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II. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen. .Itlanta. Georgia. 
Hastings’ Strin^less Green Pod Bush Bean 
Our absolutely stringless, green, round-podded bean, stringless in all stages 
of growth, from the time the first pods form until they are full grown and ready 
to dry up. It surpasses all other beaus in crisp, tender qualities and fine flavor. 
It makes a beautiful appearance with Its long, smooth, green pods, the natural 
size of which is shown in our illustration on this page. It is very prolific, a 
strong, vigorous grower, and comes into bearing before Red Valentine, and con¬ 
tinues to produce long after other varieties have gone, the pods retaining their 
superb eating and stringless qualities to the last. Of greatest value to those with 
the family garden, who desire to combine quality with the heaviest production. 
Tests of it all over the South during the past years have shown its great superi¬ 
ority in every respect. We recommend it to everyone who plants beaus In the 
South. It Is one of the best green-podded bush beans that you can plant. Packet, 
10 cts.; >2 Piuti ols.; pint, 25 cts.; quart, 6Uc.; postpaid. Peck, §1.50; bushel,$5.50. 
Hastings’ Excelsior Refugee 2ed ‘beLT'for^smuhefn 
plantings. It is a vigorous grower and a heavy 
bearer of medium sized round, finely flavored 
pods. No early variety equals it in ability to 
withstand either extremely wet or dry weather 
without Injury. Holds pods well up off the 
ground. We can recommend it to you fully 
either for early or late plantings if you wish to 
combine earliness, sureness of crop, quality and 
quantity. Pkt., lUc; pint, 15c; pint,25c; quart, 
40c; postpaid. Not prepaid, pk., S1.50; bu., 85.25. 
Improved Round Pod Refugee 
1 nnn l AIso known as ‘ Brown 
or lUUU lO 1 Valentine.” It is almost 
identical with our Excelsior Refugee except 
that it is 10 days to two weeks later in bearing. 
An immensely heavy yielder of round green 
pods of fine quality. Especially resistant to 
drought, cold and unfavorable growing condi¬ 
tions. Very largely used by market gardeners, 
both for nearby markets and long distance 
shipping. Packet, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; 
pint, 25 cents; quart, 40 cents; postpaid. Not 
prepaid, peck, 81.40; bushel, 85.00. 
Uastings* Excelsior Refugee Ru»h Beans 
Foot of our best beans for 
home gardens in the South are 
Hastings’ Best 4 Bean Collection 
onr Stringless Green Pod, Wardwell’s Kidney Wax, Old Homestead or Texas Prolific Pole Bean and 
Henderson Bnsh Lima. All of these are illnstrated and described on pages 31, 32 and 33. We will 
send yon by mail one 10 cent packet of each of these 4 varieties postpaid for 25 cents. This is yonr 
chance to have these 4 splendid varieties at the lowest cost. 
Hastings’ Extra Early Red Valentine (Round Podded) 
Stringless Green Pod 
(Natural Size) 
The Valentine is an old stand¬ 
by for Southern gardeners and 
in our section it has probably been more largely planted than any other. It’s a splendid bean for either market or 
home use if you get the right seed of It. lor 
the past seven years there has been wholesale 
fraud in the sale of It. Immense quantities of 
runout stock of Valentine beans have been 
sold, seed that has made flat, tough, shucky 
pods unfit for use. Every quart of them 
planted has been a direct loss to the planter. 
Slost of these have been sold by merchants 
and general stores whose supplies have come 
through Northern seed houses. Our stock of 
Valentine beans is the true round-podded 
stock, something that will give you entire 
satisfaction. Early, a vigorous grower and a 
heavy bearer of medium sized round, tender, 
fine flavored pods. For purity and high ger¬ 
minating qualities Hastings’ Valentine beans 
have no equal. Very uniform In ripening and 
Is considered a most profitable bean to grow 
either for market or home use. Look out for 
the flat podded, tough, shucky Valentine 
Beans. There are plenty of them on the mar¬ 
ket and the difference In the appearance of 
the seed Is so slight that it cannot be detected 
except by expert seedsmen. If you want Val 
entlne beans of the right kind we have them. 
Pkt., 10c; y pint. 15c; pint, 25c; quart,40c; post¬ 
paid. Not prepaid, peck, 81.50; bu.,$5.50. 
Longfellow (Green Podded) 
Longfellow is extra early, with long straight 
pods, well rounded out and of pale green color. 
An extremely heavy bearer, pods being held 
well up off the ground. In flavor it is most de¬ 
licious and it holds its delicate green color 
after cooking. We want every one of our seed 
buying friends to plant a few Longfellow beans 
this year. You will be delighted with them. 
For home use they are fine; for the shipper to 
distant markets there is none to equal it. Pkt. 
Ihc; y pt., 15c; pt., 25c; qt., 45c; postpaid. Peck, 
81.50; oushel, 85.25. Hastings* Rxtra Karly Round Podded Red Valentine Bean 
