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Hastings’ Eden Gem Cantaloupe (No. 231) 
The illustration above shows the average size and perfect netting of 
our Eden Gem Cantaloupe (green fleshed), the real true money¬ 
making variety for the shipper and market gardener as well as the 
most satisfactory of all for home use. It gives perfect satisfaction 
to all who grow it. Its dense netting helps greatly in resistance to 
insect attacks. You will make no mistake planting Eden Gem in the 
South. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 50c; pound, 
M’IS; postpaid. Ten pounds or over, not prepaid, $1.50 per pound. 
Hastings’ Salmon Flesh Eden Gem 
/■J. Also known as Pollock No. 25 and Hastings’ Pink 
^nwi f Meat. Since our introduction of Eden Gem there has 
been a big demand for the same type of melon with pink or sal¬ 
mon flesh Our Salmon Flesh Eden Gem is the same hardy, pro¬ 
lific, finely netted fruit as the Edeu Gem and ',I0% are with pink 
meat—the finest pink meated melon on the market for home use or 
market. Packet, 10c; ounce, 20c; % lf>.. 50c; lb., $1.75; postpaid. 
Ten pounds or over, not prepaid, $1.50 i>er pound. 
Plant these in your Garden 
Rockyford, Colorado, and its surrounding country has a world¬ 
wide fame as a producer of the finest cantaloupes. Our personal 
experience and investigation on the ground leads us to believe 
that the fame of Rockyford is fully deserved and that of all the 
varieties grown there our Eden Gem Cantaloupe leads them all. 
Our Mr. Hastings went to Rockyford several years ago and made 
a thorough investigation of ail the varieties and tlie Rockyford 
growers. He selected the Eden Gem as the best type of canta¬ 
loupe. He arranged for special acreage of Eden Gem to be grown 
exclusively for us and this has continued ever since. 
We have absolutely no connection with any other seed house or 
any other seed grower on our own acreage. It’s entirely an exclu¬ 
sive acreage for H. G. Hastings Co. 
About the time the crop matures our representative goes to 
Rockyford and carefully inspects thg crop and the 
They Resist Insect Attacks 
gathered. Our representative sees every melon cut and no melon 
is allowed to be cut that does not come up to tlie Hastings stand¬ 
ard of quality. Our representative is on tlie ground and stays 
there until all the seed is washed, dried, sacked and on the cars 
headed for Atlanta. 
Eden Gem is a sure money-maker for the cantaloupe grower for 
shipment. For tlie home gardener or the grower for nearby mar¬ 
kets it is unexcelled in appearance and eating iiuality. Eden Gem 
has a vigor of growth tliat keeps the vines green from two to 
three weeks longer tlian any other variety. It is most resistant to 
“rust” and other plant diseases, while the density of its perfect 
netting makes it especially resistant to insect attacks. 
It costs more than double to produce seed quality like our Eden 
Gem, but it's money w^ll spent by the cantaloupe grower that 
wants to be sure of high quality cantaloupes in his crop. 
II. G. Ilasti ngs Co., Seedsmen, /Itlania, Georgia. 
HASTINGS’ EDEN GEM CANTALOUPES 
