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LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. 
Geneva, N. Y„ Dec. 26. 1881. 
Mr. 1. F. Tillinghast: Dear Sir;—The seeds of 
■cabbage and cauliflower presented by you last spring, 
from your Puget Sound stock headed very nicely; 
in some cases decidedly better than the same varie¬ 
ties from other sources Respectfully. E. S. Goff, 
Horticulturist for E. L. Sturtevant. 
Springfield. Ohio, Feb. 11, 1885. 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast: — 'The outfit I received from 
jyou last spring was certainly the best investment I 
ever made. I had the best beds of late cabbage 
plants in Cl irk County. They were t'ie center of 
attraction I sold quite a number of plants and 
planted 250 0: sold and buried 21000. After the 
ground was prepared T set the plants 2x8 feet.' Th y 
at once began to grow so vigorous that all that they 
needed was once cultivating with the horse, and a 
better cabbage patch was not to be found in Clark 
County. I have handed all those c tfalogues to 
market gardeners, some have told me they have 
sent for your seeds; my order ''ill be in in a few 
•days. I am well pleased with your seeds, they have 
given entire satisfaction. Your Manual of Vegetable 
Plants is wmrth its weight in gold. I have saved a 
good many dollars by following the directions of it. 
Respectfully, Fred Shuirr. 
REMEDY FOR CABBAGE WORMS. 
West Creek, Ocean Co., N. J., Feb. 10, 1885. 
Mr. L F. Tillinghast: Sir, I see that you desire to 
know any good remedy for the green cabbage worm. 
We think here that rye flour sprinkled on them early 
in the morning or when they are wet, is one of the 
best remedies yet discovered, as it soon forms a 
paste on the worms that they don't get rid of except 
by being very much rained on soon after. Even fine 
ground unbolted rye answers evex-y purpose, only 
that the bran is wasted except whei*e a fine sci’een is 
used for a sprinkler. Respectfully, 
C. L. Shinn. 
REPORT OF CABBAGE TRIAL. 
Lineklain Center, N. Y.. Feb. 21, 1885. 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast: Dear Sir; Thinking perhaps 
you would like to hear from me in regard ro your 
P. S. seeds, I would say they are superior to any I 
have ever used. I planted some 2J4 acres of cabbage; 
had eleven different varieties of seed from seven 
different seed houses. The P. S. produced the 
largest and best heads, except Gregory’s Deep Head. 
No perceptible difference in that and your Fottler’s 
Drumhead, both making lavge, firm heads; 93 out of 
300 making saleable heads. My varieties consisted 
of Jersey Wakefield, Henderson’s Summer, Winnig- 
stadt, Fottler’s Drumhead, Deep Head. Sure Head, 
Royal Drumhead. Bleichfield Giant Flat Dutch, Late 
American Drumhead and Marblehead Mammoth. 
All received the same treatment. I used Bowker’s 
Fertilizer and Peruvian Guano and one sack of 
Mapes Cabbage manure, putting a small handful in 
•each hill: had the best results from the Peruvian 
‘Guano. Last year’s expedience has convinced me 
(that for our soil the following varieties are the best:' 
Henderson's Exrlv Summer, Winnigstadt Fottler’s 
Brunswick and Deep Head. Fottler's Brunswick 
for main crop I think is t’ie best field cabbage grown; 
especially your F\ S. seed, which is the largest and 
plumpest seed I ever saw. 1 planted most of my 
cabbages iif the hill, thinking that is the best way, 
being less trou le than transplanting. I had no 
trouble with t e black beetle. 
Yours Truly, De Witt Craft. 
FERTILIZERS FOR CABBAGE. 
Steuben, O. Feb. 10, 1885. 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast-: Dear Sir,—Your Puget 
Sound Cabbage Seeds are the best I have ever seen. 
It seemed as though every one of them grew, and all 
at the same time I sowed them by hand, and about 
the same as I had been sowing, but I got them too 
thick, nearly twice too many; result, plants some¬ 
what spindling, but for all this, every one that got 
them said they never raised better cabbage. I raised 
Fottler’s as large across as a bushel basket. I set 
out about 17.i<J Wakefields. Henderson’s Summer, 
Bleichfields and Fottler’s, and had about that many 
good heads; they all headed. In fact. I had three 
plants that had six heads, two each, over six inches 
in diameter and hard as a brick. I noticed fche 
plants were double when setting them out, and left 
them on purpose to see w hat they would do. They 
were Henderson’s Summer. I firmly believe that I 
had the lai-gest and evenest lot of early cabbage 
ever raised in thi/country. I used fifty bushels of 
unleached ashes, one hundred pounds Mapes Com¬ 
plete Manure, and about six good two-horse loads 
of barn-yard manure, also about three bushels of 
salt; the barn manure plowed under, the other 'fer¬ 
tilizers on top cultivated in. Plants were sec in rows 
three f°et four i iches apart, eighteen inches apart in 
the row, except Fottler’s which were thi'ee feet 
apart in row. 
As to the other seeds all did well. I like Rose’s 
Evergreen Sweet Corn, also Stratagem Peas. I see 
that you recommend Early Marblehead Sweet Corn 
as best early. 1 have grown it for past five or six 
years. Two years ago I got a variety that with me 
is fully as early, a larger ear, and in qualit}” far bet¬ 
ter. I will send you a sample ear, and I want you to 
try it beside the 3Iarblehead. for I believe it to be a 
far mere valuable corn for mark, t gardeners, or for 
home gardeners either for that matter. Now foi the 
tomato. I can’t for the life of me see how you can 
place the Perfection above the Favorite. With me 
the Perfection is not half so large, is not so solid, and 
half the crop rots before ripe. I will try it one more 
season, however. Next to Favorite I consider Essex 
Hybrid as being the best. Have got all I want of the 
Cai'dinal; also Banana Muskmelon, though I raised 
them two feet long. I send you a small order thi* 
morning and will send others soon. I don’t expect 
to send you any large amount, for times are hard, 
but will do all I can for you. 
Respectfully Yours, Warren Parsons. 
BERRIES AND BEES. 
Cochranton, Pa.. Jan. 31, 1885. 
Mr. Editor:— My son and I keep bees and 
raise berries too, and they work well to- 
