IJ. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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Have Peas Like These in Your Garden. 
LETTUCE GARDEN PEAS 
Lettuce seed is one of our great specialties, and in ad¬ 
dition to supplying over 200,000 family gardens each year 
we sell thousands of pounds of highest grade lettuce seed 
to shippers and market gardeners. Our four great varie¬ 
ties, BIG BOSTON, FLORIDA HEADER, DIXIE HARD 
HEAD and CALIFORNIA CREAM BUTTER have no 
equals. The high quality of Hastings’ Lettuce Seed is 
known everywhere in the South where lettuce is grown, 
for purity, hardness of heads and slowness to run to seed. 
One ounce will produce about 3,000 plants. Sow seed in 
hotbeds early and transplant to open ground when dan¬ 
ger of freezing is past, or sow thinly in open ground at 
that time. 
BIG BOSTON. Extra large, round, firm heading variety 
that does well around Atlanta. One of our specialties that 
you cannot find equalled. Heads are so firm and solid 
that in our seed crops almost every head must be cut 
open before seed stalks can grow. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 
15 cents; Vi pound, 35 cents; pound, $1.15. 
HASTINGS’ DRUMHEAD WHITE CABBAGE LET¬ 
TUCE. Belongs to the crisp leaved class and superb for 
home gardens. It is always large, with outer leaves a 
clear light green color and inside almost pure white. Pack¬ 
et, 5 cents; oz., 15 cents; Vi D>., 35 cents; lb., $1.15. 
HASTINGS’ ICEBERG LETTUCE. A beautiful as well 
as useful variety; exceedingly crisp and tender. Outer 
leaves crinkled and light green, growing closely up around 
the head. Packet, 5c; oz., 15c; Vi lb., 35c; lb., $1.15. 
HASTINGS’ FLORIDA HEADER lias stood the test of 
20 years’ time. Large, quickly forming, solid hea_ds, very 
slow in running to seed, crisp, tender, free from bitter¬ 
ness and especially desirable for home use. Packet, 5 
cents; oz., 15 cents; 14 lb., 35 cents; lb., $1.35. 
HASTINGS’ SUPERBA. The biggest lettuce of them 
all, a most beautiful large heading variety, especially re¬ 
sistant to heat. Fine for home gardens. Packet, 5 cents; 
oz., 30 cents; 14 lb., 60 cents; lb., $1.90. 
DIXIE HARD HEAD. Extra hard header, slower than 
any other variety to run to seed and of beautiful appear¬ 
ance; a specialty. Packet, 5c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 60c; lb., $1.90. 
CALIFORNIA CREAM BUTTER is the “Royal” Lettuce. 
Heads large and solid, the inside bleaching to a beautiful 
cream yellow when properly grown. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 
30 cents; 14 lb., 45e; lb., $1.40. 
WELL KNOWN VARIETIES—GRAND RAPIDS. IM¬ 
PROVED HANSON, PRIZE HEAD. B. SEEDED SIMP¬ 
SON, ALL-YEAR-ROUND, PHILADELPHIA BUTTER 
are all good varieties for this section. WHITE PARIS 
COS (OR ROMAINE), the Celery Lettuce of exquisite 
flavor, is also fine. Each, packet. 5 cents; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 
25c; lb., 90 cents. 
ARDA Okra or Gumbo is a most healthful vegetable 
” and ought to be plentiful in every Atlanta 
garden. Sow one ounce of seed to 50 feet of row. HAS¬ 
TINGS’ WHITE VELVET is the standard home garden 
variety. Early, very round, smooth podded strain of med¬ 
ium size, the pods being almost free from ridges and is 
not prickly to the touch. PERKIN’S MAMMOTH LONG 
PODDED is the long green podded variety to plant. It 
is of taller growth and very productive, our careful breed¬ 
ing making it superior to the same variety sold by other 
houses. Prices of each, packet, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents; 14 
lb., 20 cents; lb., 50 cents. 
nit DCI FY Sow in sP rin K or fall in rows 15 inches 
rMn9I.Ei ■ apart. Seed is slow to germinate, often 
taking 3 to 5 weeks. Soak seed in water at least 12 hours 
before planting and when well up, thin out plants to 6 
inches apart. Ounce of seed plants 200 feet of row^. 
EXTRA MOSS CURLED is the most, ornamental of all, 
the kind you find in hotels and in the markets. DOU¬ 
BLE CURLED is of dwarf, compact growth; leaves heav¬ 
ily crumpled, resembling moss. PLAIN LEAVED PARS¬ 
LEY is a very hardy, strong growing variety to use for 
seasoning. Prices of each, packet, 5c; oz., 10c; 14 lb., 25c. 
In this latitude begin sowing the extra early, round- 
seeded varieties from January up to April 1st; after that 
it is advisable to sow only the taller-growing varieties 
with wrinkled seed, varieties like Bliss Everbearing com¬ 
ing in this class. The wrinkled varieties must not be 
planted before the ground warms up. The extra earlies 
should be sown in drills thickly; one quart of seed to 
each 100 feet of row and covered about 2 inches. For peas 
to stay in bearing a long time, open the drill 6 inches 
deep, place the seed in the bottom, cover 2 inches and 
fill in as the plants grow. The stronger growing varie¬ 
ties are tall and have to be “staked” or “brushed,” but 
varieties like Bliss Everbearing and Home Delight can 
be planted in double rows, 6 inches apart, and run to¬ 
gether, leaving 2 feet between the double rows. 
HASTINGS’ JOHN L. is the best extra early. ALASKA 
EXTRA EARLY is next to John L. in earliness and the 
heaviest cropper. HASTINGS’ EXTRA EARLY SUR¬ 
PRISE is the best combination early pea in earliness, pro¬ 
ductiveness and good flavor. Prices of the above three 
varieties: Each, packet, 5 cents; 14 pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 
cents; quart, 25 cents. 
GRADUS, OR PROSPERITY, is an extra early wrin¬ 
kled pea. NOTT’S EXCELSIOR is an extra early dwarf 
growing, wrinkled pea. PREMIUM GEM is a very dwarf¬ 
ed extra early wrinkled pea, growing about 15 inches 
high. These last three extra early wrinkled peas can be 
planted after March 1st and will come into bearing almost 
as early as the round-seeded varieties. Prices of these 
three varieties. Each, packet, 5 cents; Vi pint, 10 cents; 
pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents. 
SECOND EARLY—HEAVY BEARERS. Plant these va¬ 
rieties after March 15th. 
BLISS EVERBEARING. The greatest favorite among 
our customers for home gardens. Height of vine 18 to 24 
inches; pods, 3 to 4 inches long; each pod containing 6 to 
8 large wrinkled peas of very fine table quality. Size of 
peas, large to very large, frequently half an inch in di¬ 
ameter. Plant these in double rows and they will need 
no “staking,” as they are very stocky and branching 
plants. Continue to bear after repeated picking, hence 
the name. Packet, 5 cents; Vi pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 
cents; quart. 25 cents. 
HASTINGS’ HOME DELIGHT. Earliest bearer of the 
second early or heavy-bearing varieties and a strong, vig¬ 
orous grower. Very productive of fine flavored peas. Plant 
in double rows and they will not need “staking.” Packet, 
5 cents; Vi pint, 10 cents; pint, 15 cents; quart, 25 cents. 
HASTINGS’ IMPROVED TELEPHONE is one of our 
best tall growing, wrinkled varieties and very profitable 
for home use. This variety must be “staked,” as it grows 
5 to 6 feet tall. It has that sugary flavor so desirable in 
garden peas. Packet, 5 cents; % pint, 10 cents; pint, 20 
cents; quart, 35 cents. 
HASTINGS’ MAMMOTH PODDED. The mammoth of 
the garden in size of pod and is an exceedingly heavy 
bearer; the peas of a most delicious flavor. Grows 4 to 5 
feet high when staked. Packet, 5 cents; Vi pint, 10 cents; 
pint, 20 cents; quart, 35 cents. 
BLACK EYED MARROWFAT and LARGE WHITE 
MARROWFAT are old, well known, very strong growing 
varieties. Each, packet, 5 cents; Vi pint, 10 cents; pint, 
15 cents; quart. 25 cents. 
CHAMPION OF ENGLAND is a favorite home garden 
pea. Very tall growing, heavy bearer of fine quality peas. 
Packet, 5c; Vi pint, 10c; pint, 20c; quart, 35c. 
TALL SUGAR SALAD and DWARF SUGAR SALAD 
PEAS are distinct varieties with edible pods, cooked and 
eaten the same as snap beans. Packet, 5 cents; Vi pint, 
15c; pint, 25c; quart, 40 cents. 
Many of our customers don’t plant Garden Peas be¬ 
cause thev don’t bear long enough. Plant seed deeper 
and work soil up around the stalks, an I peas will stay in 
bearing twice as long. 
