H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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ONE FALL GARDEN IN 
ONE HUNDRED MILES 
One October day two members of the Hastings’ organization started on a trip of about one hundred miles. The railroad they traveled 
on ran through a well populated, productive farming territory, one of the best in the South. 
On the way to the train the subject of fall gardens, or rather the usual lack of them, came up in the conversation. It was agreed 
that a careful watch should be kept, one sitting on one side of the car and one on the other, so that the gardens could be counted 
during this hundred-mile trip. 
It had been a favorable season for the planting and growth of fall gardens so there had been no excuse for not planting. Fur- 
ther, it was one of those years when cotton was near the bottom and our cotton-growing farmers were wondering “where they 
were at” for food and clothing. Most everybody was going around with a long face and talking about how bad off they were. 
That fall there had been every possible reason why every farm should have had a good fall garden and not a single reason 
for not having one. Yet, our tv,’o men in that hundred-mile trip saw exactly one real fall garden. Was it on a farm? No, it 
was in the backyard of a town man’s home. 
Hundreds of good, productive farms were passed, many excuses for a garden in the shape of a scrubby turnip salad patch and 
a few straggling collard plants were seen but a town man Avith just a back lot had the only real garden; that is, a garden with 
the dozen or more kinds of vegetables easily grown at that time of year in the central South. 
A friend of ours, a Georgian born and bred, who has traveled well over the world and observed keenly, said to us recently, 
“The trouble with our people here in the South is that they have never been in danger of freezing or starving. If they were 
in danger they would make better use of the chances at hand on every side.” 
Our Georgia friend is largely right, although in some sections of the South there has been unsatisfied hunger this past year 
due to boll-weevil ravages and a dependence on supply merchant’s shelves instead of their own acres for food. The garden, the 
easiest, cheapest supply point for healthful food, is almost entirely neglected, especially so in the fall. 
There are thousands of gardens here in Atlanta and the harder the times the more gardens there are made in cities and towns. 
Gardens are money savers and health savers. Garden seeds and a reasonable amount of elboAA'-grease are far cheaper than doc- 
tor’s bills, patent medicines and pills. We can almost guarantee that a Avell kept home garden, all or nearly all year round, 
Avill almost cut in half the supply merchant’s, the doctor’s and druggist’s bill. Try it on once and see for yourself. 
It will soon be fall gardening time. Take the fall garden seriously. Give it a square deal and let it show you what it will 
do for you if you treat it right. Planting turnips and a salad patch is all right but that doesn’t go far enough. See page 25. 
This shows what can be planted in your section in late summer and fall. You will find the fall garden a wonderful help in cutting 
doAvn store bills. 
NOTICE time this catalog goes to press we cannot offer field and grass seeds at definite prices. The 
■ 1*1 wt ■ IwKi market varies almost daily, so when you are ready to buy oats, wheat, rye, barley, grasses, clovers, al- 
falfa, etc., write us for prices on the quantity you need. We will give you the best prices, send samples if requested, and freight 
or express rates to your station. Use the Special Quotation Sheet in the back of this catalog. There’s no obligation to buy unless 
you want to. 
Alphabetical Index for Catalog Reference 
Flower Seeds are listed on pages 40-43. 
Flowering Bulbs are listed on pages 44-47 
and back cover. 
Roses (plants) are listed on page 48. These 
are outdoor grown 2-year grafted roses. 
So far as possible, we have arranged the 
vegetables in alphabetical order. 
Alfalfa Page 36 
Asparagus 3 
Bacteria, Soil Inoculation 49 
Barley 33 
Beans, Garden 3-5 
Beets G-7 
Broccoli 7 
Brussels Sprouts 7 
Bulbs Rear Cover and 44-47 
Cabbage Plants 4 
Cabbage Seed 8-9 
Cantaloupe or Muskmelon 10 
Carrots 11 
Cauliflower 10 
Celeriac 11 
Celery 11 
Chard, Swiss 6 
Chervil 7 
Clovers 36-37 
Collards 10 
Corn, Sweet and Roasting Ear ... 10 
Cos, White Paris 15 
Cress 7 
Cucumbers . 12 
Eggplant 13 
Endive 7 
Fetticus (Corn Salad) 7 
Flowers, Seeds, Plants, Bulbs . . . 40-48 
Fungicides .31 
Garlic 16 
Gherkins 12 
Grasses 38-39 
Hog Pasture (Grain) Mixture .... 35 
Honey Dew Melon 10 
Insecticides 31 
Kale (Borecole) 13 
Kohl Rabi 13 
Eeeks 13 
Lettuce 14-15 
Mangel Beets, Stock and Sugar ... 7 
Mustard 18 
Oats 32-33 
Okra 18 
Onions, Seeds and Sets 16-17 
Parsley 18 
Parsnips 18 
Peas, Garden or English 20-21 
Peppers 19 
Pe Tsai, Chinese Cabbage - 9 
Planting Table 25 
Poultry Remedies and Supplies ... 31 
Pumpkins 10 
Radish 22-23 
Rape 35 
Roses (plants) 48 
Rutabagas 29 
Rye 33 
Salsify 24 
Seeders or Hand Sowers 31 
Southern Ruralist 30 
Spinach 24 
Squash 24 
Tomatoes . . 26-27 
Turnips 28-29 
Vetch 37 
Watermelons "T'T'' 10 
Wheat 34 
This complete catalog — all reading matter and illustrations — Copyrighted, 1922, by H. G. Hastings Co., Atlanta, Ga. 
