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GARDENING IN TEXAS. 
Lockhart, Texas. 
Mr. I. F. Tilliughast, 
Dear sir:—Please send me at your earliest conven¬ 
ience, your catalogue with prices. Is the Early Ohio 
the best producing early potato, if not, which is, and 
what is the price per barrel, and what will the 
freight cost to New York, as I will have to get them 
via the Malory line of steamers? 
No sugar corn that I have tried ever comes to any 
thing in our climate, the ears come out at the ground 
and the stalk does not grow over two feet high; and 
the ears never grow more than four inches long, 
and never half fill. Can’t you furnish me with some 
good kind of early corn that will make good sized 
ears? 
The cabbage seed you sent me in the fall, came up 
better than any I have ever planted. 
Will cauliflower planted in the spring produce a 
head during the summer? 
What is the most practical and useful work on gar¬ 
dening. I mean a cheap work? 
W. F. Blunt, M. D. 
Lockhart, Cad well Co., Texas. 
Answer:—The Early Ohio 
has been for several years considered our very best 
early potato. But since the advent of the Beauty of 
Hebron it has had to take a back seat, in favor of 
that justly celebrated variety. It is still a good va¬ 
riety for planting on rich garden soil, but the B. 
of H. all things considered is better. 
Potatoes are billed at 180 lbs., per bbl. and the cost 
of freighting them to New York is 59 cents per bbl. 
Or, they can lie sent to Philadelphia for 01 cents, or 
to Baltimore, Md., for 76 cents per barrel. 
2d I know nothing, practically, about the soil and 
climate of Texas, and cannot advise as to the best 
Sugar Corn for that locality, but should think that 
the Early Minnesota or Crosby’s Extra Early, would 
do as well as any. 
3d Am glad to hear my strains of Cabbage Seed 
pleased you, though to do otherwise would be an ex¬ 
ception to a very general rule. 
4 Cauliflower Seeds sown at a ny time before June 
will head in this locality, and I think they will also 
with you. For earliest use the seeds are sown in 
the fall and the plants wintered over in cold frames, 
or what will answer nearly as well, sow in March 
in a hot-bed and transplant in cold-frames as soon 
as large enough to prick out. They require a rich, 
deep soil, and frequent watering to thrive well 
5. If you have my “Manual of Vegetable Plants, 
and Henderson’s “Gardening for Profit,” White’s 
“Gardening for the South,” will probably be the 
next best for your use. 
EARLY CABBAGES. 
Newport, R. I., Sept. 30. 1880. 
Isaac F. Tilliughast, 
Dear Sir: 
I had some of your “Hendersons Early Summer." 
Cabbage in market the 1st of July last, and they 
were the best ever seen in Newport so early in the 
season. Hoping T may be successfull again, I remain. 
Truly Yours, Corn’s. Twomey. 
Our Prizes. 
In regard to the Special Prizes offered in 
the July number of Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest, we will simply say that every compet¬ 
itor received a prize worth more than the 
total amount of money sent in by him on 
subscriptions. We suppose that the time 
of year was unfavorable for work of that 
character and do not doubt but that we 
shall have more competition during the 
winter and spring. A full statement of the 
awards has been sent to every competitor. 
Now we are determined that our seeds 
shall be put into thousands of new hands 
for trial during the next six months, and 
will again try to induce you to help do it. 
As the uncertainty of gaining a prize de¬ 
terred many from trying, we propose to pay 
in such a manner that every one who tries 
to help us will certainly get good pay for 
all his labor in our behalf. 
There are hundreds of thousands of per¬ 
sons in this country who would willingly 
and quickly accept our very liberal offer of 
Seed-Time aiul Harvest for one year and 
their own selection of seeds in packets f rom 
our list to the amount of fifty cents, all post¬ 
paid, by mail for fifty cents, if they only had 
their attention called to it. 
Now if you will show this offer to your 
friends and forward their subscriptions to 
us, we will allow you a commission of 40 
per cent, on all you collect, providing you 
get at least live subscribers. This will net 
you 20 cents on each, which will pay you 
well, and in addition to this commission we 
offer the special prizes on the second cover 
page. We do all this simply to put our 
seeds in new hands, hoping thereby to gain 
new customers and make new friends. 
A Blunder was made in paging the 
first form of this issue which was not dis¬ 
covered until several thousand copies had 
been run off. The continuation of the ar¬ 
ticle on “Small Fruits” on the 3d page will 
be found on the 8th page, and the continua¬ 
tion of the article on “Clover as a Fertilizer.” 
will he found upon the fourth page. 
