Truckers and Market Gardeners, 
■^sS 
f N the preparation of this Seed Annual for the South¬ 
ern States, we have availed ourselves of the advan¬ 
tages acquired by an intimate association with 
Truckers and Gardeners through the various truck¬ 
ing and farming regions. Every care which this experi¬ 
ence could suggest has been exercised to secure accuracy 
in the description of each variety offered, and it is be¬ 
lieved that the suggestions with regard to cultivation 
will be found useful and trustworthy. 
We will always be found at the head of all true 
advances in seeds, but no novelties, whether originating 
with ourselves or others, will ever be given a place in 
'=.fw our list, until they have been thoroughly and practically 
tested, not only for their general value but for their adaptability to the climate and soil of the 
South. We shall also test their profitableness to the grower when marketed, hence when 
we offer new varieties no hesitancy may be felt in adopting them. 
We are fully alive to the needs of f he truck farmer and imarket gardener of the South ; 
for years we have been with them; we know the need of Pure, Live Seeds, 
true to name and of the highest possible standard. 
We are ttie only Firm engaged in Specially Selecting 
and Growing Seeds for tlie Southern States, 
and the high reputation already enjoyed by us i$ fully appreciated, and no 
effort will be spared to raise the standard of our stocks year after year in 
the various districts in which they are grown. We feel justified in saying, 
in conclusion, that the excellence and vigor of our seeds, as compared 
with other stocks salcLthrough the south, prove conclusively that the 
system we are purging is far in advance of others. 
Your& truly, 
H. G. HASTINGS & 00., 
Interlachen, Putnam Co., Fla,, 
REDFIELD PETTIT, Manager. 
