H. G. Hastings & to., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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M USTARD—Grow for Spring Salad 
Mustard Is the finest for earliest spring salad. It Is very hardy and Is one of the first 
I hings that It’s safe to plant In the middle South. 
Sow In any good garden soil thickly in drills 14 to 16 Inches apart. Give 
VJUXlUJ. c clean culture, keeping free from grass and weeds. Leaves are large enough 
to use as a salad in from four to six weeks from sowing, and can be cut all through the win- 
trr. Sow from January to April. Very hardy in the South. 
(True Stock)—We havesold this variety from China for a 
i-TAiiSicix u. number of years. It is much superior to the Southern 
( iirled in size, quality and flavor. Immensely productive, the leaves being twice the sizeof 
I'ldinary mustard aud remain tender and fit for use much longer. See the engraving which 
is a good representation of it. Packet, 5c,; ounce, 10c.: '4 pound, 25c.; pound 75c.; postpaid 
well-known variety used in all 
XI parts of the South for salads, like lettuce, and 
for boiling. Our strain of this variety is what is sold by many as the ‘'Ostrich Plume,” 
much superior to the old variety in appearance and quality. Packet, 5c.; ounce, 10c.; k 
p ■und,25c.; pound, 75c.; postpaid. 
Ja IVf 11 'nrl This is the variety seeds of which are used in pickling in 
’’ i.Tx.u.st.«ixu family use and the seeds when ground up are what com¬ 
pose what is known as “mustard” in the stores. Packet, 5c.; ounce, lOc.; ‘4 pound, 20c.; 
pound. 50c. 
Allow me to congratulate you on your prompt order filling. Just 34 hours 
from time my order started from Tilton, the garden seed was back and 
^ , planted in our garden.—S. E. Blitch, Tifton, Ga. 
NOTE—lifton. Georgia, is 193 miles from Atlanta, and we try so far as possible to give you just as prompt service in order filling as we did Mr. 
Blitch. 103 people were on our pay roll in our Mail Order Department last season. 
My Order Filled Quick 
GENUINE GEORGIA GROWN OKRA SEED 
Okra is a near relative of cotton in a botanical sense and It stands to reason that seed of Okra 
should be grown in the cotton growing region. We have tried growing Okra seed farther north, 
outside of the cotton region, but we must say that we have been disappointed every time we went 
away from the cotton belt to grow okra seed. This year every pound of Okra seed we have has 
been grown right here in Georgia. Our e.xperlence has been that Georgia can and does make bet¬ 
ter okra seed than any other section and that’s exactly thereason why every pound of our okra seed 
is grown in Georgia now. 
Okra or Gumbo is a most healthful vegetable and ought to be plentiful in every Southern gar¬ 
den. In our seed growing work here in Georgia we have developed two splendid strains of the 
White Velvet and Perkins’ Mammoth, far superior to what is offered under these names bv other 
houses. Our okra will please you. 
TTncGntStt’ Astandard variety throughout the South 
TT Xllie V eivei VXlircl for home use and local markets. We 
have a specially fine early strain of this variety, with medium size, round, smooth pods free from 
ridges and not prickly to the touch. This strain of White Velvet we find to be the best of all the 
white varieties. Packet, 5 cents: ounce, 10 cents; \4 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents, postpaid. 
Perkins* Mammoth Lon^ Podded «nctgreen 
podded okra is by far the best for market and shipping purposes, being used 
by the Florida shippers almost exclusively to grow for market. We have 
greatly Improved original strain as introduced by us and now its productive¬ 
ness is simply wonderful, the pods shooting out from the bottom of the stalk 
within three inches of the ground, and the whole plant is covered with them 
to the height of a man’s head, five to six feet. The pods are an intense green 
in color, of unusual length, nine to ten inches: very slim and do not get hard 
as is the case with other okras. Packet, 6 cents; ounce, 10 cents; \4 pound, 20 
cents; pound, 60 cents; postpaid. 10 pounds, not prepaid, S4.50. 
velvet 
OKRA" 
Perkins* Mammoth 
Podded Okra 
2^ Pound Ears of Corn 
A few days a^o we received a letter from Mr* Edwin T. Ivnij^hton* Jasper County* Xexas. Mr. Kni^iiton 
bought seed corn and cotton from us last sprinj^ and in writing told of his troubles of 10 lO. M^hen his Rock¬ 
dale Corn was two feet high he said it was badly killed back by the late cold* this being followed by severe 
drought. He says* speaking of the cold and drouth “the crop was badly injured but with all damages I gathered 
a fair yield and 1 can conscientiously say that the corn is all that it is represented to be. I weighed some that 
weighed 23^ pounds per ear. The cotton also was just as fine as could be.** 
Now, here*s the point. With a bad set-back from freezing, with dry weather burning up crops, Mr. Knighton 
made a fair yield, some ears weighing 23^ pounds each. This wasn*t home grown seed* it wasn*t some he bought 
from a neighbor—it was seed corn properly grown for seed up here in this section of Georgia* a section that puts 
vigor and cropping qualities into seed of both corn and cotton that is found in seed from no other section. I>on*t 
bo fooled by the claims of western corn growers. Seed corn from the north and west is not safe to plant in the 
cotton States. It fails under heat and drought conditions in the South. Hastings* Seed Corn makes good crops 
in spite of drougth. 
