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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



MAPLE SYRUP. 



We have not been able to secure enough maple 

 sugar this spring to fill our orders; but we have an 

 oversupply of syrup which we offer at $1.00 per gal., 

 or $9.00 for 10 gallons. It is of unusually fine qual- 

 ity, and this price is lower than heretofore quoted. 



CARLOAD SHIP.MENTS. 



During the past month we have shipped a carload 

 to G. G. Wickson & Co., Los Angeles; another to 

 the same firm at San Francisco; one to Barteldes & 

 Co., Denver, Colo.; one to W. K. Ball, Reno, Nev.; 

 and a car of hives and cantaloupe-crates^ ,to Rocky 

 Ford, Colo. As we go to press we are alse, prepar- 

 ing a second car of export orders, the larger part of 

 which is for Hebblewhite & Co., of Sydney, Aus- 

 tralia. We are also shipping a cnrload to Buell 

 Lamberson, the sliccessor of F. L. Posson & Son, at 

 Portland, Ore. 



BEESWAX MARKET. 



We find that, since the first of Jan., 189.5, we have 

 bought over twelve tons of beeswax, and we now 

 have a prettj- good stock on hand. At the rate 

 foundation is going out we shall need it all and 

 more. With the opening of spring the offerings of 

 wax in the principal markets are getting to be 

 more plentifTil, and we do not look for any higher 

 prices. The mortality of bees in many localities 

 the past winter, no doubt serves to increa-se the sup- 

 ply of wax. Until further notice we will \>ny 28c 

 cash, 31 in trade, for average wax delivered here. 

 We feared that it might be necessary to advance 

 the price of foundation again. While we have 

 made an advance in the wholesale price during the 

 past month, we have not advanced the retail price, 

 and trust it may not be necessary during the re- 

 mainder of the Season to do so. 



REVISED LIST OF OLD-STOCK SECTIONS. 



Quite a number of sizes of old-stock sections of- 

 fered a month ago have been sold. The revised list 

 is as follows; and the price while they last is $3.20 

 per 1000; 3000 for tf6.00; 5000 for $9.00, or 10,000 for 

 $16.00. 

 80,000 4Mx4MxlV2, open top and bottom, extra pol'd. 

 12,000 " " " opeu four sides. 

 7,000 " " xT to ft., clo.sed top. 

 2,(XKI " " " open four sides. 

 4,000 " " xlM closed top. 

 3,000 " " " oiten four sides. 

 8,000 " " xlll. open 4 sides. 

 35,000 " " " open top, new-stock cream. 

 22,0(Kt " " 2 cream, open four sides. 

 22,000 " " x2, cream, open top. new stock. 

 To those who can use I'i-iuch sections, the above 

 is a special bargain, as they are polished, and flrst- 

 class in every respect; but we have too many of 

 that width, and desire to reduce our stock. 



AGENCY AT PORTLAND, ORE. 



Owing to difficulties in the corporation of F. L. 

 Posson & Son, at Portland, Oi"e.. a receiver was ap- 

 pointed early in February. About a month ago 

 Buell Lamberson bought the business of the former 

 company, and came ea«t to ftomplete arrangements 

 for the agencies formerly held by Posson & Son. 

 He spent two dajs here at Medina, and we have 

 closed a contract with him for the sale of our goods 

 in Oregon and Washington, and are shipping an as 

 sorted car to replenish the depleted stock. 



Mr. Lamberson is a man of good business ability, 

 with considerable experience, having been fifteen 

 years in Porthind, where he is quite well and favor- 

 ably known, especially in the hardware trade. He 

 retains five of Messrs. Posson & Sons' principal 

 clerks, who have a knowledge of the requirements 

 of trade in our lino, so that we can cheerfully rec- 

 ommend the new firm to those in need of bee-keep- 

 ers' supplies in the Northwest. 



price at the nurseryman's is 50 cts. each; but any 

 I'egular subscriber of Gleanings— that is, some- 

 body who has paid up or expects to pay up soon^ 

 may have one plant postpaid by mail for only 25 cts. 

 Any rich spot in the garden, or even a corner not 

 more than a yard square somewhere in the door- 

 yard, will give you room for one of these beautiful 

 plants. If you want to see it do its best, I would 

 advise you to dig down deep and make the ground 

 rich. Have it where you can water it when needed, 

 if the weather is very dry. No plant can furnish 

 the enormous quantity of juicy fruit that this one 

 does, without the wherewith in the shape of food 

 and drink. Besides getting the fruit, you can get a 

 dozen more plants in the fall that will, very likely, 

 be worth 25 cts. each a year from now. 



DWARF ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHERRY. 



A year ago I purchased three of these of Storrs & 

 Harrison, of Painesville, O., for ."iOc apiece. They 

 seemed very hardy, and made quite a good growth 

 last season". This morning. I was agreeably sur- 

 jnised to find that one of the three, although less 

 than 2'.2 feet high, is covered with blossom-buds. 

 Ndvv, even if the fruit should not be quite equal to 

 the advertisement,] am well satisfied with my in- 

 vestment, to get a plant sq strong and thrifty that 

 it will be fuUof bloom at one year from planting. 

 The catalog tells us, "the size averages somewhat 

 larger than the English morillo. Its flavor is similar 

 to that of sweet cherries." 



THE GAULT RASPBERRY. 



We have still a good supjily of the Gault rasp- 

 berry, although the demand has been enormous for 

 them during the past ten days. Remember, the 



LATHYRUS, AGAIN. 



To-day, April 26, we are taking up our plants and 

 moving them to the field. I was astonished to see 

 the nitrogen-nodules strung along on the little root- 

 lets, like beads on a cord. It is now satisfactorily 

 settled that all leguminous plants— peas, clover, 

 etc., that produce these nodules or little white 

 knobs the size of a pinhead on their roots, have the 

 faculty of taking nitrogen from the atmosphere. 

 That is why clover is worth more than any other 

 V)lant to plow under. At the Experiment Station in 

 Florida they showed me these nodules on their 

 leguminous plants. Well, I never saw any thing 

 like the number on our lathyrus. The roots go 

 down so deep that my stalwart friend " Ben " said 

 It was too much work to tt~y to dig them without 

 breaking the roots off. At its present stage, with 

 the foliage only a few inches in height, I am sure 

 cows and horses will take it as readily as they will 

 any of our clovers. When it gets to be tall and 

 strong it maj' be different. If you wish to see one 

 of these plants, foliage and all, we will mail you one 

 for 5 cts., or 10 of them for 25 cts. With such a root 

 as they have, I do not know how the plant can fail 

 to grow. 



The wonderful power this lathyrus possesses to 

 penetrate a hard and impervious subsoil was shown 

 in digging up a plant an hour ago, that had forced 

 its root iibsolutely through a piece of partially rot- 

 ten board that was down in the plant-bed. The root 

 came through on the other side, and went several 

 inches beyond the board; but it was so firmly fas- 

 tened that the bit of board was carried along and 

 put out with the plant. The roots invariably go 

 straight down; and after they are 6 months old they 

 will, without doubt, be proof against drouth to dry 

 up the plant, or against the effects of frost to heave 

 it out in winter. 



HUBBARD SQUASHES. 



Hubbard squash has sold, even at wholesale, for 

 from 2 to 2'2 cts. per lb. during most of last winter. 

 We ourselves sent to Cleveland again and again, for 

 great big solid Hubbard squash, paying 2^ cts. per 

 lb., or at the rate of fiftii dolhtrs per ton ; and our 

 Medina people paid from 3>^ to 4 cts., without a bit 

 of grumbling. Away down in Florida, northern- 

 grown Hubbard squashes sold for 5 cts. per lb. 

 Why, it is ridiculous— half a dollar for a fair-sized 

 Hubbard squash; Wliat ails the farmers? Of 

 course, it is a little bit of science to keep them from 

 frost and decay awaj' on into January and Febru- 

 ary. But anybody can do it if he wants to bad 

 enough. Well. Hubbard squash .seed is now quoted 

 in the catalogs all the way from 60 to 80 cts. per lb. 

 We offer it in our price list at 50 cts. per lb.; and 

 farmers and gardeners pay these prices for seed 

 almost every year. When we bought those great 

 Hubbard squashes in Cleveland for2i2 cts. per lb., 

 I told the man on the wagon he might sell them a 

 cent a pound cheaper if the purchaser would give 

 us back all the seeds; and in this way we got quite 



