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sun in May and June shall not melt it away be¬ 
fore the bark has united. 
It is well to set the scions slightly divnrging 
grom eaeh other, so that the bark of the scion 
and the bark of the cleft will cross each other 
at long angles, and develop points of union. In 
grafting over a large tree, it is well to do the top 
first leaving the lower limbs to take the sap 
thereby not forcing the new growth inordinately. 
After the top is well grown, finish up the base of 
the tree, a limb or two each year. 
Brookline . 
Answers to Correspondents « 
Claymont, January 10, 1881. 
I. F. Tillinghast, 
Dear sir:—On the 6th page of 
SeedTime and Harvest, January number, 
you propose to deliver any order free of charge 
at the door of the purchaser. (1) Do I under¬ 
stand it correctly, as applying to everything on 
your list? 
I observe, by comparing your pricelist with 
Peter Henderson's, a considerable difference in 
the price ol several kind of seeds. (2) Do you 
believe yours to be of as good quality as his? 
The new Tomato (St. Paul,) you speak of as 
producing uniformly large fruit. (3) Is it as 
large as the Paragon’ 
(4)Wouli it be advisable to discard the Para¬ 
gon and substitute the St. Paul for it, and also the 
Essex Hybrid? Is the latter of large size? 
Your La Plume Triumph Potato did not do 
nearly so well with me as the Early Ohio, plant¬ 
ed side by side, with the same treatment. 
The Mammoth Pearl produced satisfactorily 
considering the dry season the had to make in, 
and the quality is very fiae. 
Your new potato the “Belle" is glowingly in¬ 
troduced. Please save me one peck of it; your 
price is quite moderate. The last potato I 
paid a high price for was the Snowflake—$5. per 
bushel with the understanding that the party I 
purchased of would take any I might not wish 
to keep, the following Spring, at current rates 
when I sent the surplus at $4. per bbl. (4) What 
of the St. Patrick and the Late Ohio? 
If you will be kind enough to to answer the 
above inquiries, you will mu<di oblige yours 
very truly, I. M. Page. 
Answer —(1) All seeds quoted by weight 
and in packets are delivered by mail post¬ 
paid. Seeds sold by measure, however, in¬ 
cluding potatoes &c\, are shipped at pur¬ 
chasers expense ueless plainly stated other¬ 
wise. 
( 2 ) I endeavor to offer the best seeds that 
I can [K>ssibly obtain. If I did not believe 
| them to be of the best quality I certainly 
I should not offer them. 
(13) I regird the Paragon Tomato as very 
bard to beat, and would uot advise you to 
discard it for any new one until you have 
■tried and proved it to be an inprovement 
on your own grounds. The St. Paul and 
; Essex Hybrid ave first class and worthy 
I of extensive trial. The latter is the largest 
in size. 
I (5) You will find my opinion of the St, 
i Patrick Potato elsewhere in this number. 
| The Late Ohio bears about the same re- 
j lation to the Early Ohio, that Late Rose 
; does to Early Rose, It is not a, distinct 
seedling, but onLy a sport selected from the 
| early by reason of its more vigorous 
■ growth and later maturity. 
_ 
April 1st, 1881 
: Mr. I. F. Tillinghast, 
Dear Sir:—I raised a lot 
l if top or button onions last season, and on the 
! ops and around the buttons there were small 
ihoots that produced iced on the same stalk with 
he buttons. 
Now what I would be pleased to know, will 
•Lis seed if sown, produce large onions the same 
as seed grown from onions that produce no but- 
| ons, will it produce onions large or small? 
This is a question in dispute here among 
j onion growers. Cabbage seed at hand all right. 
. ,j. Yours Truly, 
I L. Adams. 
Answer: —This is a question which I can¬ 
not answer, never having sown any of 
these seeds. Will any of our readers who 
have, please tell us the result? 
Upperville, Fauquier Co., Ya. 
I. F. Tillinghast, 
Sir:—The box by Express con¬ 
taining the Belle Potato and other seeds has 
come all safely to hand: Thanks. Please be 
kind enough lo answer the following about the 
potat es: 1 s it an early or late variety? What 
is the best time to plant them? I think of get- 
ting one of your wheel hoes—will probably or¬ 
der one soon. Would it be be9t to have it sent 
