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BEST FERTILIZER FOR CABBAGES. 
Oakdale Station, Pa., July 1, 1884. 
Mr. Tillinghast: Sir, I have about one and 
one fourth acres of ground in late cabbage that 
has made a very fine start; but when preparing 
ground I could not get as much stable manure 
as I would like to have had to insure a first rate 
crop, and I have been thinking of putting on 
some fertilizer but do not know what is the best 
kind. Will you please iniorm me what you 
think would be the best, how to apply, and how 
much ? And oblige, Yours Truly, 
H. S. Thompson. 
Answer: We should first secure all the fine, 
dry hen manure we could, at, say one dollar per 
barrel. If not enough is available, we should 
purchase some sort of commercial fertilizer. We 
ourselves use “Ammoniated Dissolved Bone,” 
manufactured by Lister Bros., Newark, N. J. It 
suits us better than any other Phosphate which 
we have tried. In either of above cases, place a 
small handful around each plant before each 
hoeing and cover by hoeing. 
SWEET POTATO BEDS. 
Westhampton, N. Y., June 20th, 1884 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast: Dear Sir,—As you state 
that you are willing to help your agents, I beg 
leave to trouble you for a little information. 
Is the sand in which sweet potato slips have 
been grown, in hot-beds, good to use another 
season for the same purpose, or not ? 
What is the horse manure that has been used 
for hot-beds good for now after the primary use 
has been fulfilled ? 
What use can old sweet potatoes, from which 
slips have been taken, be applied to ? 
Yours Truly, Jesse 8. Smith. 
Answer: We know of no reason why the 
soil is not just as good the following year. It is 
our practice when breaking up a bed at this 
season of the year to throw the soil and a good 
portion of the spent manure, well mixed, in a 
conical heap, and let them lie until wanted for 
use the following a spring. The manure will thus 
become well rotted and help to enrich the soil, 
and also make it loose and much better than it 
was at first. 
The old potatoes are of no value whatever, 
farther than the amount of manure they will 
make if allowed to rot with the soil. 
the“mixed belles”again. 
Shelburne, Vt., July 1, 1884. 
Mr. Tillinghast: My Dear Sir,—You will pos¬ 
sibly remember that about a year ago, my fath¬ 
er (A. Rand,) and yourself had some correspond- 
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enoe in regard to the “Belle” potato, as to its 
peculiarity of having two seemingly distinct 
sorts “among itself.” If I remember rightly, 
you stated that you had been unable to breed 
these two sorts separately; but father’s experi- 
«as contrary to this, as he then had the two 
kinds entirely separated, so much so, as two dis¬ 
tinct varieties. Last season we planted quite a 
quantity f f each separately, and had no diffi¬ 
culty in keeping them so. The light colored 
one, which we fancy the true type of the Belle, 
is much the best of the two. J hought perhaps 
you would be interested to know how the mem¬ 
bers of your “potato family” are doing up here 
in Vermont. Wall’s Orange is first rate. Allow 
me to congratulate you as the introducer of so 
good a sort. I have tested and am testing near¬ 
ly all of the new sorts, and if agreeable, will 
write a few lines giving my experience for Seed- 
Time and Harvest. Truly Yours, 
W. H. Rand. 
Answer: We are now of the opinion that 
the two sorts came from two different seeds from 
the same ball planted together, as they seem to 
have been together from the start. The lightest 
colored has proven the most productive, while 
the redder one is claimed by some to be the bet¬ 
ter in quality. I am sorry that Wall’s Orange 
has not proven entirely satisfactory in some 
sections, and I advise a trial of it on a limited 
scale at first. 
Of course we should be greatly pleased to have 
you and all other interested readers contribute 
freely to the columns of Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest. It would thus be made much more val¬ 
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