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H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
- Hastings’ Stringless Green Pod Bush Bean 
Our absolutely stringless, green, round-podded bean, stringless In all stages of growth, from the time the first 
pods form until they are full grown and ready to dry up. It surpasses all other beans in crisp, tender qualities and 
fine flavor. It makes a beautiful appearance with its long, smooth, green pods, the natural size of which is shown 
ill our illustration on this page. It is very prolific, a strong, vigorous grower, and comes into bearing before Red 
\ alentine, and continues to produce long after other varieties have gone, the pods retaining their superb eating 
and stringless qualities to the last. Of greatest value to those with the family garden, who desire to combine 
quality with the heaviest production, lests of it all over the South during the past years have shown its great 
superiority in every respect. We recommend it to everyone who plants beans in the South. It is one of the best 
green-podded bush beans that you can plant. Packet, 10 cts.; 3^ pint, 16 cts.: pint, 25 cts.; quart, 45 cts.; postpaid. 
Peck, Sl.40; bushel, ^.00. 
Hastings’ Extra Early Red Valentine (Round Podded) bea®n 
early, heavy-bearing bush bean good in all parts of the South either for market or home use. that is if you have Ifiie 
genuine round-podded stock such as ours. There are immense quantities of flat varieties sold every year whlflb are 
tough, shucky and worthless. 
If you plant Valentine Beans from Hastiniis* you are safe and sure of beans of right quality. Ours is fhe true 
round-podded stock, very early, a vigorous grower and a very heavy bearer of medium sized, round, tender, thie 
flavored pods. Very uniform in ripening. Southern truck growers consider our Valentine one of the most 
profitable beans they can grow for shipment. Pkt., 10c.; 3^ pt., 15c.; pt., 25c.; qt., 40c.; postpaid, not prepmd, pk., 
ftl 9-^* hkii fiU .^0 
Hastings’ Excelsior Refugee ^|re^- 
podded bush beans for Southern plantings. It is a vigorous 
grower and a heavy bearer of medium sized round, tkieiy 
flavored pods. No eariy variety equais it in abiiity to with¬ 
stand either extremeiy wet or dry weather without injury. 
Hoids pods weii up oif the ground. We can recommend it to 
you fuliy either for eariy or iate piantings if you wish to com¬ 
bine eariiness, sureness of crop, quaiity and quantity. I’Ul., 
10c.; K pt., 15c.; pt., 25c.; qt., 40c.; postpaid. Not prepaid, pk., 
81.25; 6u., 84.50. 
Improved Round Pod Refugee (1000 to 1) 
Alsoknownas "Brown Valentine.” It Is almost Identical 
with our Excelsior Refugee except that It Is 10 days to two 
weeks later in bearing. An immensely heavy yielder of round 
green pods of fine quality. Especially resistant to drought, cold 
and unfavorable growing conditions. Very largely used by 
market gardeners, both for nearby markets and long distance 
shipping. Pkt., 10c.; pt., 15c.; pint, 25c.; qt., 40c.; postpaid. 
Not prepaid, pk., 81.25; bn., 84.50. 
Extra Early Black Valentine 
This new bean is steadily making its way into favor as a 
market bean for theshipper, many shippers preferring it to the 
Red Valentine on account of its greater hardiness and resist¬ 
ance to bad weather conditions. IPs extra early, a heavy bearer 
and a No. 1 shipper to Northern markets. Equally good for 
home gardens, especially so for Florida and GulfCoast sections. 
Packet, 10 cents; % pint, 15 cents; pint. 25 cents; quart, 40 cents; 
postpaid. By express or freight, not prepaid, peck, $1.50; 
bushel, 85.00. 
Griswold’s Everbeariug Wax 
A valuable dwarf wax variety for the family garden or near-by market' 
Is wonderfully productive and has handsome round yellow pods, which are 
thick,fleshy, entirely stringless, growing six to seven Inches in length, and 
exceedingly rich, buttery, and fine flavored when cooked. Their greatest 
value, however, is in their long-bearing character, beginning to bear early 
and continuing to produce their magnificent pods in great abundance long 
after other varieties are done. We have counted many single vines with 
eighty to ninety pods ready for picking and a mass of blossoms on the same vine. Pkt., 10c.; P* ' 
20c.;pt., 30c.; qt, 50o.; postpaid. I'k., 81.50; bu., $5.50. 
HASTINGS’ EARLY VALENTINE WAX with purely round wax pods. 
Grows 15 inches high, with strong, sturdy stalks and plenty of foli.age. If yoifn-ant a first-class wax 
bean for either home use or market we can recommend this variety without reserve. Crop short this 
year; stock limited. Pkt., 10c.; pt., 15c.; pt., 25c.; qt., 45c.; pk., 81.50; bu., 85.50. 
READ THE SOUTHERN RURALIST 
gets it for a jrear* 
Hastings’ Best 4 
Bean Collection 
Four of onr best beans for home gardens in the 
Sonth are onr Stringless Green Pod, Wardwell’s Kid¬ 
ney Wax, Old Homestead or Texas Prolific Pole Bean 
and Henderson Bosh Lima. All of these are illus¬ 
trated and described on pages 31, 32 and 33. We will 
send yon by mail one 10 cent packet of each of these 
4 varieties postpaid for 23 cents. This is your chance 
to have these 4 splendid varieties at the lowest cost. 
Extra Early Red Valentine 
