H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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SPECIAL SEEDS FOR SUMMER AND FALL 
HASTINGS’ RIGHT VARIETIES OF RIGHT QUALITY AT RIGHT PRICES 
For Late Summer and Fall Plantings 
BUNCH BEANS Palmetto Asparagus 
Hastings’ Excelsior Extra Early Refugee Beans 
riilhifA If you don’t plant beans in late summer and fall you lose a 
wUltUrc good part of the “bean season.” Beans can be planted all 
through the summer in the Central South up to September with safety. 
In Florida and the Gulf Coast sections they can be planted still later. 
Late summer and fall plantings often yield heaviest crops. Sow in drills 
18 inches to 2 feet apart: drop a bean every 3 or 4 inches, covering about 2 
inches. Keep soil stirred frequently and when about to blossom draw the 
earth up close around them. 
Hastings’ Excelsior Refugee Beans (No. 14) 
For late summer or early fall plantings there is no better bean than Ex¬ 
celsior Extra Early Refugee, where earliness of maturity, heavy bearing 
and resistance to hot summer sun is wanted. For the home garden it is 
all right; for the market gardener, for local market, or shipment to North¬ 
ern cities, it is a money-maker. It is a vigorous grower and heavy bearer, 
of medium sized, round, very finely flavored green pods. No other variety 
equals it in ability to withstand either extreme wet or dry weather with¬ 
out serious injury; holds pods well up off the ground. ATe recommend it 
fully for either early or late plantings if you wish to combine sureness of 
crop, quality and quantity. Packet, 10 cents; % pint, 15 cents; pint, 25 
cents; quart, 45 cents; postpaid. Not prepaid, peck, $1.75; bushel, $6.50. 
Every Time You Order 
Seeds or Write to Us 
Be Sure and Write Your 
Name, Post Office and 
State Plainly. Hundreds 
of Orders Are Delayed 
Every Year Because the 
Sender Forgets to Sign 
His Name or Give His 
Post Office Address. 
Seeds Postpaid by Mail 
Liberal Premiums 
Stamps 
Remember that the prices given in this list include 
delivery of all seeds by packet, ounce, quarter- 
pound, pound, pint or quart, except where noted. Send us the amount named in this cata¬ 
logue, and we guarantee safe delivery by mail in these quantities. 
Please bear in mind that on seeds in packets and ounces only 
except cauliflower in ounces (no quarter-pounds, pounds, 
pints or quarts), the purchaser may select 25 cents worth extra on each dollar sent. This 
does not apply to orders for collections, -prices of which are net. Please read carefully our 
Special Premium Offer on back of Order Sheet. 
if^rte # 1 rtf Cnnrlincr Mnnnu In all cases where the order for seed amounts to 
WI ITIUllcy one dollar or more, the cost of post office or express 
money order, or cost of registering the letters from places that are not money order offices, 
may be deducted from the amount of the order. 
On orders of seeds where the amount is less than 50 cents, we will accept 
Parcel Post stamps in good condition (one-cent and two-cent stamps pre¬ 
ferred) the same as cash, but we would ask those remitting stamps to wrap them in oiled 
paper, if possible, to prevent their sticking together or to the order. 
Tha Mow Fvncoec Over a year ago the sweeping reduction in express 
I lie L_A|Jb CSS ndt,C9 rates ordered by the United States Interstate 
Commerce Commission went into effect, and we have now had enough shipping-by-express 
experience to know the effect of these changes. Under the old rates seeds were carried by 
the express companies on a special class basis which was about one-third less than the reg¬ 
ular rates. Under the rulings of the Commission all of these special express rates were 
abolished and the new rates applied to seed shipments. After working under the new rates 
for some time we are now able to say that there is no material difference between the new rates and the old special seed rates that were 
so generally satisfactory. Rates to some points are raised, to others lowered, but on an average they are about the same. 
Warraritv H. HASTINGS CO. gives no warranty, either express or implied, as to description, quality, produc- 
mJUUl **«> ■ dllljr tiveness or any other matter, of any seeds, bulbs or plants they send out, and will not be in any way respon¬ 
sible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned, and any money that may 
have been paid for them will be refunded. Crops are dependent for success or failure on so many things besides the seed that it is impos¬ 
sible for us to give any warranty or guarantee. This does not mean that we lack confidence in the seeds we sell, but we have no control 
over the seeds after they leave our house, especially so as to the methods of planting, cultivating and fertilizing, all of which are important 
factors in the success of any crop. If we should warrant or guarantee seeds in any way, we could be held responsible for the failure of 
the crop, regardless of cause, and this is a responsibility we cannot and will not accept. No responsible seedsman gives any warranty. 
Pnlmotfn Aenaraonc Cnnrl /U A l\ The Palmetto, while an old variety, is beyond 
rczllTIcllO nsparaglls «3fc:fcS*J ^Isu. If question the best variety for the South. Seed 
can be sown in either fall or spring, thinly in drills one foot apart. AA’hen well up, cultivate frequently 
and continue until the roots have grown for one year. In transplanting, put the roots 18 inches apart each 
way and 4 inches below the surface. Use your richest piece of ground and remember that you cannot use 
too much manure on Asparagus. Palmetto is earlier, a better yielder and more even and stronger in 
growth than, many of the later introductions. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; % pound, 20c; pound, 60c. 
Palmetto Asparagus Roots (No. 2) * 0 ° u u r ^pa'agus 1 ^ i^Sion 1 ?® cut g b e yt n h! 
use of our splendid, large 2-year-old Palmetto Asparagus Roots. Plant them this fall in the Lower South 
and save six months’ time. While this is a little more expensive than planting the seed, yet the time saved 
and the generally more satisfactory growth makes it well worth while to use the roots. 50 roots, 75 cents; 
$1.25 per 100; postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, per 100, 75 cents; per 1,000, $5.00; per 10,000, 
$45.00. Roots ready about November 1st. Orders booked now. 
French Globe Artichoke 
/lj« A vegetable little known or 
^llUi O) liked by Americans, but highly 
prized by the French and Italians. This 
variety is for table use only. Best im¬ 
ported French seed. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 30 cents; A4 pound, $1.00. 
OUR BUSH OR 
