II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen^ Atlanta, Georgia 
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HASTINGS’ EGGPLANT 
While this is a crop mostly grown from winter and spring sown 
seed in most localities, it has been found a most satisfactory and 
profitable crop for late fall and winter shipment from South Florida. 
For October to January shipment seed should be soAvn from July to 
September. The results from an acre or tAvo of eggplant planted in 
Florida at that season is often surprisingly satisfactory. It is usu- 
ally customary to plant % pound of seed to furnish plants for 1 acre. 
One packet of seed furnishes plants for 100 feet of row. Eggplant 
from seed is ready to use in about 120 days. 
Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thorn- 
IpcC F9'9‘nlanf'/Nn IQn\ variety is the standard 
1 for purity and excellence for 
Eggplant in all the market gardening sections of the South. It has 
been grow’n since 1898 by market gardeners with profitable results 
and in the home gardens with entire satisfaction. Our seed is pure 
and the plants OA^er 90% thornless. There is no crop AA^e exercise 
more care in and in Avhich our constant and continued selections 
shoAV better results. In a properly cultWated crop streaked or oif- 
colored fruit is almost unknoAvn. Plants are large, strong and Aug- 
orous, each plant producing from 5 to 8 large fruits of dark, rich 
purple color. The earliest of all large fruited varieties and alAvays 
gives satisfaction Avith proper cultiA’ation. The vigor and strength 
of this variety makes it less subject to the effect of “blight”- and 
“dieback” which is disastrous to this crop in so many sections. 
Notice the illustration from an actual photograph of this best of 
all eggplants. Packet, 10c; % oz., 20c; oz., 35c; % lb., $1.25; lb., $4.00. 
FAMILY GARDEN VEGETABLES 
Make your fall garden take care of you throughout the winter. 
Home canned and dried vegetables are far better than any you 
buy in the stores. Besides the regular vegetables, try a feAV new 
ones. Eggplant, Kohl-Rabi, Endive, Fetticus, Carrots, Cress, Kale, 
Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Chinese Cabbage, etc., are delicious. 
Early Green Curled ( No. 200 ) 
KOHL-RABI 
KALE OR BORECOLE FOR WINTER 
We sincerely wish we could get our friends to grow 
Kale more extensively, as it is so much superior in 
eating qualities to the collard. Kale is more hardy than cabbage 
and Avill stand through the entire Avinter in any ordinary season 
in the central and loAA’er South. It is much improved in quality by 
being touched by frost. Of all the cabbage tribe this is the most 
finely flavored, and it would be more generally grown were its good 
qualities more Avidely knoAvn. Sow the seed thinly in drills in 
September and October and you should have no trouble in gather- 
ing the finest flavored “greens” you have ever eaten. Sow one 
ounce of seed to 100 feet of row. Matures in 3 to 4 months. 
Also variously known 
as “DAA\arf German”, 
‘Dwarf Curled Scotch” and “Siberian.” This is the variety usually 
soAvn in the fall for spring use. It is rather low groAving Avith fine 
curled leaves of deep green color. The young leaA^es are tender and delicate^ in flavor. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 30 cents; pound, $1.00; postpaid. 
This splendid vegetable should be better known in 
the South, for it is a most desirable one. It’s sort of 
halfAA'ay betAA'een a cabbage and a turnip. While it 
has many of the characteristics of the cabbage family the edible part is the bulb (as 
shown in our illustration) that forms above the ground. In the loAver South and 
Florida it can be easily grown with August to October sowings. Seed can be sown 
thinly in roAvs where plants are to stand and thinned to six inches apart or sown in 
beds and transplanted like cabbage. The bulbs Avhich groAV to the size of a medium 
sized apple have a delicate ca))bage-like flavor. Sow % ounce of seed to 100 feet of 
row ; 2 lbs. per acre. Kohl-Rabi matures in 8 to 10 weeks. 
Early White Vienna Kohl-Rabi (No. 202) a‘?°a'ppiXhen 
ready for use, and are of a pale, whitish green color. They are hardy and you can 
have nice, tender bulbs all through the fall. When Avell started, set out as cabbage 
plants, and for table use, gather bulbs while skin is tender, slice, and cut off the 
hard loAver portion. Bulbs are of very mild, delicate, cabbage-like flavor, most deli- 
cious. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50; postpaid. 
■ The leek is a very hardy 
1 onion-like plant that does 
not make a bulb. It has 
a long, well thickened neck someAvhat re- 
sembling the growth of young onions in 
spring but much longer and thicker. The 
leek thrives under same general conditions 
as onions and should be cultwated in the 
same general manner except that AA’hen the 
plants begin to get some size the earth 
should gradually be draAvn up around the 
necks so as to blanch the stems or necks 
white and increase the tenderness and fine 
flavor. Sow one ounce to 100 feet of roAV. 
Large Carenten S 
Leek(No. 203) 
rich soil, well earthed up, the edible por- 
tion is from (! to 8 inches long by 2 to 3 
inches in diameter. Packet, 10 cents; Vj 
ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; *4 Ih., 75c. 
Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thornless Eggplant — The 
Finest Eggplant in the World For All Purposes 
GOOD GARDENS CUT STORE BILLS 
Early Vienna Kohl-Kabi 
Early Oreen Curled Kale or Borecole 
