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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Mar. 15. 



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HONEy MARKET. 



Tlie demnnd for extracted honey is gcod, and we 

 could handle some more clioice lots of basswood 

 honey in 6(-lb. cans. ]f yi u have tiny to otter, let 

 us liear fr( m you with sample. Our prices for 

 comb and extracted honey remain as quoted in our 

 last issue. 



ALSIKE CLOVER SEED. 



We liave a g'ood slock of choice seed, and there is 

 no better lime to sow than the present monili. Mar- 

 ket is usually flimer, and prices higlier, at this sea- 

 son and laier. This j ear si ems to be an exception 

 so tar. ]t is being sold at about the same jnicc as 

 medium and laige clover. Our price for the p-es- 

 ent is. $3 00 ler peck; *3.80 per lialf bushel; $7.20 

 per busliel; $14.0(1 for 3 bushels; 5 bushels or over, 

 at $6.60, bag's included in each case. 



BUSINESS AT THIS D.4TE. 



Orders are coming- in freely, and we have several 

 carload orders bonked not yet shipped. We have 

 been obliged to shut down our wood working de- 

 partment for a week to make repairs in our boiler 

 and steam-plant, which could not whit any longer. 

 Besides, la gii| pe has come upon us with foice, and 

 temiiorarily laid oft' for a few days some of our 

 most efficient helpers. Tf there is some little delay 

 in attending to your wants, we trust you will bear 

 with us. Prf)vidence permitting, we trust all will 

 be at their post again soon with their usual vig^or. 



BEESWAX WANTED. 



The scarcity of beeswax continues, and markets 

 are bare, and prices are stiffening-. If this contin- 

 ues much longer we shall be compelled to make 

 another advance in the price of comb foundation. 

 We are hoping that, with the opening of spring and 

 the return of the junk peddler to his usual summer 

 vocation, tlie supply may be more plentiful, and 

 the upward tendency of price checked. We increase 

 our offer again Ic per lb., and will pay 29c cash, 33 

 in trado. for average wa.x delivered here. We need 

 all we c;in get for making comi) foundation, and for 

 the present we will not offer wax for sale. 



MAPLE SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



As we go to press, no new maple sugar or syrup 

 has been brought to market; but we are daily ex- 

 pecting it, and propoi=e to furnish it as in former 

 years. We usually have thiee grades of sugar 

 which we will ofler for the present at the same 

 prices as formerly— 8, 9, and Id cts. per lb. ; Xc less 

 in .50-1 b lots; Ic less in barrel lots. If piice should 

 be lower, we will give you more sugar for the money 

 you send. Maple syrup of choice quality will be 

 worth $1 00 per gallon in 10-gallon lots; single gal- 

 lon. $1.10. We shall be pleased to book orders for 

 the first supply that is brought in ; and if prices are 

 lower we will give you the benefit, and quote in 

 next issue the best prices we can make. 



A BOOKLET ON BEES AND FRUIT. 



This is about the season of the year, or will be 

 soon, when the interest of the bee-keei>er and fruit- 

 grower sometimes comes in conflict. It will be re- 

 membered that, last year, we got out a special 

 pamphlet showing that bees and fruit do not con- 

 flict; that they are mutually interdependent on 

 each other to a very great extent. This yetir we 

 have a revised booklet of 16 pages that gives all 

 the evidence that we have been able to gather to- 

 gether for the last three or four years, boiled down 

 in a nutshell ; ;ind the matter is put in such away 

 that the fruit-grower, if he is intelligent aiid fair, 

 will be willing to accept the evidence, and thus un- 

 pleiisant feelings and perliaps a suit for alleged 

 damages may be avt rted. We will furnish it at the 

 bare cost of printin.c-, postage, and wrapping, be- 

 cau-e we feel tliat Ihey ought to be very liberally 

 distributed in almost every locality. Price for 2.5. 

 25 cts ; .50 for 40 cts. ; 100 for 75 cts., postage prepaid 

 In each case. 



THE SEED BUSINESS MARCH 15, 1H95, 



I find our pet pie have been doing quite a brisk 

 trade during mj absence, and certain lines of seed 

 have advanced considerably, owing to tlie wide- 

 spread drouth of last season. 1 shall, however, 

 continue to furnish every tiling at the prices given 

 in our catalog, with the excci)tion of the Red Weth- 

 ersfleld onions. Instead of the prices given in the 

 catalog, read us follows: Oz., 10c; lb, $1.25; 10 lbs., 

 $10 00. We can fill orders for all kinds of potatoes, 

 at the prices given in our issue for Jan. 15, with the 

 exception of the second-size Rural New-Yorker. 

 These all run so large that there is i.o more second- 

 size left. 



I would call special attention to our late-grown 

 Monroe Seedlings, such as we had last year. They 

 were dug and put into the cellar at the very last 

 minute. In fact, our grower, Mr. Wilbur Fenn,of 

 Tallmadge, O., came pretty near getting caught by 

 the frost; but lie managed to get his whole crop 

 into the cellar in nice shape. The consequence is, 

 they are as nice and firm as the day they were dug; 

 and if you want some first-class table potatoes, I 

 think these will suit; and at the price we offer 

 them, $2. .50 per barrel, they are almost as cheap as 

 anything you are likely to get in the market, for 

 table use. 



Now in regard to shipping potatoes. As soon 

 after the 1st of April as the weather seems favora- 

 ble, we send out all potatoes, unlesrs we are notified 

 to the contrary by the purchaser. If not notified, 

 we shall expect them to go at your risk. Therefore 

 please write us at once, if you want us to keep your 

 potatoes for you later than the 1st of April. We 

 have arrangements to keep them clear through the 

 month of April, with very little danger from 

 sprouting. A. 1. R, 



VEGETABLE PLANTS READY MARCH 15. 



Our boys, Fred and Frank (the ones who put the 

 roof oti the greenhous^ ). have managed so well in 

 my absence that we now have a fine stock of cold- 

 frame cabbage-plants, onion-plants, lettuce-plants, 

 and celery plants, ready to send out. We have also 

 a splendid lot of both one and two year old aspara- 

 gus-roots: also rhubarb-roots one year old, and 

 huge ones for forcing in hot-beds, or under the 

 benches in greenhouses. For prices of all the 

 above, see our catalog, mailed free on application. 

 Large rhubarb-roots, just right for forcing, for 

 early pie-material, $.S..50 per 100 roots. Tiiese latter 

 (the fnrf/c roots) are packed in barrels, and shipped 

 by freight from Mercersburg, Pa. A. I. R. 



At present writing, March 14, the season is quite 

 backward; in fact, no maple sugar or syrup has 

 been brought in. This is exceedingly unusual, as 

 we generally get more or less during the month of 

 February. A. I. R. 



Kind Words From Our Customers. 



I have a fault to find with Gleanings— it takes so 

 miicli time to read it! I hardly get one half read 

 iM til the ne.xt one comes. It is all cream and no 

 skim milk, as they say. Daniel, E. Robbins. 



Paysen, 111., Mar. 6. 



our goods no. 1 IX wokmanship, and cheaper 



THAN THE RA^W MATERIAL. 



I received the hives, etc., to-day, in good order, 

 and am moi-e than satisfied with them. Everything 

 is finished up in a No. 1 workmanlike style; and 

 after paying freight I find they come cheaper than 

 the raw material. I am sorry 1 did not order more; 

 but as I am an amateur I will make out with what I 

 have this year. Frank Woollard. 



Savannah, Ga., Mar. 9. 



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