FI. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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Mangel and Su^ar Beets for Stock Feed 
The culture of root crops for stock food is neglected by our farmers, and it is a farm crop that you will find 
very profitable. The Mangel and Sugar Beets and White Belgian Carrots are enormous yielders under good culli- 
vation and they make an agreeable change of feed for any animal kept on dry forage during the winter months. 
When planted in the spring and allowed to grow all summer, the yield is enormous and the value of the crop is 
shown by the increased flow of milk and the improved condition of the animals. Have your ground deeply plovvccl, 
then well harrowed until smooth. Sow seed in the spring in rows 2y. to 3 feet apart and let grow until late fall. Use 
a naturally rich soil or else fertilize heavily to get profitable results.^ Both the Mangel and Sugar Beets are equally 
profitable for stock feeding. Plants pounds of seed per acre. Where their value is known almost every farmer 
plants from one to ten pounds of seed each year, and they find that it pays. Seed crop very short. 
T This is the largest and heaviest yielder in the [routh of all the 
Xl.t?U XTAttllgd Mangel varieties. Boots grow one-half to two-thirds above the 
surface and are usually two feet long and six inches in diameter. Skin i.s a dark red. flesh white with veined rings 
of pink. Ounce, 5 cents; % pound, 15 cents; pound, 50 cents; postpaid. 
T ^ !•_This is the largesinnd one of the Pest of the truesugar beets 
*▼ XlltC J/rCHCXl OUgcir and the rich content of sugar make them especialiy valu, 
able in fattening live stock of all kinds. The sugar content, when grown South, is not sulliciently great to make- 
their culture profitable for manufacturing sugar (being less than 12 per cent .1 but they are a profit able crop forstock 
feeding. Ounce, 5 cents; % pound, 15 cents; pound, 50 cents; postpaid. 
Brussels Sprouts S‘gefmnii?.''%dendkitoVhl 
South. “Sprouts” are miniature cabbages growing 'clo.sely on the stalk 
of the plant, a small head being formed at each leaf joint. Plants are 
hardv and live through winter in most parts of the South. Quality 
and flavor much improved by frost. Sow seed early in J uly or August, 
and when plants are six inciies high transplant to open ground like 
cabbage. A most desirable vegetable for the youth and should be in 
every youthern home garden. 
Improved Dwarf Brussels Sprouts —A variety producing 
compact “sprouts,” of the most excellent quality. Packet, 5 cents; 
ounce, 15 cents; pound, 50 cents; pound, Sl.75. 
-r> 1? This vegetable is closely related to the cauliflower 
JjrOCCOll from which it is supposed to have come. Its cul¬ 
ture is the same as for cauliflower, and in the Southern States it is a 
much surer header. There are many deterred from growing cauli¬ 
flower by the high price of cauliflower seed. To these w'e recommend 
a trial of Broccoli. There are two varieties that <io well in the South, 
the only difference being in the color of the heads. 
■White Cape —Packet, 10 cents; ^ ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 
pound, 75 cents. 
Purple Cape— Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 
ounce, '25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 
Our Jumbo Mangel Beet 
Improved Dwarf Brussels Sprouts 
Flower Seed Free Irge^oTiovf"" 
Hastings* Cauliflower Seed is imported by us from the most re 
liable growers in Kuropc* No Cauliflower Seed of value is thrown 
in the United States* W e furnish the highest grade of seed and do not charge you from 
50 cents to S1*00 per ounce extra for Bed, Yellow and Blue Seals on the package* 
r’,,ltl-.v«« Does best In rich well-tilled soil; will do in a well-manured soil, bow in seed bed at same time as cabbage Transplant when 3 to 4 
t^Uinir© inches hig-h* ffive ulentv of water in dry weather. Keep wet, hoe thorouglily and otten. In Honda ana along the Gultsow seed m 
September, October and Kovember. Seed required 1 ounce to 2,500 plants. Early varieties mature in about 110 days. 
Hastings’ GiltEd^e Cauliflower 
We introduced “Gilt Edge” Cauliflower in the South is 1893. 
Since that time we have watched all new introductions closely, 
and we have not found In the last 18 years a variety that comes 
anywhere near being its equal, for either fall or spring plant¬ 
ing in the South. 
“Gilt Edge” is rightly named. It is “Gilt Edge” in every 
re.spect. It is the largest, most perfect and surest header of all 
the early varieties, and in quality it is unexcelled. One speci¬ 
men was sent to our store by a gardener, which, when the 
leaves were trimmed oif, weighed 7 j^punds and 8 ounces, the 
largest perfect head of early cauliflower we have ever seen in 
the South. 
In general appearance, “Gilt Edge” is like the Snowball, 
but much larger, a surer header and stands much longer with¬ 
out decay than any other. Cauliflower should be more gener¬ 
ally grown in the South than it is, and there isno variety equal 
to “Gilt Edge” w'here a sure crop of the finest quality is wanted. 
I’kt., 20 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; 34 oz., 81.25; oz., 82.25; 34 lb., 83.00; 
lb., 830.00. 
Extra Early Paris 'WTiite — Heads medium size. Fine 
for family garden. Packet, 10 cents; 34 ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 
50 cents; 34 pound, $2.00; pound, £7.00. 
Early Snowball (Henderson! — A good early variety, 
second only in value to the Gilt Edge. Backet, 15 cents; 34 
ounce, 75 cents; 34 ounce, 81.25; ounce, $2.00; 34 pound, 87.50; 
pound, 828.00. 
Ee Normand’s (Sbort Stem) —Packet, 10 cents; 34ottnce. 
15 cents; 34 ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 50 cents; 34 pound, 82.00: 
pound, 87.00. 
EariJe Bate Algiers —Best late variety. Backet, 10 cents: 
34 ounce, 25 cents; ounce, 75 cents; 34 pound, 82.50. 
Aniumn Giant — Packet, 10 cents; 34 ounce, 30 cents.' 
ounce, 50 cents; 34 pound, 81.50. 
Hastintis’ Gilt Edife, tbe Best Early Cauliflower for tbe South 
