H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta. Georgia. 
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Over 25,000 Acres of Tomatoes 
Is the regular <anTiual record of tomato planting in the South from Hastings’ 
Tomato Seed. This speaks better than this catalogue, if tilled full of tomato 
seed testimonials, both of the popularity of the tomato as a vegetable in the 
South and the popularity of our special high-grade strains of tomato seed. 
The tomato is one of the’most healthful as well as one of the most popular 
vegetables planted in the South and with the right use of varieties you have 
a splendid vegetable that will stay by you all summer. 
We make a specialty oftomato seed, our stocks of these being just as good 
as the most careful selection and cultivation can make them. We wish it 
distinctly understood that we do not and will not attempt to compete in 
lulces with the so-called cheap tomato seed, usually the refuse seed from 
tomato canning factories. Our seed is saved only from strictly first-class fruits 
grown from the most highly selected seed. It always gives entire satisfaction 
to every one that plants it. 
Hastings’ special high-grade tomato seed has a reputation, a reputation 
equaled by that of no other seed house in this country. Hastings’ tomato 
seed leads'all others in the big shipping sections of Florida, Mississippi and 
Texas. In Cuba and Mexico the planters want none but our Redtield Beauty 
for shipment. Our tomato seed has stood the test of time. It's not a case of 
good one year and poor the next, but it’s good all the time. It makes paying 
crops for the men in the tomato growing business for shipment in the .South. 
It makes paying crops for the local market gardeners. It gives every home 
garden a bountiful supply of the most delicious, large size, smooth tomatoes 
all through the summer and uj) to frost. It’s exactly the seed that you want 
for your use this year, no matter whether you garden for market or home use 
Hastings’ Dwarf Champion o?ou^‘° pecfal^sVmfn 
of Dwarf Champion, for we believe it to be the only first-class tomato of 
suflicieutly stiff growth to stand up clear of the ground without staking, thus 
keeping the fruits off the ground. The growth is very stiff', upright and com¬ 
pact. Fruits are large, of bright red color, very regular in size and shape and 
.very smooth skin. It is one of our most popular and desirable varieties, 
planted by tens of thousands of our customers every year. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 15 cents; once, 25 cents; pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.25. 
'Tn'U_ uA first class main crop 
XXlt? variety of extra large 
Our I>war£ Champion Tomato 
size, very smooth audof bright red color. 
Largely used in some parts of South Florida 
for winter shipment, and a standard sort for 
those who grow tomatoes for canning. It’s 
a large, good, smooth, solid, meaty tomato 
for all purposes and a splendid variety to 
furnish late tomatoes in gardens everywhere. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 
cents; 14 pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.00. 
Spark’s Earliana fhi'^^ear® 
Best bright red tomato of good size and flavor. 
Originated in Southern New Jersey and is 
the first in the market from that section. 
Plants are quite hardy with rather slender 
open branches and moderate growth well set 
with fruits, all of which ripen very early in 
the season. Fruits are of deep scarlet color, 
growing closely together in clusters of five 
to eight, all of medium size, averaging 2% 
inches in diameter. Smooth and solid, quite 
thick through and very free from ribs and 
cracks for an early variety. Flesh deep red 
with solid center and small seed cells; 
slightly acid flavor. A very shy seeder. 
Genuine seed of this variety is very scarce, 
but wehave succeeded in obtaining a limited 
amount of seed from Southern New Jersey 
where it originated. Packet, 10 cents; 
ounce, 15 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 
65 cents; pound, 82.00. 
Extra Early Wealthy ?omatoTs 
a source of we 11 th to the gardener who 
1 hints for early markets, hence its sugges¬ 
tive name. It isa remarkably smooth, large 
size, extra early tomato. It is an enormous 
yielder for an extra early, each plant being 
a mass of beautiful red fruit. Fruits “set” in 
close on the stem, and as it has eomparative- 
ly few leaves and is open in growth, the sun 
colors the fruit much more quickly than 
others. It blooms early and sets the first 
bloom. It is a compact grower and can be 
grown close. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 
cents; ounce, 25 cents; \4 pound, 65 cents; 
pound, 82.00. 
Hastings* Redfield Beauty Tomato 
HASTINGS’ REDFIELD BEAUTY TOMATO 
Our Redfield Beauty is of the ri^ht size, the ri^ht earliness, the rij^ht shape, the rii^ht color, the rif^ht beurinii qualities, the right 
shipping and eating qualities; in fact it’s an all rij^ht tomato in every respect. It has been planted for the last 18 years in Florida, 
Geori^ia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and in all tests it has proven its superiority over all the other famous varieties. 
Its vigorous growth, heavy and loni^ bearing qualities and its comparative freedom from rottinii under the most tryiiiil conditions ^of 
growth, make it a favorite everywhere. Of i^lossy crimson color with a slii^ht tinj^e of purple. Grows in clusters of three to five fruits 
and is the most regular in size and shape of fruit of any variety known. Retains its lar^e size until all arc picked. Of perfect shape 
and is unexcelled for touiihness of akin and solidity. Especially valuable for market lijirdeners who have to ship lonii distances or 
carry in wagons over roui^h roads. The skin does not break easily. In competitive tests it has excelled al I the noted varieties put out 
by Northern houses in recent years; not one of them was equal to it. For the shipper and market liardener it is the best; for the home 
garden it is none the less valuable, combinint^, as Redfield Ideality does, every desirable quality. Lari^e packet, lO cents; ounce, 15 
cents; ounce, 25 cents; /4 pound, 65 cents; pound, $2.00; 10 pounds, S17.50. 
