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have heard of your cotton seed sold our friends, the experiment, up to this time, has been a complete success. Mr. 1). N. Sanders, of Hamilton, Georgia, August 8, writes: I have a half acre of the Holmes Early Pro lific planted in an orchard of two old peach trees. The trees have interfered somewhat, but most persons who have recently visited the patch think it will yield a full bale. The Holmes, so far, is the general farorite, and I think I can sell more Holmes seed than the Dickson and all other varieties. The Selma Times, July 3* ■, says: Three bolls of cotton, fully open and ready for picking, were brought to our office two or three days ago. These bolls, we understand, were pulled on the 19th, which would make them very early, considering the backwardness of the season. Rural Southerner, August number, says of the Holmes Early Prolific : A sample of this excellent variety of cotton was brought to our office a few days since, which was grown o the plantation of Judge I. R. Evans, and picked onthe22dofJ ly. Mr. M. Martin, near Atlanta, Ga , says: I have only to regret not having bought three or four bushels of the Holmes Early Prolific cotton seed. The small patch I have of it is certainly the finest cotton I ever grew. It has more than double the number of bolls, blooms and squares than the Dickson variety. Col. J. R. Evans, of Thomas county, Ga., August ID, writes: I planted three acres of laud, on the 20th of April, with the Holmes Early Prolific. It came up finely, and grew off more rapidly than any cotton 1 ever saw. I noticed cotton blooms on the 16. hof June, and open bolls o*i the loth of July, and to day it is pro nounced by my neighbors to be the best cotton that was ever grown in South-Western Georgia. There are now to be seen upon many stalks upwards of five hundred bolls, squares and blooms. The whola country vvants to grow this cotton next season. Dr. S. W. Burney, Cuthbert, Georgia, August 6, writes : My son James says he will have to pick over the Holmes patch early in August. Pretty good this for cotton planted in May. A planter, of age and experience, iu this vicinity, planted one-half acre with your seed. He failed to get a good stand, but thinks he is good for a 500 lb. bale. The old gentleman savs it beats anything he has ever seen. It is certainly the best patch of cotton my eyes ever beheld. 11 who have planted your cotton seed, in this neighborhood, speak in terms of high commendation as to the prospeet. Col. W. I). Alexander, of Pike county, Georgia, August 24, says : For thirty years I have been experi menting with every variety of cotton, and have never met with anything equal to the Holmes Early Prolific. lam delighted with it. It is far superior to any cotton ever introduced into Georgia. Bell, of Monticello, 8. C., July s,writes : I planted the Early Prolific siile by side w ith the Dickson. There is plenty of blooms on the Holmes and not one on the Dickson, though planted the same day, viz : the 4th of May. lam delighted with your cotton. Dr. G. L. Hudson, of Troup county, Georgia, August 13th, writes: lam highly pleased with the Early Prolific. Planted it on the 80th of April, just after the last season before the dry spell; now waist high and forming hoavily. First bloom second of July and open cotton tenth of August. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, August 26, says: Five hundred bolls on one stalk. Mr. William 11. Stanton, has exhibited a stalk of cotton, raised on his place, in Columbia county, upon which there are five hundred bolls. It is a remarkable curiosity for this section of country. Atlanta Daily Constitution, August 28th, says: Fulton county ahead. A gentleman residing tour miles from Atlanta has a stalk of Holmes’ Early Prolific cotton containing five hundred and thirty-four bolls, now, and it is thought that it will reach six hundred before frost. Mr. A. H. Wilkie, of Hightower, Forsyth county, Georgia, August 31, says, that the Holmes Prolific is the finest cotton that was ever grown in Forsyth county. It is the very cotton for that region, und is now fully three weeks ahead of any other variety. H. R. Felder, of Houston county, Georgia, August 30, says, that there is no cotton grown in Houston county that is equal to the Holmes Prolific—that it has now three times the amount of fruit on it, though planted on the same day with the Dickson. H. J. Cartw right erf Fort Hampton, Alabama, September 10, w r rites: I did not give the Early Prolific a fair trial; planted it rather late, but it is now opening earlier than any other cottqn, audit is better boiled. James T. Harman, of Butler, Taylor county, Georgia, September 4th, writes: Your Early Prolific is every thino- you recommend it to be. I have ten different kinds oi cotton in cultivation, and I liud none as early or productive as yours. I saw squares on your cotton in fourteen days after it came up, and in my late plant ing, I have stalks planted the first Monday in June, that will mature three hundred bolls. Ambers Bullard, of Campbell county Georgia, September 10, says that he ha* many stalks of the Early Pro lific unon wiiichhe has counted more than five hundred bolls, squares and blooms. Such cotton was never seen in this county before. It is now over six feet high, and still forming bolls. W. C. Whitmire, of Fulton county, Georgia, September 10 says : It is the earliest maturing and most pro lific cotton I have ever planted. It has now, though planted on the same day with the Dickson, three times as much fruit and fully three weeks in advance of all other varieties. Col. J B. Gorman, of Tulbotton, Georgia, September 8, writes : Cotton doing finely ; Holmes’ Prolific far ahead of the Dickson. A small patch, little manured, yields at the rate'of 1200 lbs. per your seed, and shall use them largely another year. Jonathan Jones, of Heard county, Georgia, September 9, writes, that the Holmes Prolific is the admiration all; that it spreads more, and has more bods on it than any other cotton he ever saw. W. W. Chapman, of Griffin, Georgia, September 16, says that he has four acres of the Holmes Prolific cot ton planted on his farmnear Griffin, tiiestand of which was very irregular. The open gaps he had planted in corn, from which he will gather tour bales of cotton, and twenty bushels of corn per acre. Price $ 8 per Busliel # ADDRESS, Dr. H. J. HOLMES., Dec.—’7o. ATLANTA, GEORGIG* SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR—ADVERTISEMENTS