//. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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USEFUL GOURDS 
One packet each of four useful varieties on the farm — 25 cents; postpaid 
— Sugar Trough, Japanese Nest Kgg, Dipper and Dishcloth Gourds. 
Hastings’ Improved Large 
Purple Thornless Eggplant 
This variety is the standard for purity and 
excellence for Eggplant in all the market gard¬ 
ening sections of the South. It has been grown 
for 16 years by market gardeners with profitable 
results and in the home gardens with entire 
satistaction. Our seed is pure and the plants 
thornless. There is no crop we exercise more 
care in and in which our constant and con¬ 
tinued selections show better results. In a 
properly cultivated crop streaked or oli-colored 
IVuit is almost unknown. Plants are large, 
.strong and vigorous, each plant producing from 
5 to 8 large fruits of dark rich purple color. The 
earliest of all large fruited varieties and always 
gives satisfaction with proper cultivation, and 
the vigor and strength of this variety makes it 
less subject to the etfect of "blight ’ and "die- 
back.’’which is so disastrous to this crop in so 
many sections. Packet, 10 cents; K ounce, 20 
cents; ounce, 35 cents; pound, 81.00; pound, 
83.75. 
Early Lon^ Purple yi7i1ft / 
suitable for family gardens only. Fruit 6 to io 
Inches long and of good quality. Packet, 5 cts.; 
ounce, 15 cts.; ounce, 25 cts.; % pound, 75 cts. 
variety 
will give you a plentiful supply of durable nest 
eggs. '1 hey are light, and when properly dried 
resemble eggs very closely and are uninjured 
by cold or wet. Do not plant in very rich soil or 
the fruits will be too large. Packet, 10 cents. 
....... The variety from which 
xne JXipper the long bandied dp- 
pers are made. Packet, 10 cents. 
The Dishcloth ^ou™rwhe“V® 
ripe the skin can be easily removed and the 
sponge-like interior can be cleaned and dried, 
then used for dishcloths or in place of sponges. 
They are fine. Packet, 10 cents. 
. . "I I'’ Florida and the Lower 
14 .OOTI I 81H 1 South seed should be sown 
in hot beds in .lanuary 
and February. In this latitude the hot beds 
should be started between February 15th and 
March 15th. The seed will not germinate freely 
in a temperature of Ic.ss than 65 degrees, hence 
the necessity of artificial heat early in the sea- 
.son. When plants have made the fourth or fifth 
pair of leaves they may be set in open ground, if 
danger of frost is past, 3 feet apart each wav. 
Cultivate often, keeping them free from weeds 
and grass. In June and July seed can be planted 
in Florida for a fall and early winter shipping 
crop. 
Hastings’ Improved Large Purple Thornless Eggplant 
Gourds furnish many useful household articles, apd are easily grown anywhere in the South. Caresliould 
be taken not to grow them near s<iuasn aud iiunipkius, as they cioss easily and make the squasli i nlcnsely 
bitter. They should be grown where they have a chance to climb on fences or trellises for best results. 
C j rp ,| This immense gourd can be used for innumerable purpo.ses about the farm 
X TOUgll \\ iih the lop or neck sawcil oil it can be Used lor buckeis, baskets, soap disiu .- 
hens’ nests or water dishes for. Poultry, packet. It) ce.. s 
Kale or Borecole For “Greens” 
■We sincerely wish we could get our friends to grow Kate more extensively a.s it is 
so much superior in eating qualities to the collard. Kale is more hanly than cabbage 
and willstand through the entire winter in any ordinary season in the central and 
lower South. It is much improved in quality by being touched with frost. Of all the 
cabbage tribe this is the most finely flavored and it would be more generally grown 
were its good qualities more widely known, it is a favorite vegetable to furnish 
"greens” in the South during winter and spring, and forthat use there is nothing 
better. Sow 1 oz. of seed for 100 feet of row, 3 to 4 pounds per acre. 
Early Green Curled — Also variously known as "Dwarf German,” “Dwarf 
Curled Scotch” and “Siberian.” This isthe variety u.sually sown in the fall for spring 
use. Itis ratherlow growing, with fine curled leaves of deep green color. The young 
leaves are tender and delicate in flavor. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; pound, 
25 cents; pound, 70 cents. 
Tall Green Curled Scotch— Tall growing, very ornamental variety. Packet, 
6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, ‘25 cents; pound, 70 cents. 
ve more and 
- better seeds tor tne money tlinii any other 
seedsman I ever dealt with. I thank you.”—Norris C. Mllburn, 
Irw'ln County, Georgia. 
"Seeds received all right. You gavf 
better seeds for the money than 
— * I “Seed came promptly and are satisfactory. 
X lOTlll*! Mailed order to you 2 p. m. on Thursiiay aud 
following Tuesday morning had a good stand up. This 1 think 
speaks well for the attention you give orders and the produc¬ 
tive power of Florida soil.”—Z. Graham, ilarion County. 
"The garden seed I bought of you were good and 
X not a disappointment as some seed I have bought 
from Northern seed houses have been. Y'our Tom Watson Wat¬ 
ermelon has the good points of all and the defects of none.” 
John T. Allison, Milam County, Texas. 
I * • „ "Garden seeds 1 got from you In the spring 
-'DUlslclllct -(vere the very best. Ilastings' Prolific 
Corn is splendid,” S. J. W. Bennett, St. llelena Parish. 
