10 
SEED-TIME AND HARVEST, 
FulolisliedL Quarterly 
FOR EVERY ONE WHD PLANTS A SEED 
OR Tl LLS A PLANT. 
SUBSCRIPTION 25 CENTS PER YEAR. 
Advertising Rates, 25 Cents Per Agate Line. 
LA PLUME, LACK’A CO., PA., APRIL, 1881. 
Shall It Be Monthly ? Seed Time and 
Harvest is now in its second year. Up to 
this we have given it only a portion of our 
spare time, and not receiving full attention 
its issues have frequently been sadly delay¬ 
ed, as is the present number. Our sub¬ 
scription books now show over 1500 actual 
paid subscriptions, and our subscribers fre¬ 
quently request that it be published month¬ 
ly. By putting the subsci iption price at 
50 cts. per year and giving it our whole 
time and attention, we think this may be 
done in the near future, and we would thus 
be enabled to make it much better than at 
present. We shall be pleased to hear from 
as many of our present subscribers as will 
promise their support and will be governed 
by them in the matter. What say you— 
shall it be monthly ? 
Tlic Luxury Potato. Just as the 
last pages of our Seed Catalogue were go¬ 
ing to press we ascertained that we were 
limited to one bushel of the Luxury Potato. 
We therefore withdrew by Post Script all 
offers of it except by the pound, but inad¬ 
vertently left a special offer of ‘dive pounds 
of any variety for $1.00” standing. The 
result has been that we have received 
more orders including “one pound 
Luxury” than we can possibly supply. 
Under these circumstances w T e have decided 
that we will be doing the “greatest good 
to the greatest number” to send only one 
tuber each of this variety in such orders, 
rather than send full pounds as far as they 
will go and make others go without any. 
Considering that we did not intend to let 
this variety stand in the offer alluded to, is 
not this the fairest course? 
Testing Seeds. Of course I carry 
some seeds over every year, and what gar¬ 
dener does not? Many varieties are just 
as good at two or even three years old 
as at one, while some are rendered worth¬ 
less. A simple and effective plan for de¬ 
ciding iliis matter which we have in opera¬ 
tion is constructed as follows: an old type 
case, which is a shallow box or drawer di¬ 
vided by partitions into many compart¬ 
ments, and is first nearly filled witli. clean 
white sand. This is tlioroughlv wee with 
a sponge and a few seeds of as many kinds 
as are to be tested are placed in the sand 
in the centre of each compartment. The 
whole is now covered with a w T et cloth and 
placed in a position where it will receive 
warmth. The cloth should be removed 
and dipped in warm water once or wice 
each day, and in a few days you will know 
as well which seed may be depended upon 
for vitality as you will after planting them 
in your own garden. New seeds are some¬ 
times spoiled in ripening and curing, or 
drying. Therefore, no matter when or of 
whom you procure your supply, we would 
advise testaig them in this manner before 
planting largely. 
Our Business Methods. Knowing 
that our patrons are always anxious to know 
whether their orders have reached us. w T e 
have adopted the plan of acknowledg¬ 
ing each and every one by return mail. 
Therefore, if in future you do not hear from 
us in a reasonable time after writing to us 
it will be better to make inquiry. On our 
acknowledgement card we will give the 
number of your order, and yen will great¬ 
ly oblige us by always mentioning tl.is 
number, if for any reason you have oecas- 
sion to write to us. There are a very 
few r items advertised which it is impossible 
for us to supply* In this case Ave usually 
substitute some good variety w hich if not 
wanted our friends are at liberty to return 
when we will refund the money sent for it 
Please Report. We have this season 
sent out quite a number of New Vegetables 
which will be planted in hundreds of local 
ities for the first time. We do not offer 
them until we are satisfied that they are 
really meritorious, yet, to fully prove their 
value in all sections, w T e solicit reports 
from all w r lio try them as thousands may be 
governed another year by the reports sent 
in by those who try them this year. If 
