H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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HASTINGS’ SPINACH 
Our specially grown spinach is far superior to the 
spinach seed commonly sold. Its germination is 
stronger and better, the growth larger, more vigor- 
ous, and hardier. Spinach requires rich soil, the 
richer the better, and can be sown during January, 
February and March, while the ground is not frozen.. 
It germinates freely in cold weather and is a rapid 
grower. Sow one ounce of seed to 100 feet of row. 
Hastings’ Aragon 
/ Ma yi I i \ market size, having a 
spinactl ( NOi 4 I I j large, thick, green leaf, 
well crumpled or savoyed, and stands a long time 
before running to seed. The hardiest of all varie- 
ties, standing an ordinary cold winter without dam- 
age in this latitude. At the same time it is one of 
the best heat-resisting sorts for late spring use. 
This variety has been thoroughly tested and pleases 
all market gardeners who use it. Packet, 5c; ounce, 
10c; 14 pound, 20 cents; pound, 50c; postpaid. 
Bloomsdale( No. 412) sTJ: 
tensively grown, producing large crops of thick- 
leaved spinach. Very early and hardy; one of the 
best for market and canning. Plants of upright 
growth, leaves of medium size, more or less crum- 
pled or blistered ; color glossy medium green. Pkt., 
5c; ounce, 10c; % pound, 20c; pound, 50c; postpaid. 
Broad Leaf Flanders eTy''%^r 
/Na home use or market. An early and 
vigorous grower; leaves broadly ar- 
row-shaped, thick and but slightly crumpled ; color 
bright medium green. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; % 
pound, 20c; pound, 50c; postpaid. 
LongStanding(No.4l3) Tot 
for either spring or fall. 'It is a heavy cropper and 
with spring planting does not run to seed quickly. 
A late maturing, very large plant with broad ar- 
row-shaped leaves but slightly crumpled. Packet, 
5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; pound, 
50 cents; postpaid. 
New Zealand Spinach ml 
^Nn growing luxuriantly in hottest 
weather. Cut and it comes again, a 
few plants furnishing the finest flavored “greens” 
all summer for an average size family. Plant in 
March or April where plants are to stand. New 
Zealand Spinach should be in every Southern gar- 
den as an all summer vegetable. Packet, 10c; 
ounce, 20c; % pound, 50c; pound, $1.75. 
Hastings’ New Zealand Spinach 
Hastings’ Aragon Spinach for Spring or Pall 
HASTINGS’ SEED LABORATORY 
In the older days there was a certain “chance” in buying seeds from even the 
most careful seedsmen in the country. 
Most of the seedsmen, even today, know very little about their seeds. They 
think they can trust their sight and the broker’s or wholesaler’s or grower’s 
honesty and judgment when they buy the seeds to retail. A few seedsmen 
pay from $3.00 to $5.00 apiece to have tests made on seeds they think are doubt- 
ful. Fewer still maintain what they call a “Laboratory,” where they put a 
test of 100 seeds on a wet blotter or piece of cloth and put it in a germinator 
to see how many out of the 100 grow, thus getting the germination percentage. 
Only a few of these seedsmen make more than one germination test on a stock 
of seeds, no matter how long they keep the seeds nor what conditions they have 
undergone. 
Our Mr. H. S. Hastings, with a very thorough college agricultural education 
and who is a qualified Seed Analyst, trained by the United States Government 
Department of Agriculture, devotes his time to the work of the “Hastings Seed 
Testing Laboratory.” Every stock of seeds that enters our warehouses, no 
matter if a few pounds or even a few ounces of some flower seed, up to car- 
loads of cotton or corn, has samples taken from it for complete tests of ger- 
mination and purity. All weeds or foreign seeds, should there be any, are 
named with the number and weight for percentage, and complete records are 
kept for each of these tests to be referred to at all times. All these tests are 
made in duplicate and additional tests are made of all stocks at regular defi- 
nite intervals. 
We believe we have the best equipped seed testing laboratory of any seeds- 
men in the United States, with the best and latest improvements for absolutely 
accurate and complete testing. In addition to this wonderful laboratory, mem- 
bers of the firm travel thousands of miles every year, inspecting our seed crops 
during growing and harvest seasons to insure our liighest standards being 
lived up to and further improved. 
In these ways we know what can be expected of every packet or bushel of 
seeds that leave our house. Unless they are up to our high standards we don’t 
sell them to you. We know you can depend on Hastings’ Seeds and we want 
you to know that you can always depend faithfully on Hastings’ Seeds. 
It Pays to Plant Hastings’ Tested Seeds 
