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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
HASTINGS’ EXTRA EARLY PROLIFIC TOIVIATO(No. 444) 
Hastings’ Improved Purple Acme Tomato 
Hastings’ Improved Purple gearing "uaut/o^ 
/Nn I \ this splendid tomato in the above pic- 
^ nUi I y ture from a photograph. One of the finest 
varieties on our list. A big improvement over the old Acme, 
■which was so popular everywhere. One of the very earliest, is 
almost round and has a thin but very tough skin. Our Improved 
Acme is a very heavy bearer, ripening evenly all over. Has a 
lovely purplish shade of color, making it especially desirable as 
a market and shipping variety. Has few seeds ; is thick, meaty 
and solid. It makes a desirable sort for either market or home 
use with its fine color and flavor. Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 15 
cents; ounce, 35 cents; % pound, 90 cents; pound, ?3.00. 
HASTINGS’ COLOR PICTURES 
It is our great pleasure this year to illustrate in natural 
color, so far as is humanly possible, the best and most rec- 
ommended varieties of the more popular vegetables, crops and 
flowers. The four cover pages and four color plates we be- 
lieve is the flnest piece of work of its kind that has ever been 
attempted and we put it in our catalog so you may see just 
what you are getting when you order our seeds. This color 
work has taken a lot of careful study and a lot of time. 
The illustrations are all from actual photographs, so you can 
depend on them. We only ask that you appreciate this part 
of the Hastings’ Seed Service. 
Earliest, most prolific, smoothest, and largest size of all the extra 
early tomatoes. For the market gardener it insures earliest in mar- 
ket ; for the home garden the first ripe tomatoes in the neighborhood. 
Vigorous grower and “sets” fruit from the first bloom. It has open 
foliage, and fruit, 2^2 to 3 inches across, colors quickly to a deep,. rich 
red. Very great and valuable is its cluster habit and we have seen as 
many as 34 good-sized smooth, ripe tomatoes on a single plant. Plant 
this heavy-bearing early tomato for the first tomatoes of the season. 
It’s a wonder. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 40 cents; 
pound, $1.25; pound, $4.50; postpaid. 
Livingston’s Manyfold (No. 462) SSf eS?; 
new cluster tomato. Brightest red inside and out and very largest 
early cluster tomato, averaging five to the cluster. Appeals strongly 
to canners, makers of catsup and for home gardeners. Packet, 10c; 
% oz., 25c; oz., 40c; ^ lb., $1.25; lb., $4.50; postpaid. 
^flant of all tomatoes. It must 
have rich soil to be a success, but 
fruits are very large, purplish pink in color, solid, meaty, and very 
SAveet. These being large and ribbed, are for home use. Packet, 10 
cents; % ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 40 cents; .% lb., $1.25; lb., $4.50. 
parll# notm if*/ Nn ^ valuable second early variety 
baray j for either home use, market or 
shipping. Vines vigorous and productive. Fruits medium size, good 
form and have a purplish pink color. Fruits rather thicker than most 
tomatoes. Firm and of good quality. Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 15 
cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 90 cents; pound, $3.00; postpaid. 
Golden Queen (No. 453 ) “tom'atS 
Meaty, solid, and sweet, with bright golden-yellow color. Packet, 
10 cents; % ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; postpaid. 
Livingston’s Globe(No. 446) 
Our seed stock of this variety is grown from Livingston’s original 
strain and kept absolutely pure. AVe find it one of the earliest; fruits 
are smooth and of good size, firm flesh and feAV seeds. Very produc- 
tive fruit, being short jointed and clusters of fruit form at each joint. 
Fruits are of right size and shape to pack well for shipment. Color 
of skin purplish red, about the same shade as our Redfleld Beauty. 
Seen both in our own crops and by observation of market gardens is 
that almost all come true globe-shaped, certainly thicker than almost 
any other variety and it is a paying variety to plant. Packet, 10c; 
% oz., 20c; oz., 35c; 44 lb., $1.25; lb., $3.75; postpaid. 
GARDEN VARIETIES 
Home Gardeners seeing a 
number of varieties highly 
recommended and deliciously described, are often afraid they will 
order the wrong kind. You can hardly make a mistake in plant- 
ing any variety we list. If a good variety begins to “run out” 
we stop selling it and unless it is most worthy and desirable you 
will not find it at Hastings. 
Livingston’s Globe Tomato 
