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H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Hastings’ 
W atermelon 
HASTINGS’ HOME GARDEN COLLECTION 
7 PACKETS 25 CENTS. One fuU-sized packet each o£ Augusta Rattlesnake, Kleckley 
Sweet, Alabama Sweet, Florida Favorite, Hastings* Tinker, The Jones and Black Diamond, 
all exceptionally fine varieties for home use. This coUection wUl furnish any ordinary 
family plenty of first-class melons all season. Only 25 cents for the 7 packets, postpaid. 
HASTINGS’ 4-OUNGE MELON COLLECTION 
4 OUNCES POSTPAID 25 CENTS. Some prefer fewer varieties but more of them. 
For 25 cents we will send yon postpaid one ounce each of Florida F'avorite, Augusta Rat¬ 
tlesnake, Hastings Tinker and Alabama Sweet. Each one of these is a splendid home 
garden variety for all parts of the South. 
HASTINGS’ l-ACRE MELON COLLECTION 
LOTS of our friends like to plant about an acre of assorted varieties. A little over a 
pound of seed will plant an acre nicely. For $1.00 we will send yon postpaid one-fourth 
pound each of our Florida Favorite, Augusta Rattlesnake, Hastings* Tinker, Alabama 
Sweet and Kleckley Sweet. You couldn’t get a finer assortment if yon tried, and every 
seed is from our own special crops grown exclusively for seed purposes, if you want an 
acre of the best melons in your section send us $1.00 for this collection. 
Hastings’ Selected Florida Favorite Watermelon (The V6ry B6St) 
Our special selection and growth of Florida Favorite has given us an unsurpassed extra early, good quality, medium-sized melon, just the 
right hind for home use and near-hy markets. It’s a large, smooth, beautifully shaped melon, of dark green color, irregularly striped with 
lighter green, very early and prolific. Rind of medium thickness, rather tough, making it a good shipper. Flesh red, very crisp, tender and 
juicy. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; % pound, 25 cts.j pound, 80 cts.j postpaid. In lots of 10 pounds or over, not prepaid, 60 cts. per pound. 
Mam-mnili Immensesize.handsomelymarked, oblong 
iTlalUlIlOril J.ronijltiU shape, flesh bright red and very solid. The 
rind while very thin is remarkably hard. One of the very best. Packet, 5 
rents; ounce, 10 cents; ^ pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents; po.stpnid. 
nr-OfiTn ni* True White-Seeded Variety —Fla- 
xtjC/ wi X ccAirraa vor alw,ays good, sweet and deliciou.s; 
flesh solid and of rich scarlet color; seeds white. Form is oblong, the rind 
is quite thin and dark green in color. Packet, 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % 
pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 
nianinTirl vigorous, and is earlier than any stand- 
uicliiv i/iuiuuiiu ard variety. Itis immensely prolific, one melon 
grower loading live cars from five acres of it and then had large quantities 
of salable melons left. The melons in these cars averaged 34 pounds each. 
Melons are of very uniform shape and as good in shipping as Kolb's Gem. 
Of a deep, glossy green color when ripe, which gives them the appearance 
of having been varni.shed. Southern grown seed. Packet, 6 cents; ounce, 
10 cents; % pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents; postpaid. 10 pounds, not 
prepaid, ^.00. 
ONE OF HASTINGS’ BIG, SWEET, JUICY WATERMELONS 
Eaten in the middle of a hot summer day will do more towards making yon feel kindly toward yonr fellowman than almost anything yon conld do. A hot, 
tired man and a cool, sweet watermelon So together on a mid-snmmer day as nothing else does. Wo can guarantee that yon will be the hot, tired man next 
June and July, and we know that if you have a patch of melons from HASTINGS’ SEED yon will have just the right kind of melons to make you feel satisfied 
with life after eating them. One of our Augusta Rattlesnakes, Florida Favorites, Alabama Sweets, Kleckley Sweets, Tinkers or Watsons will just fill the 
bill next summer. 
