aot tried Li vingston's Favorite tomato, nor do 
I care to, his Perfection is good enough for me. 
with a few Essex Hybrid to mix the colors a lit-* 
Inn /T ? 50 hilU of Perfecti on, I gathered over 
-00 bushels of large smooth fruit. In regard to 
Wall s Orange Potato, I got it too late to give it 
a air test, but am very favorably impressed 
with its start-off; f. om one pound of seed I got 
6'1 pounds of good sized tubers. 
I cannot close without a word in favor of 
Perfect Gem Squash. I see a Western seed-firm 
classes it as not worthy of cultivation. Now 
*ith me, its the best small squash I ever raised 
and I have tried many. It was as mealy as a 
Peachblow potato and of fine flavor; in fact, as 
soon as I introduced it Early Scallops and Crook- 
necks went to the hogs, and it gave Boston Mar- 
row a tight rub. Yours with well-wishes, 
Hy. Pittock. 
THE NEW POTATOES. 
Indianola, Iowa, Dec. 22, 1883. 
My Dear 1 nend: I fed as though I had always 
been acquainted with you; and your portrait in 
^ast number looks perfectly familiar. Seed- 
Time and Harvest has become one of our 
household. And your seeds give such universal 
satisfaction that I seek none others, and am 
preaching them to my neighbors. I don’t see 
how any one that has a garden can afford to be 
without them. I cut the four pounds of potatoes 
mto single eyes and planted in drills. White 
rdephaut yielded 85 pounds, Beauty of Hebron 
66 pounds > Wall’s Orange and Belle, each 40 
pounds, making 231 pounds from four pounds 
of seed. We cooked and ate of each kind, and 
pronounced them all most excellent. Wall’s Or¬ 
ange and Belle did not have quite a fair show 
Our season here was the worst for gardening 
that I ever saw. Long may you wave. 
F. M. Milliken. 
ANOTHER GOOD REPORT. 
Steuben, Ohio, Jan. 12, 1884. 
Isaac F. Tiliinghast. Dear Sir, Will you 
please forward to my address, your Wholesale 
and Detail Catalogue of Seeds. I wish to order 
as soon as possil J . I obtained some seeds of 
you last season and am happy to say that they 
gave good satisfaction; especially the earl^- 
cabbage. I set out 915 plants in one patch; soil 
heavy sandy loam; two years in clover; plowed 
in the fail; of these I lost about 200 by the rav- 
ages ol a small white maggot, such as was de¬ 
scribed in Seed-Time and Harvest. I then 
billed m the missing, applied salt and strong , 
'-mleached ashes and lost no more plants, having ! 
squelched’ the maggots entirely, and such cab¬ 
bages as I succeeded in raising. I sold Wake¬ 
field and Henderson’s Summer that retailed at 
15 to 20 cents per head in the market, and were 
cheap at that, for some of the Wakefields were 
over ten inches, and Henderson’s Summer av¬ 
eraged twelve inches in diameter, and all almost 
as solid as a brick. The plants were set out just 
two feet each way; the heads of Henderson’s 
Summer nearly covered the ground, and every 
plant made a solid head. The tomatoes did 
well except Livingston’s Perfection, which has 
been a failure with me for the past two seasons 
on account of its rotting badly at the blossom 
end; but Livingston’s Favorite takes the cake, 
bakery and all. It is the only variety that I have 
found that will fill the place of the Old Trophy, 
and I have tried nearly every variety advertised! 
All things considered, I think it the best variety 
in cultivation. I have written more than I in¬ 
tended when I began, so I will close by wish¬ 
ing you success. Bespectfully Yours, 
Warren W. Parsons. 
TO DESTROY INSECTS. 
Pho?nix, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1884. 
Mr. Isaac Tiliinghast: Dear Sir, I received 
your book and am pleased to learn how much 
in feres t you take in describing insects and their 
nature. I have made them something of a studv 
myself and experimented on their destruction, 
and think I succeeded to a certain extent; that 
is, more with the large squash bug and the yel¬ 
low cucumber bug. I use at the rate of one ta¬ 
blespoonful of petroleum oil, to twelve quarts of 
land plaster and let it stand twenty-four hours 
before using; when the dew is on the vines I 
give them a good dusting with it, I find that 
quantity is perfectly safe, and sure to drive the 
bugs. I did the same with my cabbage plants 
but the fleas work from the under side of the 
small leaves, and it does not work so well on 
them. I give you this in good faith and hope 
the results will be satisfactory, and of use to you 
and others. You shall have my order for seeds 
and hope to get good satisfaction. I remain 
Yours Truly, Frank M. Hayden. 
PERFECT GEM SQUASH. 
Glenwood, Mo., Jan. 15, 1884. 
Mr. Isaac F. Tiliinghast: Dear Sir, I have 
seen nothing said in your magazine about the 
Perfect Gem Squash. We tried them last year 
and are delighted with them; they are entirely 
different from any other variety of Squash we 
have had; having a kind of sub-acid or fruity 
taste peculiarly their own, with none of the 
