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H. G. Ilaslings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
HASTINGS' SPINACH 
Our specially grown spinach is far superior to the 
spinach seed coininonly sold. Its gerujination is 
stronger and better, tlie growth larger, more vigor¬ 
ous, and hardier. Spiuacli reciuires rich soil, the 
richer the better, and can l)e sown during .Tanuary, 
February and JIarcli, while the ground is not frozen. 
It germinates freely in cold weatlier and is a rapid 
grower. Sow one ounce to 100 feet of row. 
Hastings’ Aragon "iS mS 
Spinach (No. 411) 
crumpled or savoyed, and stands a long time before 
running to seed. The hardiest of all varieties, 
standing an ordinary cold winter without damage 
in this latitude. At the same time it is one of tlie 
best heat-resisting sorts for late spring use. This 
variety has been thorouglily tested and pleases all 
market gardeners who use it. Packet, 5c; ounce, 
10c; % pound, 35c; pound, 75c; postpaid. 
Bloomsdale(No. 412) ;V'’wLl'h''is'’ex-' 
tensively grown, producing large crops of thick- 
leaved spinach. Very early and hardy; one of the 
best for market and canning. Plants of upriglit 
growth, leaves of medium size, more or less crum¬ 
pled or blistered; color glossy medium green. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; ^4 Ih., 35c; lb., 75c; i)ostpai<l. 
Broad Leaf Flanders 
Groat standard 
variety for 
/M- home use or market, -in early and 
vigorous grower; leaves broadly ar¬ 
row-shaped. thick and but slightly crumpled; color 
bright medium green. Packet, 5c; ounce, 10c; 14 
lb., 35c; lb., 75c; postpaid. 
Long Standing(No. 413) sTw 
for either spring or fall. It is a heavy cropper and 
in spring planting does not run to seed quickly. A 
late maturing, very large plant with broad arrow- 
shaped leaves but slightly crumpled. Packet, 5 
cents; ounce, 10 cents; 14 Ih., 35 cents; pound, 75 
cents; postpaid. 
New Zealand Spinach va“rietj ®TrX- 
/Nn luxuriantly in hottest weather, 
^nu. Cut and it comes again, a few plants 
furnishing the finest flavored “greens” all summer 
for an average size family. Plant in March or -\pril 
where plants are to stand. New Zealand Spinach 
should be in every Southern garden as an all sum¬ 
mer vegetable. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; 14 
pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75. 
Hastings’ New Zealand Spinach 
Hastings’ -Vragon Spinach for Spring or Fall 
HASTINGS’ SEED LABORATORY 
In the older days there was a certain “chance” in i)iiying seeds from even the 
most careful seedsmen in the country. 
Most of the seedsmen, even to<lay, know very little about their seeds. They 
think they can trust their sight and the broker's or wholesaler’s or grower’s hon¬ 
esty and judgment when he buys the seeds to retail. A few seedsmen pay from 
$3.00 to $5.00 apiece to have tests made on seeds they think are doubtfiil. Fewer 
still maintain wliat they call a “Laborat<»ry,“ where they put a test of 100 seeds 
on a wet blotter or piece of cloth and put it in a gerininator to see how many 
out of the 100 grow, thus getting the germination percentage. Only a few of 
these seedsmen make more than one germination test on a stock of seeds, no 
matter how long they keep the seeds or what conditions they have undergone. 
Our Mr. H. S. Hastings, with a very thorough college agricultural education 
and who is a quiUilied Seed Analyst, trained by the Lnite<l States Government 
Department of Agriculture, devotes his entire time to the work of the “Hastings 
Seed Testing Laboratory.” Every stock of seeds that enters our warehouses, 
no matter if a few pounds or even a few ounces of some flower seed up to car¬ 
loads of cotton or corn, has samples taken from it for c* inplete tests of ger¬ 
mination and purity. All weeds or foreign seeds, should there be any, are 
named with the number and weight for percentage, and complete records are 
kept for each of these tests to be referred to at all times. .411 these tests are 
made in duplicate and additional tests are made of all stocks at regular defi¬ 
nite intervals. 
We believe we have the best equipped seed testing laboratory of any seedsmen 
in the Fnited States, with all the best and latest improvements for absolutely ac¬ 
curate and complete testing. In addition to this wonderful laboratory, members 
of the firm travel thousands of miles every year, inspecting our seed crops dur¬ 
ing growing and harvest seasons to insure our highest standards being lived up 
to and further improved. 
In these ways we know what can be expected of every packet or bushel of seeds 
that leave our house. Unless they are up to our high standards we don’t sell 
them to you. We know' you can depend on Hastings’ Seeds ami we want you to 
know that you can aUvays depend faithfully on Hastings’ Seeds. 
It Pays to Plant Hastings’ Tested Seeds 
