
Texas Cannonball Cantaloupe (No. 232) 
We have sold this splendid cantaloupe of Texas origin for many 
years. It is very desirable for home use and nearby markets in 
all parts of the South. Medium in maturity and size and of round 
shape. In flavor it is first-class, and its dense netting makes it 
almost sun and insect-proof, this being an immense advantage 
Avhere insects are troublesome and melons liable to sunscald. It 
is almost all meat; seed cavity small. Very prolific and hardy, 
producing an abundance of fine nut-like flavored, sound-fleshed 
melons that taste delicious. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % 
pound, 50 cents; pound, .‘pl.75; postpaid. 
I AAn Second early large size mel- 
ronce a© l-eon on for home gardens. The 
/Ma nearest thing to the old-fashioned musk- 
^nOi £,QQ ) melon that you can get. Flesh is thick, 
light green, and of most delicious flavor, regularly 
ribbed and well netted. Skin green, but turns to a 
beautiful golden yelloAV when ripe. Packet, 6c; oz., 
15 cents; % pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25; postpaid. 
HONEY DEW MELON 
/IIa Introduced to the South by us as a 
iioA-elty in 1917, “Honey DeAv” made 
good from the start. There aa’US a little doubt in our 
minds at first as to Avhat this melon, being a native 
of an arid country and always grown under irriga- 
tion Avould do under rainfall conditions. Air over 
the South it has done fine and proved to be as 
easily grown as ordinary bush squashes. 
While very much of the type of the Casaba melons 
of the Pacific Coast its delicious honey-like flavor 
when fullv ripe has made it a favorite Avith all Avho 
have tasted it. The melons are of good size, AA’eigh- 
ing 6 to 8 pounds each; smooth light cream colored 
skin with thick, very rich, sweet spicy flavored flesh 
of light green color. Rind is thin but tough and so 
close in texture that the rich flesh is practically 
sealed up and Avill keep in fine condition for AA-eeks 
after being ripe. 
Good sized “Honey DeAA's” have regularly sold on 
the Atlanta market from 50 cents to $1.00 each. As 
one enthusiast said : “It has the SAAmetness of honey 
and the freshness of morning deAv.” 
It’s seldom the case that the most delicious melons 
that could possibly grace a millionaire’s table are at 
the disposal of the humblest, but it is certainly the 
case Avith “Honey Doav’’ on any reasonably good gar- 
den soil. Many groAving it for the first time condemn 
it because they Avill not let it get ripe enough before 
eating. Let them go until you think they are ripe, 
then let them go several days longer, pull and let 
stand until the blossom end shoAvs some softness. 
Many have asked how to tell AA^hen ripe. One of the 
successful Florida growers AA'rote us that the time 
to pick for full flavor is wheir brown lines begin to 
show running from the stem outAvards and skin be- 
gins to show broAvn specks on the surface. Genuine 
Honey DeAV Seed. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 
>4 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.75; postpaid. 
