LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. 
BEAN WEEVILS. 
Tiblow, Kan., July 24, 1882. 
I. F. Tillinghast; 
Dear Sir, I saw an inquiry 
in the last number of your valuable paper of a 
remedy for Bean and Pea weevils. Here is one 
that we have used for years and it has never 
failed in one instance. 
Take Gum Camphor, 1 oz. to 5 bushels of 
seed. Pulverize it well, and stir it through the 
seed with the hand, and if the weevil is in 
them they will do no more damage. Hoping 
this will benefit the world, I remain, 
Yours Truly. W. W. Fisher. 
Canton, O., Nov. 9th 1882. 
Dear Sir; I saw an answer in number 13 of 
Seed-Time and Harvest (November number) 
a writer claiming that after dipping Peas and 
Beans in coal oil a short time you wou d have 
no further trouble with bugs. (I think after 
such treatment the germ of the pea would be 
gone.) And another one recommended scalding. 
I would say. do as 1 do, hand pick your peas 
and beans a little while before you plant as there 
are rainy days enough that time of the year to 
do it, then you can be sure of having a full stand 
of plants, for what good does scalding or other 
soakings do when the bug is started in your 
peas when they are yet green. Look, and you 
can see the larve seated at the germ which he 
will hurt and eat his way out and look at you. 
As for the bean, I have not examined so closely 
but by what 1 saw, it is worked similar to the 
operation of the pea insect, that is, they are 
punctured while in the pods, and the insect 
works its way inward where it finds a kind of 
hollow for its abiding place before beginning its 
work. Yours Truly, S. Rupert. 
BIG POTATO YIELD. 
Keelersburg, Pa., Oct. 24, 1882. 
Mr. Tillinghast; 
Dear Sir, I see in your last issue 
of Seed-Time and Harvest, that you ask those 
who have had seeds &c., to experiment upon 
should report to you. The half pound of Wall’s 
Orange potato that I bought of you last spring 
1 took your advice upon, and split the eyes until 
I got 42 pieces and planted them. Every one 
grew. A few days ago I dug and weighed them 
and had one huudred and fifty pounds. We 
cooked half a dozen, the quality was No 1. The 
Beauty of Hebron did finely. The Belle ant 
White Elephant were planted on ground that 
was too wet, they did not succeed as well. The 
Wail’s Orange potatoes that I raised were of fine 
size, scarcely one but that was large enough for 
the table. Yours Truly, S. G. Smith. 
This was pretty good, but we have reports of 
larger yields.—E d. 
mixed seeds. 
Holland, Mich., Oct. 30, 1882. 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast; 
I like your paper very 
well. Your seeds are honest and reliable. The 
mixed cabbage did first rate, always cabbage 
from first to last. Also radish, although I think 
summer radish seeds mixed and winter radish 
seeds mixed each by themselves wonld suit me 
full as well. Carrots did the best 1 ever had. 
It seemed as though they made a race to beat 
each other, even the Early Short Horn were 
short until June, 14 to 2 inches across. I could 
suit everybody from novice to a horse-jockey. I 
will rtcommt ud your seeds. Yours etc. 
PI. B. M. Westehof. 
We have accepted your suggestion in regard to 
mixing the radish seeds as will be seen by re¬ 
ferring to our list. Thanks for your kind efforts 
iu our behalf.—E d. 
good WORDS. 
Dr nker, Pa., Oct. 31, 1882. 
Mr. I. F. Tillinghast; 
De*r Sir, Find enclosed 
50 cts., to pay for the Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest one year. I am glad you have began to 
publish it monthly instead of quarterly. 1 don’t 
like to miss a number of it. 1 had the best on¬ 
ions from vour Red Wethersfield seed that I 
ever had. I hope your Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest may grow larger and better every year. 
Lafayette Spangenburg. 
Thanks for your kind wishes. We also hope 
it will grow larger and better. Of course there 
is room for improvement in both size and qual¬ 
ity, and we hope our friends will not forget t hat 
they can aid us greatly in making improvements 
if they only will. Write us your garden exper¬ 
iences for publication and get jour friends to 
join our ranks and we will grow and develop 
faster than the onions you speak of.—E d. 
some onions. 
Upper Alton, Ill., Nov. 6, 1888. 
I. F. Tillinghast; 
Dear Sir; I wish to tell yon 
of my success with the two varieties of Onion 
s^ed which I ordered of you, Early Queen aud 
White Portugal. They came up well, grew 
splendidly aud produced fine onions. Those 
who saw them would hardly believe that such 
large onions could be grown from seed. Some 
of Early Queen measured 2% inches in diameter,. 
White Portugal 3 inches. I will give you ray 
method of growing early onions here in this lo>- 
eality and many others which I could name 
