II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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You Must Have the Genuine Seed to Succeed 
No crop, with the 
possible exception of 
cabbage, depends 
more on the genu¬ 
ineness and quality 
of the seed for a 
successful crop. 
Outside of the Hast- 
i n g s ’ importation 
there is little Ber¬ 
muda Onion Seed 
that’s safe to plant 
for the man who 
wants to make suc¬ 
cessful crops. There 
is not a seed house 
in the country ex¬ 
cept ourselves whose 
Bermuda Onion 
seed has made good 
with the growers 
right on year after 
year. It’s the only 
dependable Bermu¬ 
da Onion seed sold 
in the United States. 
Others occasionally 
get hold of a small 
lot of good seed, 
then fall down on 
quality the next 
year. This experi¬ 
ence has been re¬ 
peated over and 
over again. 
We could fill this 
entire catalog with 
letters from onion 
growers who have 
depended on seed 
from other sources 
than Hastings’ to 
their sorrow. Hast¬ 
ings’ Bermuda On¬ 
ion seed (Crystal 
Wax, Bermuda 
White and Bermuda Red) always "make good” everywhere and every 
year, in good growing seasons and bad. It has stood the test of 29 
years’ continuous planting without a "fall down.” There have been 
all sorts of cut-price propositions put up to the growers in years 
past. There are beginners in onion-growing every year and older 
ones wanting to take chances for the sake of saving a few cents 
per pound in seed cost. 
Netted Grower Nearly $1,000.00 Per Acre 
Veteran onion growers like T. C. Nye, of Laredo, Texas, are not 
caught by offers of a cut price. When they start a crop they want 
to feel sure that the seed is right, and when Bermuda Onion Seed 
comes from Hastings’ they know it’s right. Mr. Nye made $7,000 
clear net profit from his 20 acres one year, and it wasn’t a specially 
good year for onions either. In Bermuda Onion Seed it’s a whole 
lot better to be sure at planting time than sorry at harvest. 
White or Yellow Bermuda Onions from Hastings’ Seeds—Crop 
It’s Much Better To Be Sure Than Sorry 
Harvest time tells the tale and the onion grower who for the 
sake of saving a dollar or so per acre in planting is reasonably 
sure of losing a hundred or more in the crop. 
The late Mr. T. C. Nye, of Laredo, Texas, pioneer of the Texas 
Bermuda Onion industry, once said in a letter to us; 
"I have always purchased my onion seed from Ha.stings’ except 
on two occasions, when I wished to place additional orders with 
them, and found that they had already accepted orders for as much 
seed as their contracts would yield, and so I was compelled to buy 
part of my seed from other parties. I can say that I never got 
from any other source the same pure seed that I got from Hastings’. 
‘T have bought Bermuda Onion seed from Hastings’ all the years 
that I have been in the Bermuda Onion business, and I will never 
buy from any other house as long as I can get them from him. 
There Is No Other Seed 
Readers of this catalog who have been in the Bermuda Onion 
business for years have representatives of other seed houses call on 
them and the talk put out is always “Our seed is just as good as 
Hastings’.” They are not telling the truth, and what's worse, they 
know that they are not telling the truth. Not a single other house 
has sold seed in the Bermuda Onion territory that has made good 
two years in succession. The truth of the statement can be borne 
out by every onion grower in the large onion growing districts. 
'There has never been a crop of Bermuda Onions produced from seed 
from other houses that has equaled crops from Hastings’ for puri¬ 
ty, shape and yield per acre. Every record crop of Bermuda Onions 
produced in this country has been from Hastings’ seed. Practical- 
"The planter who lets every dealer in Bermuda Onion seed catch 
his order is very foolish, arid takes a risk that no sensible man 
ought to incur. Any speculation with the business is more than 
likely to land a man in the poorhouse. 
“I am confident that during this season the sensible and reliable 
growers of this section are placing their orders with Hastings’, as 
we have full.v satisfied ourselves that their seed is more reliable than 
the seed sent out by other houses. Hastings’ seeds are good enough 
for me, and when I can’t get them, there won’t be any other seed 
planted on my place, even if the land should remain unplanted.” 
There is many a man in Texas and Florida who has “gone broke” 
as a result of buying cheap and inferior Bermuda Onion Seed. 
Unless the seed is right there is absolutely no chance for success 
with this crop. With right seed it is the safest vegetable crop a 
man can plant in any section where it is adapted. 
jst as Good as Hastings’ ” 
ly every seed house in the United States that attempts to do South¬ 
ern business has taken a shot at this Bermuda Onion business dur¬ 
ing the last 18 years and none of them have succeeded. Why? Sim¬ 
ply because the seed has not "made good.” They have not the right 
growing arrangements. The seed is not “bred up” properly. This 
mongrel, more or less “scrub” onion seed has occasioned losses of 
hundreds of thousands of dollars to growers in Texas, Florida and 
other states. This seed makes ill-shaped, thick-necked, unsatisfac¬ 
tory onions, while much of the seed sold is not Bermuda Onion 
seed, but Italian and Spanish varieties that are worthless in the 
South. If there is one crop you can’t afford to take chances bn the 
seed, it’s Bermuda Onions. If you plant Hastings’ you are safe. 
