Washington Co., N. Y. We do not know its 
parentage. The White Elephant we think 
•originated in the same locality, not as a dis¬ 
tinct seedling, bnt from a sport of the Beauty of 
Hebron. The Wall’s Orange is a seedling of the 
old Whipple seedling and was produced by Mr. 
Lyman Wall of Webster, Monroe Co., N. Y. 
The Early Telephone is we believe a seedling 
from the Snowflake, produced by Mr. E. S. 
Brownell of Essex Junction, Yt. The Belle is 
a seedling from Early Rose, produced by a gen¬ 
tleman in Broome Co., N. Y. On account of its 
great vigor and productiveness it rapidly spread 
around the neighborhood and vicinity of its 
parentage, under the name of Rose Seedling. 
As there are so many Rose Seedlings or seedlings 
of Early Rose we sent it abroad under the name 
of Belle, and we believe it is one of the few new 
things which has been worth more to the world 
than the world was required to pay for it. The 
mixture you speak of is not Peachblow. There 
always was a variation in the appearance of the 
tubers of this variety, which we mentioned when 
first offering it. The Telephone always produ¬ 
ces very short, compact vines, similar to its par¬ 
ent, the Snowflake, which it closely resembles 
in all respects, some even claiming them to be 
identical. 
LICE ON CABBAGE. 
Sunderland, Vr., Aug. 25, 1883. 
I. F. Tiliinghast; Dear Sir, Will you please 
tell me what causes lice on cabbages? Will they 
do any harm? And what will kill them? I have 
a fiae lot of cabbages, but the early ones are cov¬ 
ered with lice and also some ot the late ones. 
By answering the above questions you will do 
& customer a great favor. Yours Truly, 
W. H. Gregory. 
Answer. We cannot give any satisfactory 
explanation of the cause or origin of lice on cab¬ 
bages. Tney will occasionally appear in count¬ 
less numbers without apparent cause. The best 
remedy we have ever known is a sprinkling of 
Dalmatian Insect Powder, which we can supply 
as per advertisement elsewhere in this issue. It 
is sure dea.h to all forms of insect lile. 
LIMING POTATOES. 
Baker's Summit, Aug. 22, 1883. 
Mr. Isaac F. Tiliinghast: Dear Sir, I have a 
very nice patch of potatoes, the tops of which 
have been struck with mildew, and the crop is 
threatened with rot. 1 hear it is recommended 
to mow off the tops. Do you think that will 
have any effect upon the crop ? I was afraid to 
try it until I heard from you. My early pota¬ 
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toes are rotting badly. I put air-slacked lime 
on them. Will that damage the quality of the 
potatoes, or will it hill the eye? Some say they 
will not grow if lime is applied. 
Yours Truly, John S. King. 
Answer: We frequently sprinkle a little lime, 
enough to whiten the tubers, through the pile 
when storing potatoes, and believe it has a tend¬ 
ency to check or prevent the rot. We have never 
observed any bad effects from the use of lime in 
this manner. We cannot say positively whether 
cutting off the vines as soon as struok by blight, 
would check the tendency to rot or not, but 
doubt its proving effective. Potato vines have 
blighted badly in this vicinity this season and 
crops will be very light. 
Neal Dow has figured it up, and says $1,300,- 
000,000 is spent for drink annually. 
In the aggregate last year about 300,000,000 
cans of preserved American products were con¬ 
sumed. 
Republics are not always ungrateful. The 
United States has paid its soldiers $700,000,000 
in pensions. 
It is reported at Montreal that James Mc- 
Shane, M. P. P., has entered into a contract 
with the French Government to ship 15,000 head 
of prime cattle into France. 
Fifty years ago, a half-dollar would buy a 
whole turkey or a bmce of roasting pigs out in 
Ohio. It will not buy more than a bite of either 
edible in these degenerated days. 
A good many imported cattle are being quar¬ 
antined on the farms of their owners, in New 
York and New Jersey, on account of the over¬ 
crowded condition of the quarantine stations. 
E. P. Densmore of Lombardy, Va., recently 
sawed 545 feet of inch boards from a poplar log 
which eighty-two years ago was a riding stick 
used by a Mrs. Sargent as she rode on horse¬ 
back when she moved to Washington, where 
she stuck it in the ground. 
•‘The best schools the world over," says 
Prof. Wickersham, “are to be found among peo¬ 
ple who tax themselves for their support, and 
education is universally held in the highest es¬ 
teem by those who have been taught to pay for it 
with money from their own pockets." 
A little boy and girl out in the west end of 
town were discussing the stars. The little boy 
said they w< re worlds like ours and have people 
on them. The little girl, with all the disdain 
she could muster, said: “They are not; they 
are angel’s eyes, ’oause I saw them wink." 
