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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
Garden or 
English 
Peas for 
Planting 
in the 
South 
Prices include Postage 
Prepaid on Packets, 1-2, 
1 and 2-lb. Packages. Larger quantities by 
Express or Freight at Purchaser's Expense 
Many of our customers don’t plant Garden Peas because 
they don’t bear long enough. Plant seed deeper and work 
soil up around stalks, and peas will stay in bearing 
twice as long. 
CulFui*^ For fall planting in Central South garden 
^ peas should be sown early in September, es- 
pecially the second early varieties. Extra early sorts, such 
as John L., can be sown throughout September and will 
mature before frost. In Florida and along the Gulf Coast they may be 
sown during any of the fall mouths, October and November being prefer- 
able. Sow in drills covering seed 2 to 3 inches deep, according to soil. 
To avoid the necessity of sticking or brushing, plant the peas in double 
rows 6 to 8 inches apart, and when the vines get large enough run them together. 
Most varieties of the earlies and second earlies are of sufficiently stiff growth to 
support each other in this manner. Plant 2 pounds of peas to 100 feet of row. 
56 pounds of wrinkled or 60 pounds of smooth peas make a bushel. 
Hastings’ John L.( No.3l6)--Quickest Growing Pea 
Earliest of all the extra early varieties ; for home use, market or shipment. Since 1896 
it has held the record for earliness against all of the best strains of early peas sold by 
other American seedsmen and during that time no pea has been introduced that equals 
it for earliness and productiveness in the extra early class. John L. is a standard 
with Southern gardeners, both for shipping and home markets, and every year we 
sell hundreds and hundreds of bushels of this variety to Florida shippers. The ear- 
liest time on record in early maturity was made with this variety years ago by C. J. 
Montgomery, St. Augustine, Florida. He planted 15 pounds of John L., and on the 
30th day from planting gathered one bushel of well developed pods therefrom. TUs 
really is a wonderful first early pea and a variety 
that always makes good when the highest prices 
are obtained. Packet, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; 
pound, 35 cents; 2 pounds, 65 cents; postpaid. Not 
prepaid, 10-pound lots or over, 15 cents per pound. 
Alaska Extra Early(No.3l7)!’<^^’ 
John L., 
this is the best, round extra early pea ; about one 
week later than John L. in earliness and is the best 
quality and heaviest bearer of all the round-seeded extra early 
varieties. A splendid shipper and one of the very best you can 
plant in the garden for home use for an extra early. Foliage 
and pods light green; pods 2^ Inches long, round, straight and 
square ended, containing six peas. Seeds are of bluish shade, 
well rounded out and the fresh peas are about equal to the 
wrinkled peas in quality. There are a great many peas being 
sold under the name of “Alaska” that are from run-out stock or 
else not kept true to name. These dwarf varieties have to be 
“rogued” very carefully each year to keep them true to type. 
This we do very carefully and you can depend on us. We have 
a specially wonderful stock of Alaska peas this year and know 
that for canning, marketing or home use you will find them ab- 
solutely satisfactory. Packet, 10 cents; % pound, 20 cents; 
pound, 35 cents; 2 pounds, 65 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 
pounds or over, 15 cents per pound. 
Recommended for Florida and Gulf Coast regions 
■ Iwriua IwICIMeil ^ IiUi WWW y only, where it is well known. A medium early, very 
heavy bearing small seeded variety that has proven itself an intensely prolific bearer in 
Florida and Lower Gulf Coast sections. For home use and nearby markets only. Its greatest 
value is its hardiness and very heavy bearing qualities. Packet, 10 cents; % lb., 20 cents; 
lb., 35 cents; 2 lbs., 65 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 pounds or over, 12 cents a pound. 
Hastings’ John L.. Extra 
Early Peas 
Type of Alaska Extra Early Pea 
HASTINGS’ SEED 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 carloads of oats or rye, has samples talven from it 
for complete tests of germination 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 of 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 definite intervals. 
Unless they are up to highest standards we don’t sell them to you. 
