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H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
Why Don’t You Grow Onions? 
Georgia sends $500,000 00 or more north every year for onions. The purchases of onions by other Southern States runs the South s 
tonion bill up into the millions. Why don’t you do your share towards keeping these onion dollars at home ? 
Most of us grow a few.onions, but hardly enough for family use. 1 here is hardly a month in the year that the country and small town 
merchant isn’t buying Northern onions to supply his trade. Why? Because he can’t buy them of you and thousands of others who neglect 
his most profitable crop. Southwest Texas grows over two million dollars’worth of Bermuda Onions every year and most of these are shipped 
to Northern States in the spring. Other varieties are more suitable for spring planting, such as Prizetaker, the Globe varieties, Australian 
Brown, etc. Now as to crop values. It is very seldom that onions sell for less than $1.00 per bushel: in a rightly grown crop the yield runs from 
200 to 600 bushels per acre. Plant onions in 1912; plant plenty tor home use and then some to sell in town. 
Hastings* American Grown Prizetaker Direct Prom Seed 
^ iz For family use onion seed or sets can be 
tjllliurt; planted in any good garden soil as early as 
ground can be worked In the spring. Ground should be 
thoroughly broken, well fertilized or manured and then worked 
down fine, all trsish clods or gra.ss roots being removed. The 
use of sets is not necessary except as a matter of earliness. 
Where good-shaped, long-keeping onions are desired plant seed 
instead of sets. 
Sow seed at rate of 1 ounce to 200 feet of row, 4 to 6 pounds 
per acre. Sets vary considerably in size but the average will 
run aboutl pound of sets to 100 feet of row. Onions from seed 
will mature fuil-grown bulbs in 130 to 150 days; from sets 100 to 
120 days. 
Cover seed in clay or heavy soils inch; in sandy soils 1 
inch. If w'eather and soil Is dry firm the soil after planting. As 
soon asseeii is well up begin light surface cultivation and keep 
thisupolten. Never let grass and weeds get the start of you. 
Young onion plants choked with weeds or grass die down in 
the “set” stage and will have to be held over until the follow- 
ingfuil. Cultivation (shallow) should be kept up until bulb.s 
have well formed. Maturity is indicated by the dying down of 
tlietops. When matured dig or plow up and store in a dry 
place leaving top on until ready for use or market. 
If you are Interested in onion growing as a market crop, 
send for our pamphlet on Onion Culture. It gives in detail the 
methods of many of the best growers of the South. It’s free If 
you ask for it. 
Hastings’ Prizetaker Onion 
We have a Prizetaker Onion of the best American growth 
far superior to all imported seed of this variety. It has been 
successfully grown in all parts of the Central South with both 
spring and fall sowings. The illustration shows the shape of 
this variety perfectly. It is an immense onion, measuring from 
12 to 18 inches in circumference. Fine bulbs have been raised 
weighing from 4 to 53^ pounds each. It ripens up hard and firm 
and presents a handsome appearance. Flesh is white and fine 
grained with mild flavor. Pkt., 5c.; oz.,20c.;34 lb.,60c.;lb., $2.00, 
Prizetakers in Georj^ia Plains, Ga.. writes us: 
“Am taking the liberty of sending you a crate of onions grown 
from Prizetaker seed bought of you. I want you to criticise the 
packing. Every one that sees them says they are the finest ever 
raised in this country.” 
NOTE.— Our Mr. Hastings has been in all the noted 
onion growing sections of this country, Connecticut, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, Ohio and California, and he has never seen any Prize- 
takers superior to this crate shipped us by Mrs. Jarrett, and 
very few equal to it. It’s a disgrace for Georgiato haveto send 
a half million dollars north every year for onions. What is true 
of Georgia is true of the other Southern States. 
Bermuda Onion Seed for Next Fall 
A word of explanation is due to those of our friends whom we could not supply last fall with Bermuda Onion seed. 
When our 1911 fall catalogue was issued there was every indication of a sufficient crop to supply our requirements. Just before 
harvest disaster overtook the entire crop in the seed growing districts and it was cut very short. With the very short supply we 
stopped booking orders in July and had to refuse orders for thousands upon thousands of pounds. 
Just as soon as we were informed as to the prospects of a short crop we stopped accepting more orders and were able, through 
our superior growing arrangements, to fill every accepted order in full, while other houses only supplied their customers with from 20% 
to 50% of the quantity they had accepted orders for. 
At the present time we have booked a little over one-half of our probable supply for delivery next fall. If you use Bermuda 
Onion seed in quantities of one pound or over we would earnestly advise you to place your order with us now for fall delivery. 
The present indications are for another short onion seed crop of the Bermuda varieties. In filling orders for Bermuda Onion seed 
these orders booked in advance will have the preference, and if you use Bermuda Onion seed in quantities of one pound or over it will 
certainly be to your advantage to place your order now. 
On these advance booked orders no money need be paid now. Just write us stating what quantity of seed you want and we will 
place your order on our books. As soon as the seed is ready for delivery next August we will notify you when to send in money to 
cover the order. All that is necessary now is for you to write us the number of pounds you want either of White or Red. 
On Crystal Wax Bermuda we have already booked orders for as much as we feel safe in doing. We can, however, book orders 
for Bermuda White (also known as vellow Bermuda) at .$2.2.5 ner nound: Bermuda Red at $2.25 per pound. 
