Hastings' seeds : spring 1912 catalogue . er for any melon grower. Vines stay green longer than others; itsremarkably free from rust and has the finest and most pertect netting wehave ever seen. Slick melons dont grow in our Eden Gem. Hundreds of Southern cantaloupe shippers know Hastings EdenGem, but it was almost by accident that a firm of truck growers in NewYork who make a specialty of growing specially fancy cantaloupes gotsome of our seed last year. E. & H. P. Langdon, of Constable, New York,wrote us as follows: After trying out your Eden Gem Cantaloupe we feelso good about them that we
Hastings' seeds : spring 1912 catalogue . er for any melon grower. Vines stay green longer than others; itsremarkably free from rust and has the finest and most pertect netting wehave ever seen. Slick melons dont grow in our Eden Gem. Hundreds of Southern cantaloupe shippers know Hastings EdenGem, but it was almost by accident that a firm of truck growers in NewYork who make a specialty of growing specially fancy cantaloupes gotsome of our seed last year. E. & H. P. Langdon, of Constable, New York,wrote us as follows: After trying out your Eden Gem Cantaloupe we feelso good about them that we think you ought to know it. The enclosedsheet we are putting in each basket shipped tells some of their good points,but does not do them justice after all. We are getting per 40-poundbasket. It was a lucky day when we saw your advertisement. Theircircular says, This melon is as near perfect as a melon can be. Theheaviest netted, thickest meated. smallest seed cavity we have ever sweetness andflavor they are Perfection of the Rockyford strains and the only sure money-maker for the grower who plants forshipment or market. This strain was selected as the best by our Mr. Hastings who made ta per-sonal inspection of the Rockyford section and growing crops three years ago and the face thatmelons from our seed crop takjs fi rst prizes overall others at the great Rockyford fair is evidence that he made no mistake. Packet, 10 outs;ounce, 20 cents; \£ pound, CO cents; pound, $; postpaid. lO-pound lots or over, not prepaid, $ per pound. Hastings Eden Gem Cantaloupe H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 49 Texas Cannonball Cantaloupe A splendid cantaloupe of Texas originrounded shape. In flavor It is first class,it almostand thehave fo sorts fail entirely. Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 15 cts Comparatively early, of medium size, and flattenedVery densely netted, in fact its dense netting makes
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