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//. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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HASTINGS’ HOME GAR 
DEN COLLECTION 
SEVEN PACKETS 35 CENTS, POSTPAID — One full-sized pr.cket each of Au- 
gusta Rattlesnake, Watson, Irish Grey, Florida Favorite, Hastings’ Tinker, Ala- 
• bama Sweet, and Kleckley, all exceptionally fine varieties for home use. This col- 
lection will furnish any ordinary family a plenty of first-class melons all season. 
lastings* Selected Florida Favorite Watermelon (The Very Best) No. 259 
Our special selection and growth of Florida Favorite has given us an unsurpassed extra early, good quality, medium-sized melon, just 
the right kind for home use and nearby markets. It’s a large, smooth, beautifully shaped melon, of dark green color, irregularly striped 
with lighter green ; very early, and prolific. Rind of medium thickness, rather tough, making it a fairly good shipper. Flesh red, very 
crisp, tender and juicy. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; ^4 lb., 30c; lb., ?1.00 
Hastings’ Tinker(No. 265) 
home use and nearby market only. The rind is very brittle and will 
not stand handling or hauling long distances over rough roads. 
Oblong melon, striped similar to but darker than Alabama Sweet. 
A white seeded, red fleshed melon with a distinct extra sweet, honey- 
like flavor that we have never tasted in any other melon. For any 
one who likes an extra sweet, fine grained watermelon for home 
use only, Tinker should be planted as one of the varieties. Packet, 
10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; % pound, 30c; pound, $1.00; postpaid. 
Ten-ponnd lots or over, not prepaid, 80 cents per pound. 
Citron, Green Giant (Fla. Stock Melon) 
TNo This is the melon for sweet pickles. Any surplus can 
yiiwi CiUwy be fed to hogs and cattle, but do not plant close to 
postpaid. In lots of 10 pounds or over, not prepaid, 80c per pound, 
watermelons for they will cross and ruin the watermelons. Plant 
some citrons this year for the finest sweet pickles you ever tasted. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10c; ^ pound, 30c; pound, $1.00; postpaid. 
PllSIin lAtlAC Al* lAtloe striped melon, orig- 
rnilip Jones or JOneS inatlng in Burke County, 
/||^ OftAT Georgia, is known under both names. It is not that 
^IVUi ftUU/ old variety, Duke Jones. The shape is almost round 
and has the peculiarity of almost always lying on the blossom end 
while growing. The size of this melon is large, often weighing 70 
to 80 pounds, and has mighty good eating qualities. Politicians 
often carry seed of this variety to give the farmers when they visit 
the farming sections because it makes such large melons. Perhaps 
someone will leave you a packet, but you can be sure of seed by 
sending us your order. This is a wide, irregularly striped melon. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00. 
HASTINGS’ 4-OUNCE MELON COLLECTION 
FOUR OUNCES POSTPAID, 40 CENTS — Some prefer fewer varieties but more 
of each kind. For 40 cents we will send you, postpaid, one ounce each of Florida 
Favorite, Augusta Rattlesnake, Watson, and Kleckley Sweet, and one packet 
of Eden Gem Cantaloupe. See page 19. 
HASTINGS’ ONE-ACRE MELON COLLECTION 
LiOTS OF OUR FRIENDS like to plant about an acre of assorted varieties. A 
little over a pound of seed will plant an acre nicely. For $1.50 we will send you, 
postpaid, 14 pound each of Kleckley Sweet, Augusta Rattlesnake, Halbert 
Honey, Irish Grey, and Watson. You couldn’t get a finer assortment if you 
tried. Send us $1.50 and have the best acre of melons in your section. 
WATERMELON 
COLLECTIONS 
Pure Melon Seed 
“From Watson melon seed bought of you we planted 40 acres; over 17,000 hills, two plants to the 
hill. Out of all these there were only two plants of other varieties. We are satisfied. 
—Diaz Farms, Escambia Co., Florida. 
