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and you need not apologize for troubling me I supply the town with milk and raise cabbages 
either. It is a real pleasure to me to receive a for a two fold purpose, namely, to make what I 
letter which shows that the writer is pleased af- can in sales, and balance for fe* d lor milch cows 
ter having made a purchase of me. in fall and winter. Have you aay experience in 
I find that people do not always order blindly, wintering out lettucr; If so what varieties do 
but have a reason for sending their orders where you succeed the best with? Ifend me the price ot 
ever they do send them. The following order | your seed. 
explains this feeling: 
Monroe Co.. N. Y. 
April 10, 
Dear Sir:—Being fully satisfied, after a trial 
of two or three years of your Garden Seed, and 
that it is not safe to trade houses when you are 
confident you have the best, I inclose you an or¬ 
der for myselt' and one or two neighbors. 
Very Respectfully 
Geo. Emerson. 
This is quite suggestive, comiusj as it does 
from a county which claims to send out more 
seeds than any other in the Union, and the faith 
expressed in it is such as I would like to he per 
mitted to instil into the,) bosom of every one 
who gives this page a reading. 
Yours Respectfully, 
James L. Wright. 
Answer:—I have experimented with dozens ot 
different varieties of cabbage, and think those 
named in my seed-list possess more desirable 
qualities than any others. The fi r st five there 
named are all suitable for wintering over, and 
the Fotlers Drumhead and Premium Flat Dutch 
are standards for later use. Lettuce is seldom 
“ wintered over,” but that sown under glass 
in the fall is usually marketed by February so 
that the space may be occupied by other plauts. 
For early out-door setting the Boston Mar¬ 
ket a.nd Black Seeded Tennisball are the varie¬ 
ties most frequently used for forcing under glass. 
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Tomatoes and Asparagus. 
Dear sir:—I want to get all the information I 
can on the cultivation of Tomatoes. Does your 
Evergreens. 
Mr. Tillinghast:—In passing your place I saw 
Evergreens. Will you please price them to me. I Manual of Vegetable Plants, treat much ou the 
I want some 50 or 100 of different varieties. Al- tomato? 
so please tell me best time to set, etc. I -know 
nothing about handling theca but wish to use 
them about ray house and grouuds. Also on 
bank of Lake. In Haste, 
R. S. Searle. 
Answer:—I have a large number of Norway 
Spruce, Austrian Pine and Arbor Vitae. The 
weather was so very dry and hot last May, (hat 
I did not dare set any myself or advise others to 
Would Asparagus be any earlier if I dig 
trenches, say 8 ft. wide aud 6 ft. deep running 
E. & W. (well drained) and plant asparagus in 
the bottom without any covering or artificial 
heat? 
Yours Very Truly, 
T. Chapman, 
Mansou, N. C. 
Answer:—My Manual of Vegetable Plants, 
do so, but I think they might be set safely now. j oes not treat on tomatoes, although it does up- 
I will furnish good well rooted trees of the on uear ly every other important vegetable. We 
above varieties at ten dollars per 100. To sue- BOW our tomato seed early in March, quite thick- 
cessfully set them it is only necessary to keep h y ra drills four inches apirt, in a hot bed, (full 
the roots moist, never letting them dry for a information for making hot beds will be given 
minute. Otherwise treat as you would any other in t h e next number of this magazine.) To pro- 
^ ree * duce good stocky plants it is necessary to trans- 
OwossoMich. Aug. 9, 1880. plant them two or three times, each time give 
I. F. Tillinghast. them more room to grow thick and stocky, and 
Dear sir:—I Suppose you produce an abundance of fibrous roots, 
understand the cabbage business pretty well aud Tomatoes do not require very rich land, 
also claim to have some very nice seed. Now PJl 
tell you what I want. I want the seed to a va- 
but should be placed iu an early, warm, shelt¬ 
ered position aud manured a little iu the hill. 
riety of cabbage that will winter out well in cold This will give the vines a good start when young 
frames; perhaps you would suggest more than | and as soon as the roots grow through into the 
one variety for that purpose, then 1 shall want j poorer soil the vines will cease to grow so rank 
some good varieties for selling plants iu spring, I and ripen early. We do not stake them up but 
and also for heads in summer, fall and winter. I hill them pretty high and let them run. 
