ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS . 
Which is the “Belle?” 
Waaberville N. Y., July 12,1881- 
Dear Sir; 
I discovered wlheai cutting my Belles '! hat 
about one-fourth cut white, the others mottled, all 
the same color out-side; I planted them separately ; 
the white flesh ones have a pink blossom, the others 
.a white blossom; now which is the Belle? So far as 
3 am able to judge, I think the peach blossom is the 
B elle. Will you inform me on the subject ? 
Yours Truly. 
W. W. Blackman, 
Answee. One is as much the “Belle” as 
the other. This new variety was produced 
by planting seed-balls of the Early Rose and 
the so-called different varieties, spoken of 
above, evidently came from different seeds 
of the same ball. We noticed this variation 
the first year we grew them, and thought 
of separating them, but the difference in 
their appearance was so slight that it seem¬ 
ed impossible. We have not noticed any 
particular difference in the yielding or cook¬ 
ing qualities of them and do not know that 
this peculiarity is any damage to the variety. 
Are hal'd coal ashes good to put on land? If so, 
are they good for any kind of crops in particular, or 
what use would you put them to? Please answer in 
Seed-Toje and Harvest and oblige, 
Emerson L. Todd. 
The value of coal ashes for small city gar¬ 
dens has been frequently alluded to, and as 
such ashes are very abundant and easy of 
access their value can be easily tested The 
Husbandman reports an experiment made 
with coal ashes, applied at the rate of 200 
bushels to 20 square rods, or 10 bushels to a 
square rod. The soil was heavy and com¬ 
pact. The ashes were drawn on late in the 
autumn and spread on the ground, which j 
had been recently plowed. In the spring 
the plowing was repeated, thoroughly mix¬ 
ing the ashes with the soil. The ground j 
was planted with garden vegetables. The 
beneficial result was in the correction of the | 
heavy character of the soil, the ashes acting 
mechanically and not as a manure, and pro¬ 
ducing a satisfactory improvement. 
In answer to an inquiry by L. Adams, 
allow me to say, that the onion seeds pro¬ 
duced on the same stalk with the sets, or 
buttons, will produce large onions the first 
season just the same as any onion seed. I 
planted a lot of such in the spring of 1879 
and they reproduced the parent onion as 
faithfully as did the sets, though not as 
early. As they were not as good as red 
Wethersfield I did not try .0 raise seed 
from the bulbs they produced, but no doubt 
they would have borne seed. 
W. Hester, 
Van Meter, Iowa. 
To send plants safety by mail several days'* 
journey requires considerable skill and care 
in packing; yet during the past month we 
have mailed a great many with the loss of 
very few, notwithstanding the hot weather. 
The following letter just received answers 
an inquirer who asks if we can send cabbage 
and celery plants safely by mail; 
Brusly Landing, La., June 28, 1881. 
Isaac F. Tillinghast, La Plume, Pa., 
Sir,—The cabbage 
plants (500) you sent me by mail arrived safe and in 
splendid condition. I received them on the 26, (they 
were mailed on the 22, at 9 a. m.,) and planted them 
on the 27. To-day they all seem to look as if they 
all mean to grow. Will send for celery plants later. 
With many thanks, I remain, Yours, 
Mrs. A. T. Bird. 
Mr. Editor: 
In a recent issue of your paper u Daisy B.” 
writes to know what to do when she has the 
“blues.” Now. I have been troubled with 
that very unpleasant and essentially female 
complaint in the past, and I am quite sure 
my experience will help her, I don’t be¬ 
lieve these indigo feelings come because 
things don’t go right around us, but because 
matters don’t go right within us. Every 
lady understands this and knows the cause. 
For years I suffered terribly, and I now see 
that I might have avoided it had I known 
what I do to-day. I tried taking Warner’s 
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure as an experi¬ 
ment, and it did more for me than I could 
ever have dreamed it possible to do for any 
woman. I would not be without it for the 
world and I earnestly advise Daisy B. or any 
lady troubled as she was to use the means 
which I did and I am sure it will have the 
same effect. 
