1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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THE SEED AND PLANT BUSINESS BY APRIL 15. 



On account of the late spring', and much frost re- 

 maining- in the ground, the plant-trade is rather 

 slow as j'et; but tlie demand for seeds has been 

 larger, perhaps, than in any other spring since we 

 have been in the seed business. Onion-sets are still 

 going down. We can offer nice Yellow Globe Dan- 

 vers sets at 16 cts. per quart; 75 cts. per peck, or 

 $2.75 per bushel. Eitlier White Victoria or Prize- 

 taker, $1.00 per peek or $3.50 per bushel. White 

 Multipliers, while they last, $1.00 per peck, $.3.50 per 

 bushel. Large-sized sets. )4 above prices. If want- 

 ed by mail, add 10 cts. per quart for postage. By 

 the way, the White Multiplier is the best onion to 

 keei> over winter of any thing we have come across. 

 They are about as handsome as any onion in the 

 world, and about as nice to eat. They never send up 

 any seed stalks, but just keep right on multiplying; 

 and if you gather the bulbs when the tops are dry, 

 you can keep them without any trouble from sprout- 

 ing or getting soft; and even where they have been 

 repeatedly frozen, they stand it about the best of an.y 

 onions I know of. The objection is, that they sel- 

 dom get as large as other onions, and that they do 

 not yield as many bushels per acre. I am inclined 

 to think, however, that, with the right kind of soil 

 and cultivation, the yield is going to be pretty sat- 

 isfactory. You can plant them either in the fall or 

 spring, as you choose. Our own. planted last fall, 

 seem to have stood the winter with very little dam- 

 age. 



SEED POTATOES. 



At the present writing we are sold out on Everett's 

 Six Weeks, and second-size potatoes of all kinds e-Y- 

 cept Monroe Seedling. We can furnish the latter 

 at fl.50 per barrel; or first size, $3. .50 per barrel. 

 Early Ohio, Early Puritan. Lee's Favorite, Rural 

 New-Yorker, $1.. 50 per bushel or $3.50 per barrel, so 

 long as they hold out. 



We have a nice supplv of asparagus-roots, two 

 years old, 75 cts. per 100, S6.00 per 1000; one year old, 

 .50 cts. per 100, $1.00 per 1000. The latter can be sent 

 by mall lor 25 cts. per 100. 



At present writing we have a nice lotof both cold- 

 frame and greenhouse cabbage-plants; ditto cauli- 

 flower. Onion and tomato plants are hardl.y ready 

 yet to send out; but we have a splendid lot of White 

 Plume celery-plants just riglit to ship. Sacaline 

 and Lathyris sylvestris have been pretty freely criti- 

 cised by the press; but I feel sure the latter, at 

 least, is worthy of trial. It has stood the severe 

 winter without a bit of damage except to the great- 

 er part of the foliage. But they started out bright 

 and green with the first warm weather; and when 

 we come to dig up plants to ship, we find them go- 

 ing away down below any kind of clover; and the 

 root is of such size that throwing out of the ground 

 by frost would he almost an impossibility. During 

 my recent visit with Pres. Clute he gave a very en- 

 couraging report of his experience with the plant 

 at the Michigan Agricultural College. We can mail 

 you a good strong plant for 6 cts. ; sacaline, 20 cts. 



don't SPRAY WHILE YOUR' FRUIT-TREES ARE IN 

 BLOSSOM. 



On page 327 the Department of Agriculture says: 

 "Don't spray trees wh^n in bloom," but does not 

 take space to give the reasons. First, it is not nec- 

 essary; but second, and most important of all, it is 

 liable to kill tlie bees and poison the honey if spray- 

 ing is done while the trees are in blossom. Bee- 

 keepers are interested in having this matter well 

 understood and emphasized, even if other people 

 are not. 



Kind Words From Our Customers. 



BETTER THAN EXPECTED. 



Dear Friend:— I want to send you a few words by 

 way of thanks for your promptness in business. 

 Why, sirs, a man can see the spirit of our blessed 

 Savior in your work, and in your way of doing busi- 

 ness. You say. " Did you get your goods all right? " 

 Well, yes (if I know what is right); yes, every thing 

 was even better than I expected, and I now send 

 you another small order. W. H. Box. 



RusscUville, Ala., Feb. 2. 



[We try alwa.^■s to live up to the teachings of that 

 Savior; but sometimes our efforts are greatly mis- 

 construed.— Ed.] 



Roofs goods are always as represented, and we 

 get what we send for. We can not keep house with- 

 out Gleanings. H. Boswohth & Son. 



Ford, O., Feb. 8. 



I take pleasure iu saying that the goods which I 

 purchased from you last May were all flrst-class, 

 every thing just a,s ordered, entirely satisfactory. 

 I know that you shipped them promptly by the 

 shipping-ljill which you sent me. 



EastFarnham, P. Q., Dec. 28. .Ioshua Bull. 



I have received Gleanings regularly, which gives 

 me much pleasure. I have read your ABC and 

 Langstroth on the Honey-bee. I found wonders 

 unfolding on every page. All praise to the patient 

 investigation bestowed by the studj^ of bees by the 

 various authors, unfolding, as they do, the handi- 

 work of the great Architect of the universe. All 

 praise be to him. C. F. Garland. 



Grose Vale, N. S. W., Oct. 2. 



KIND WORDS notwithstanding A REPORT DIS- 

 COURAGING. 



I commenced the season with 120 colonies; took 

 300 lbs. honey, no increase. Prospects are not very 

 encouraging for next year, but we (wife and I) in- 

 tend to do our best, and trust God lor results. I 

 feel that, whatever success I have in bees or other 

 business, I owe a ffood share of it to Gleanings, 

 more especially to the Home talks. Fifteen years 

 ago I had scarcely any thing; but by being faithful 

 in "that which is least " I have been enabled to pro- 

 vide a home for a loving helpmeet, and now a third 

 party has arrived on the scene— a little blue-eyed 

 girl. We started out to give you a report on bees 

 and honey, but some way home thoughts crowded 

 in, and we felt like giving a glimpse of our home 

 life. Go on with your Home talks, and success to 

 you and yours. H. L. Rouse. 



Republic, Iowa, Dec. 14. 



OUR RELIGIOUS LITERATURE AND ELECTRO- 

 POISE. 



At present writing; there seem to be just four 

 of our leading religious periodicals that are 

 proof against the money that the Electropoise 

 people offer. They are: Tlie Sunday-School 

 Times, The Christian Advocate. The Indepen- 

 dent, and Tlie Advance. If there are others, I 

 should be glad to give them honorable men- 

 tion. The temperance periodicals seem to be 

 accepting the advertisements blindly ; and, when 

 called to order, the principal excuse I have 

 been able to find is, that they are sadly in need 

 of money. Not an agricultural paper in our 

 land, so far as I can discover, has given them a 

 single Insertion. What sort of showing, dear 

 friends, is this for temperance and religion and 

 science? Dr. DePuy. of The Christian Advocate, 

 who has been paraded po largely by the Elec- 

 tropoise people, severs his connection with that 

 journal on the 1st of May. Electricity says: 



" The Electropoise killed Dr. DePuy." 



The same paper also says: 



Not one medical man of standing, not one single 

 scientist, can he found to indorse it. FJlectricity re- 

 ferred it to six of the leading electrical scientists of 

 the country, and to a dozen of the leading physicians 

 in New York (^ity, every one of whom pronounced 

 it an unqualified fraud. 



" O CONSISTENCY ! " 



The following bright hit comes from our old 

 friend the Baral New-Yorker : 



Imagine a man teaching his pupils that whisky 

 and tobacco are harmful, and then being caught by 

 the boys, smoking a cigar on the sly ! 



Ernest remarks right here, that one of the 

 best talks he ever heard on whisky and tobacco 

 was given by a minister of the gospel who was 

 afterward caught by the boys, smoking a cigar 

 on the sly. There are a good many ministers 

 of the gospel, as I happen to know, who take 

 this journal. Dear friends, does the above 

 searching suggestion hit you in any way? 



