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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
HASTINGS’ UNION 
The Cotton Thai 
Union Big Boli Cotton introflucecl by us nine years ago is now 
so weii known among our cotton growing friends that extended de¬ 
scription and testimonials are almost unnecessary. With the excep¬ 
tion of “Bank Account” (see pages 08 - 59 ), Union Big Boll has 
proved to be the most popular variety ever listed by us. 
It is a true type of big l)oll cotton, the bolls running 65 to 65 to 
the pound. In it are united more good points that go to make up 
a thoroughly good l>ig lioll type of cotton than have ever been com¬ 
bined in any one variety of cotton before. It was for that reason 
that we felt justified in calling it Union Big Boll when we intro- 
<luced it. 
The seed are medium in size. It has a good lint and the lint per 
cent ranges around .38, remarkal)!^' high for a genuine big boll va¬ 
riety. It is a genuine 4 to 5 lock (mostly 5 lock) variety, easy to 
pick yet of good storm resistant qualities. 
Union Big Boll is a remarkably healtliy variety, very resistant to 
most diseases and insect pests attacking the cotton plant. The 
bolls and the fibre develop almost perfectly. This variety showed 
less “motes” than any variety on our cotton trial grounds. 
We have never forced cotton in our tests for heavy yields yet 
Union Big Boll under normal cultivation and fertilizing in tests 
gave us 784 pounds of lint per acre, a good bale and a half. Under a 
heavy fertilizing test, such as hardly one farmer in ten thousand 
BIG BOLL COTTON 
Will Co-operate 
would be willing to give it turned out at rate of 4 bales per acre. 
Union Big Boll is a good cotton for boll weevil territory. Weevil 
has been present on the Hastings Farm for four years but so far 
TTijon Big Boll has made normal crops. It has rather small, open 
foliage, letting the sun in to all parts of the plant making unfavor¬ 
able conditions for Mr. Weevil. 
Union Big Boll, based on past experience, will grow and make 
satisfactorily in all parts of the Cotton Belt except the extreme 
northern part where only the extra early 'small boiled sorts should 
be planted. 
It is of medium growth but when it once starts to fruit it puts on 
so quickly that it is seemingly almost impossible for boll weevils 
to keep up with it. In the middle South, presuming on a stand at 
the usual time it can be depended on to put on practically a full 
crop in Julj' which we consider almost insurance of a good crop. 
Union Big Boll will co-operate with you if you will co-operate 
with it by giving a fair chance with good preparation of soil, me¬ 
dium fertilizing, and good cultivation. Given these it will turn you 
a better crop than any variety we know of year after year of the 
big boll class. 
P|>2«-aq Pound, postpaid, 35 cents; 3 lbs., postpaid, $1.00. By 
express or freight, not prepaid, 10 lbs., $1.25; 30 lbs. 
(Georgia legal bushel), $3.00; 100 lbs., $0.00. 
HASTINGS’ ^^UPRIGHT” COTTON 
For eight years “Upright” has been one of the principal and most 
satisfactory varieties of cotton grown for general crop on the 
Hastings Farm. 
It's very distinct in appearance, of very tall, upright growth, a 
regular “two to three story” cotton so to speak. 
"Two story” expresses it exactly. As an example, you are going 
to build a five room, one story house to cover a certain amount of 
ground. It requires a certain sized roof to cover the five rooms. Put 
on another story and you have ten rooms without needing another 
foot of ground or roof. 
That’s the way with “Upright.” It makes cotton down where 
other varieties do and then a lot more up higher. The planter gets 
an extra crop up “head and shoulder high.” It grow’s 5 to 6 feet 
liigh and can be planted nearly twice as close in the row as branch¬ 
ing varieties. You get more plants per acre, more large bolls per 
plant. 
RESISTS DISEASE AND BUGS 
“Upright” is the healthiest, most disease resistant, bug resistant 
cotton we liave ever seen. Most cotton diseases like shade, most in¬ 
sect enemies of cotton such as the boll weevil, work in the shade, 
and there’s where “Upright” wins out. It makes a healthy growth 
from the start and as it makes no heavy branches at the sides the 
sun gets into all parts of the plant during the day. 
We have never seen a case of boll rot in our fields of “Upright.” 
When it fruits, it does it quick, so fast that boll weevils can’t keep 
up with the squares as they form. In maturity it is about 10 days 
later than Bank Account and other extra early types, but it is a 
true big boll variety. 
It’s storm proof to a marked degree, yet it is easy to pick, es¬ 
pecially so as you get away from the back breaking, going down to 
the ground after the cotton. 
“Upright” disappoints in looks when it first comes up. Its. tall 
grow'th looks spindling to anyone accustomed to branching cotton. 
Your neighbors may come around and advise you to plow it up. If 
they do—don’t worry. AVhen it starts to fruit it gets right down to 
business and before you know it almost you will see the plants 
loaded with 30, 40, 50 or even more bolls. It seems sometimes that 
they have put on overnight. 
We have seen many plants in our general field crops with from 
100 to 120 bolls per plant. That means about 2 pounds of seed cot¬ 
ton per plant. 
PaaiAAc Pound, 35 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00; postpaid. Not pre- 
■ i paid, 10 pounds, $1.25; 30 lbs, (Georgia legal bushel), 
$3.00; 100 pounds, .$0.00. 
CLEVELAND BIG BOLL 
A standard and popular early Big Boll Cotton. It makes a me¬ 
dium sized stalk, but is sturdy and limbs are strong enough to hold 
the heavyweight l)olls up without breaking. Foliage rather light 
for a big boll cotton and the many large size bolls open up quickly 
and early, getting ahead of the boll weevil. 
The lint is of good length and is heavy and strong in texture 
with a turn-out of 36 to 38 per cent lint. You w’on’t lose any of this 
cotton by early frosts because it “makes” early and quickly. It is 
hardy, roots deeply and has proved a good drought resisting variety. 
The cotton farmer who lives up to his opportunities must plant 
well grown seed of well bred varieties not only of cotton, but corn 
and every other field crop. Rlglit seed means better and surer crops 
and more money in pocket or l)ank’ in the end. 
Many sections of the Southeast plant the Cleveland Big Boll al¬ 
most exclusively and wherever it is planted it seems to have given 
general satisfaction. 
One thing is certain and that is the Cleveland can be planted 
further north in the Cotton Belt than most of the big boll sorts 
with certainty of full maturity of the crop and a very high-grade 
product for the market. It is a standard variety to be planted with 
confidence. 
Pound, postpaid, 35 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00. Not pre* 
IW9 paid, 10 lbs., $1.00; 30 lbs (Georgia legal bushel), $2.75; 
100 pounds, $8.50. 
KING’S EXTRA EARLY COTTON 
A standard early variety of small boiled cotton extensively grown 
in the short season districts of the Cotton Belt and especially in 
North Carolina. Its value is in its quick maturity and prolificness. 
Bolls are small, make their growth in short time and open quickly. 
ITiless picked promptly is apt to blow out. Lints from 33 to 35 per 
cent. Not advised for planting west of the Mississippi river. 
Pound, 35 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00; postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., 
$1.00; 30 lbs., $2.75; 100 lbs., $8.50. 
The 43 Per Cent Cotton 
Although we had first chance we have never listed and sold the so- 
called “Half-and-Half” Cotton that there has been so much contro- 
A'ersy about. Leaving out of consideration the objectionable shortness 
of staple there were other features of the “Half-and-Half” that led us to omit it from our catalogue since its introduction. 
There is, however, a demand for a cotton with these characteristics as is evidenced by the demand for Half-and-Half seed in the face 
of the denunciation of that variet.v by cotton buyers in some sections. 
We are introducing this new variety of cotton, having all the good qualities of the original Half-and-Half but without the objec¬ 
tionable qualities that kept us from listing it. We have named it the “43 Per Cent” Cotton for that is exactly what it has turned out 
at the gin this past fall; 43 per cent on the poorest bales and up to 47 per cent on the best ones. 
It is an extra early, vigorous growing, healthy variety that makes an exceptionally heav.v yield and can always be counted on to give 
from 10 to 14 per cent greater lint per cent at the gin than the standard varieties. So far it has proven free from anthracnose or boll rot. 
The lint is short, usually % to %-inch in length. This is objectionable for it will not sell at top of the market prices. However, 
in the section where it is grown the farmers find that it’s a most profitable cotton, that its extra heavy yield and high lint per cent 
far more than balance a small market discount. It’s displacing other varieties because it pays better. 
Pound, postpaid,' ,35 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00. By express or freight, not prepaid, 10 pounds, $1.25; 30 pounds (Georgia legal 
rntetsa bushel), .$3.00; 100 pounds, $9.00. 
