H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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USEFUL GOURDS 
One packet each of four useful varieties on the farm—25 cents; postpai«l 
—Sugar Trough, Japanese Nest Kgg, Dipper and Dishcloth Gourds. 
Gourds furnish many useful household articles, and are easily grown anywhere In the South. Care should 
be taken not to grow them near squash and pumpkins, ns they cross easily and miike the squash Intensely 
bitter. They should be grown where they have a chance to climb on fences or trellises lor best results. 
This Immense gourd can be used for innumerable purposes about the farm. With 
kJUgdT Xrullgll the top or neck saw ed off it can be used for buckets, baskets, soap dishes, hens nests 
or water dishes for poultry. Packet, 10 cents. 
The Dippei 
Eggplant 
win give you a plentiful supply of durable nest 
eggs. They are light, and when properly dried 
resemble eggs very closely and are uninjured 
by cold or wet. Do not plant in very rich soil 
or the fruit will be too large. Packet, 10 cents. 
The variety from which the 
long handled dippers are 
made. Packet, 10 cents. 
Til a A most valuable gourd, 
ine liisncioill when fullynpe the skin 
can be easily removed and the sponge-like Inte¬ 
rior can be cleaned and dried, then used for 
dishcloths or In place of sponges. They are fine. 
Packet, 10 cents. 
In Florida and the Lower 
South seed should be 
_ sown in hot beds in Janu¬ 
ary and February. In this latitude the hot beds 
should be started between February 1.5th and 
March 15th. The seed will not germinate freely 
In a<emperature of less than 65 degrees, hence 
the necessity of artificial heat early iu the sea¬ 
son. When plants have made the fourth or 
fifth pair of leaves they may be set in open 
ground, if danger of frost is past, 3 feet apart 
each way. Cultivate often, keeping them free 
from weeds and grass. In June and July seed 
can be planted in Florida for a fall and early 
winter shipping crop. 
Hastings* Improved Large 
Purple Thornless Eggplant 
This variety is the standard for purity and ex¬ 
cellence for Eggplant in all the market garden¬ 
ing sections of the South. It has been grown 
for 16 years by market gardeners with profitable 
results and in the home gardens with entire 
satisfaction. Our seed is pure and the plants 
thornless. There is no crop we exercise more 
care in and in which our constant and con¬ 
tinued selections show better results. In a 
properly cultivated crop streaked or off-colored 
fruit is almost unknown. Plants are large, 
strong and vigorous, each plant producing 
from 5 to 8 large fruits of dark rich purple 
color. The earliest of all large fruited varieties 
and always gives satisfaction with proper culti¬ 
vation, and the vigor and strength of this va¬ 
riety makes it less subject to the effect of 
■‘blight” and ‘‘dleback,” which is so disastrous 
to this crop in so many sections. Packet, 10 
cents; H ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; % 
pound, 81.00; pound, 83.75. 
Early Long Purple riefy,sXbiefo%' 
family gardens only. Fruit 6 to 10 inches long 
and of good quality. Packet, 6 cents; ounce, 
16 cents; ounce, 25 cents; '4 pound, 75 cents. 
Hastings’ Xmproved Targe Purple Thornless Eggplant 
WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS IN SEVERAL STATES 
TEXAS— Dr. J. A. Pipkin, Ellis Co., Texas, writes us: ‘‘Bought a bill 
of seeds of you and have the fi nest garden I ever saw. Every seed 
1 think came up promptly and grew off finely.” 
AEABAMA— Rev. N. G. Baggett, Escambia Co. Ala., writes ns: ‘‘Or¬ 
dered garden seed from you last fall and was well pleased with 
them. I raised the finest garden I ever had in my life.” 
MISSISSIPPI —‘‘Wish you could see my garden. It is the admira¬ 
tion of the whole neighborhood and I attribute It to the fine 
quality of your seeds. I have cabbage weighing 16 pounds.”—W. 
P. Ferguson, Wilkinson Co. 
GEORGIA —‘‘Seeds received all right. You give more and better 
seeds for the money than any other seedsman I ever dealt with. 
I thank you.”—Norris 0. Mllburn, Irwin Co. 
FLORIDA —“Seed came promptly and are satisfactory. Mailed or¬ 
der to you 2 p. m. on Thursday and following Tuesday morning 
had a good stand up. This Itlilnk speaks well for the attention 
you give orders and the productive power of Florida soil.”—Z. 
Graham, Marlon Co. 
LOUISIANA— “My garden seed that I got from you In the spring 
was the very best. My Hastings’ Prolific Corn Is splendid.”—S. J. 
W. Bennett, St. Helena Parish. 
PORTO RICO— One of the islands acrniired by the United States In 
the Spanish war is Porto Rico, and Hastings’seeds go there. Mr. 
R, L. earn, of Rio Pedras, writes us: “I received my order yester¬ 
day 0. K., one week earlier than I expected them. I always have 
good success with your seed, while I have failed entirely with 
others.” _ 
