H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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PEPPERS 
CULTURE— Pepper seed will not ger¬ 
minate freely in a temperature of le^s 
than 65 degrees. This necessitates sow¬ 
ing seeds In hot beds or boxes placed in warm, sunny sit\iatlonsfrom .Iannary 
Ist to April 1st in most parts of the South. When plants have six leaves trans¬ 
plant to other beds or boxes till all danger of frost is past and the soil is 
warm, when they may be set in the open in rows 3 feet apart and 14 to 10 
Inches apart in a row. As they begin to bear draw the earth up around the 
stems. Sow sweet peppers also in June and July in Florida for a fall ship¬ 
ping crop. 
HacfliKiG* Mi P<»nn#»r« Almost all home gardeners want both 
JlaSlingS ITJ-IXCU X Cypera s^yeet and hot peppers in their gar¬ 
dens. With this in view we have made up a mixture of all varieties cata¬ 
logued by us, hot and sweet, large and small. This mixture gives you some 
of every kind In your garden, just what you need for all purposes. In no 
other way can you get so large and useful an assortment of peppers as in our 
packets of Mixed Peppers. Packets, 10 cents; 3 packets, 25 cents. 
T Roll «!• Riill Noeo The standard large size, sweet flavor- 
LiargU Dull or Dull ixUsC ed variety both for home use, market 
and shipping to Northern markets from Florida, Louisiana and Texas. It is 
sweet and has a very mild flavor; is comparatively early and very prolific. 
Fruits 3 to 3}4 Inches long and 2 to 3 inches across the shoulder. Packet, 5 
cents; ounce, IS cents; ounce, 26 cents; pound, 60 cents; pound, S1.75. 
Ruby Kin^ 
Peppers 
sweet 
One of the leading varieties of sweet peppers 
for home use and very largely grown by mar¬ 
ket gardeners for shipping. A very vigorous 
grower with large, sweet, mild fruits. A close 
favorite with the Belt or Bull Nose, slightly 
larger and equally mild. Packet, 5 cents; 
ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 60 
cents; pound, $1.75. 
Hastings’ Golden Prize 
Large, bright, golden-yellow variety. Sweet 
and mild flavor. In some places eaten like an 
apple for warding off malarial influences. It is 
said to cure chills and fever. A valuable va¬ 
riety for the family garden. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 25 cents; \i pound, 85 cents; pound,$3.00. 
/'ll The monster of the pep- 
\jninPSG Diani per family, single speci¬ 
mens of Chinese Giant have been grownweigh- 
iug 18 ounces. The plants are of strong, stocky, 
bushy and erect growth; growing 18 Inches to 2 
feet high, and are very prolific, setting 3 to 4 
extra large fruits at the base which ripen while 
a second crop is setting on the branches. Fruit 
is much larger than Ruby King, almost square 
in shape, while the flesh is very thick. In fla¬ 
vor it is very mild and entirely free from any 
fiery taste. Our illustration shows about half 
the natural size of average fruits. Packet, 10 
cents; ounce,30 cts,; 
ounce, 60 cents; lb., 
-Showing Bell, Ruby King Type 31.40; pound, $5.00. 
Rionl’ This is a giant of the pepper family in the size of the 
xrOCOpp D13I1I fruits. In height of vine it is similar to Ruby King. The 
fruit is extra large—being 6 to 6 inches in length and 3 Inches across at the 
shoulder. Color of fruit is glossy scarlet and the flavor is mild and sweet. Pkt. 
5 cents; % ounce, 20 cents; ounce, 35 cents; pound, gl.oo; pound, $3.50. 
1 1 J This is one of the most distinct and beautiful varieties we 
lUU VilUalCT have ever seen—in fact the plants are so ornamental as to 
deserve a prominent position in the flower garden. The small thin peppers of a 
most conspicuons coral-red color are curiously crowded together at the top of 
each branch. A single branch will bear hundreds of handsome little peppers, 
which are very hot and pungent in flavor. One plant has been known to bear 
1,256 peppers. Packet, 6 cents; ounce, 25 cents; pound, 90 cents. 
RED CHIEI and 
LONG CAYENNE 
Very hot, pungent varieties. 
Each variety, packet,Scents;}^ 
ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 
pound, 65 cts.; pound,$2.25. 
DO IT NOW 
Doii*t wait. Send now 
for the seeds that will 
insure yon successful 
it a r d e n s or crops in 
1911. Make out your 
list of seeds now* W^ait- 
in^ until too late ruins 
many a crop. 
Red Cluster Pepper 
Hastings* Golden Prize Pepper 
Our Chinese Giant Pepper—One*half ^atnral Size 
