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II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
You Can Grow Such Cantaloupes. 
CANTALOUPES 
Melons thrive best In a light, rich soil. Plant in April, 
when the ground has become warm and dry, hills 5 to 6 
feet apart each way for Cantaloupes, 8 to 10 feet for 
Watermelons. Previous to sowing the seed, mix a few 
shovelfuls of well-rotted manure in each hill, and plant in 
each 8 to 12 seeds; after all danger of bugs is over, thin 
out to 3 or 4 plants per hill. One ounce of seed will plant 
about 50 hills of cantaloupes. 
HASTINGS’ EDEN GEM is the best cantaloupe on the 
market. Careful breeding and selection has made it the 
real true money-making variety for the shipper and mar¬ 
ket gardener as well as the most satisfactory for home 
use. Its dense netting helps greatly in resistance to in¬ 
sect attacks. You cannot buy Hastings’ Quality in seeds 
elsewhere. Packet, 10c; ounce, 20c; 44 lb., 50c; lb., $1.65. 
ROCKYFORD (ORIGINAL STRAIN), PINK MEATED 
ROCKYFORD or BURRELL GEM, BANANA, MON¬ 
TREAL MARKET, EARLY HACKENSACK, BANQUET, 
TEXAS CANNONBALL, PONCE DE LEON, EARLY 
NETTED GEM, IMPROVED CITRON NUTMEG and NIX¬ 
ON (a Georgia Cantaloupe), are all good cantaloupes for 
Atlanta territory, and you can get a packet of any of 
them for 5 or 10 cents each. An ounce will cost 10, 15 or 
20 cents, depending on the variety. Prices on larger 
quantities gladly given. 
COLLARDS 
An old-time standby for “greens” all over the South. 
Well adapted for planting here, more hardy and a 
more vigorous grower than cabbage. Collards produce 
a mass of leaves and later a fairly good head. Seed 
can be sown here from early spring up to August 1st. 
When plants are 6 inches high transplant to open 
ground, setting 2 feet apart in the row. Cultivate like 
cabbage and let grow into fall, frost improving the 
flavor. Sow one ounce of seed for 200 feet of row. 
TRUE SOUTHERN OR GEORGIA COLLARD. This 
variety is the old-time favorite. Stands all sorts of 
adverse conditions without injury; will make a good 
crop where the soil is too poor to grow cabbage, mak¬ 
ing an excellent substitute for that vegetable. Packet, 
5c; ounce, 10c; 44 pound, 25c; pound, 75c. 
CDV This vegetable cannot be matured here 
■ in the summer months. Sow seed in 
May and June for maturing in the cool fall months. 
Requires one-fourth ounce of seed per 100 feet of row, 
or about one-half pound per acre. 
SAVANNAH MARKET, MEXICAN SOLID, WHITE 
PLUME and GIANT PASCAL are American grown 
varieties. Each, packet, 10c; ounce, 20c. GOLDEN 
SELF-BLANCHING is French grown seed. Packet, 15 
cents; 44 ounce, $1.25; ounce, $2.00. 
CELERIAr or 1' urn iP Rooted Celery. Used 
mostly for flavoring. Packet, 5 
cents; ounce, 15c. 
WATERMELONS 
Watermelon culture is the same as given for cantaloupes. 
One ounce of seed will plant about 30 hills. Watermelons 
are more hardy than cantaloupes, but do not use strong 
spraying mixtures on them. There si nothing that takes 
the place of a good, large, sweet, cool, juicy watermelon on 
a hot summer day. THE WATSON, or "TOM WATSON” 
WATERMELON, whether you agree or disagree with Tom 
Watson’s political views, is an all-right melon in every 
respect; in fact it can’t be beat, whether for shipping, lo¬ 
cal marketing or for home use. HASTINGS’ AUGUSTA 
RATTLESNAKE is the melon that made Georgia famous 
as the finest melon-growing State. We consider it the 
best second early melon. HASTINGS’ TINKER is strictly 
a home garden and nearby market melon; sweetest of all 
melons, having a distinct honey-like flavor all its own. 
Prices of THE WATSON, RATTLESNAKE and TINKER 
WATERMELONS: Each, packet, 10c; ounce, 15c; 44 
lb., 35 cents; pound, $1.00. 
KLECKLEY SWEET, as shown in the photograph be¬ 
low, has long been a favorite home garden melon around 
Atlanta. HASTINGS’ SELECTED FLORIDA FAVORITE 
is an unsurpassed, extra early, good quality melon. ALA¬ 
BAMA SWEET is the great Southwestern melon, but does 
well here; very similar to, but larger than Florida Favor¬ 
ite. PHILIP .JONES is a big, round, green melon. SEM¬ 
INOLE is a fine quality extra early melon. CITRON, 
GREEN GIANT is the melon for sweet pickles. Prices of 
these last seven varieties: Each, packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 
cents; 44 pound, 25 cents. 
