Hastings' seeds : spring 1909 catalogue . of August. Vines grow off rapidly, become very rank, andwould reach a height of 20 feet if prop-erly supported. Commences bearing in60 to 70 days, and if closely picked, willcontinue to frost. Podsare round, green,and grow 6 to 12 inches long. They arewell rounded out, meaty, tender, andstringless. Immensely prolific, a peckmeasure full often being picked from asingle vine, our illustration giving you agood idea of its productiveness. If youhave never grown it, try it this year. Youwill be pleased wilhit. Here in the Southwith our long seasons, a pole
Hastings' seeds : spring 1909 catalogue . of August. Vines grow off rapidly, become very rank, andwould reach a height of 20 feet if prop-erly supported. Commences bearing in60 to 70 days, and if closely picked, willcontinue to frost. Podsare round, green,and grow 6 to 12 inches long. They arewell rounded out, meaty, tender, andstringless. Immensely prolific, a peckmeasure full often being picked from asingle vine, our illustration giving you agood idea of its productiveness. If youhave never grown it, try it this year. Youwill be pleased wilhit. Here in the Southwith our long seasons, a pole beau likethis is very profitable. Look out in buy-ing seed of this variety, however. Hun-dreds of bushels of the short, tough,shiicky Southern Prolific have beensold under this name in recent years,and are being offered this year. The ap-pearance of the seed is almost have the true and genuine stockwhich will please you. Packet, 10 cents; %pint, 20 cents; pint, 30 cento; quart, 50cents; postpaid. Peck,$; , LOST $ Acre Planting HisOwn Seed. We have no apology to make for talking aboutcottonseed at any place in this catalogue. Itis a matter of vital importance to nine out often to whom this catalogue goes. Read whatMr. Chas. F. Green, of Hill County, Texas, says:I raised 6,730 pounds of Seed cotton fromone bushel of Moitgage-Lifter Seed. If anyone can beat that without irrigation or fertili-zer, with Mexican boll weevils to cut off the topcrop, they are welcome to the prize. I will saythatitisthe best cotton I eversaw. I wouldhave made $ more on every acre I plantedif I had got all my seed from you, as that is theamount I got over and above my own cottonwith your Mortgage-Lifter. It would havepaid me well to have paid you $ perbushel to plant my crop, I got nearlydouble with your seed, just as you said in yourcatalogue. You can hardly overestimate yourseed. We could fill this entire catalogue withstatements such as Mr. Greens that
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