H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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Tomatoes For Your Summer and Fall Plantings 
Hastings' Extra Early Prolific Tomato 
Hastings' Dwarf Champion Tomato (No. 452) 
Our special strain of Dwarf Champion is the only first-class tomato of 
sufficiently stiff growth to stand up clear of the ground without staking, 
thus keeping fruit off the ground. Growth stiff, upright and compact: 
fruits large; of bright red color: regular in size and shape and very 
smooth skin; one of our most popular and desirable varieties. Packet, 10 
cents; Vi ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c; Vi pound, 65c; pound, $2.00; postpaid. 
Spark’s Earliana (No. 457) £S. , TfiV,'/S,S"SS 
rather slender open branches; moderate growth, well set with fruits, all 
of which ripen early. Deep scarlet color, growing in clusters of 5 to 8, of 
medium size, average 2% inches in diameter. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 
15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; Vi pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.00; postpaid. 
Hastings' Improved Purple Acme (No. 441) 
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 al¬ 
most 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, 20 cents; Vi pound, 60 cents; pound, $1.75; postpaid. 
Hastings’ Dwarf Champion Tomato 
About the time this 
catalogue comes in¬ 
to the hands of the 
majority of its read- 
e r s the tomatoes 
from the spring 
plantings will have 
begun to die out. It 
is easily possible for 
the people of the 
Central South to 
have tomatoes for 
table use for a 
month or six weeks 
after killing frost. 
Planted in August, 
most varieties bear 
in 75 to 80 days. 
Summer planted to¬ 
matoes will be in 
their prime during 
October and Novem¬ 
ber and can be pick¬ 
ed green before the 
plants are killed and 
kept in the house 
and ripened gradu¬ 
ally for weeks after¬ 
wards. If you never tried planting toma¬ 
toes in summer, do so now. In Florida 
and along the Gulf Coast it is a regular 
crop for fall and early winter shipment. 
Hastings’ Extra Early 
Prolific Tomato (No. 444) 
For quick maturity from late plantings 
this has no equal. It’s a wonder for ex¬ 
tra earliness, smoothness and heavy bearing; immensely prolific, 
combined with vigorous growing qualities. Begins to “set” fruit 
from the first blooms and as the foliage is rather light and open it 
lets the sun in to color and ripen the fruit quickly. Our illustration 
from a photograph shows its extremely heavy bearing qualities. Be¬ 
gins with the earliest and keeps right along bearing. Fruits are from 
2% to 3 inches in diameter; rich red color and ripen evenly. It is a 
splendid shipper and of very good eating quality for home garden 
use. Its smoothness of skin and regularity are exceptional for an 
extra early variety. If you are a truck grower you cannot afford to 
miss planting it; if you are a home gardener you need it for earliest 
use. We have seen as many as 34 good sized, smooth, ripe tomatoes 
on a single plant in our seed crops at one time. Immensely prolific 
and beyond question the most desirable extra early tomato offered 
for sale. It represents years of closest and most careful work in seed 
selection and plant breeding. Packet, 10 cents; % ounce, 20 cents; 
ounce, 35 cents; Vi pound, $1.00; pound, $3.50; postpaid. 
