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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



BUSINESS^ 





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CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



Since our last report we h'ave shipped a curload to 

 Eocky Ford, Colo. ; aiiotlier to Joseph Nysewander, 

 De.s Moines, la. ; a third ear to F. A. Salisbury, Syr- 

 acuse, N. Y.; and as we go to pre.ss we are loading 

 the third car for Barteldes & Co., Denver, Colo. 



' LAWN-MOWERS. 



It is not too late yet to invest in a lawn-mower to 

 use in slicking up your front yard, and making the 

 home grounds look neat and tidy. We call your 

 attention to our line, and the unusually law prices, 

 in our ad. on the third cover page of this number. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



We have a good stock of choice seed of Japanese 

 buckwheat, and know wliere we can obtain more. 

 Price, free on board cars liere, bags included, 40 cts. 

 per peck; TOcper '^ busli.; H.'M per bush.; 2 bush., 

 *2.30; 10 bush., $10.00; 40 bushels, f. o. b. Farragut, 

 Pa., at 75 cts. per bush., bags included. 



TYPE-WRITERS AT A BARGAIN. 



Desiring to replace several of our Smith Premier 

 type-writers by new ones of the same make, we offer 

 for sale those now in use. They are all of the same 

 age, and liave been used here for only a little over 

 two years, and work practically as well as when 

 new. We will fit them all with new tympans before 

 sending them out, after which they will give the 

 same impression as when new. The letters ai-e not 

 worn a particle. We will sell them for $65.00 each, 

 which is two-thirds of the first cost. Even with the 

 constant use to which we subject them, we should 

 expect them to work well for at least five years 

 more; and for ordinary correspondence, nearly twice 

 that. A new libbon will be furnished with each. 

 Sample work furnished on application, to intending 

 buyers. 



SPECIAL SECTIONS AT SPECIAL PRICES. 



Our supply of old-stock sections is very nearly 

 closed out. As there seemed to be no call for closed- 

 top 7 to foot and IJ, we have passed these under the 

 cutter-head and made them open top and bottom, 

 and we still have: 



77,(1(10 414x4 '4xP4, open top and bottom, polished. 

 ".000 '• ■• x7 to ft., open top and bottom. 

 3.000 " " xlM opeu top and bottom. 

 8,000 " " x]|§. open four sides. 



13,000 " " xl'/4 open four sides. 



40,000 " " 1 ii, open top and bot'm, new cream. 



20,000 " " 3, open top and bottom, new cream. 



30,000 " " 2, open four sides, new cream. 



Price, to close out, $3.30 per 1000; 3000 for $6.00; 

 .5000 for *9.00. or 10,000 for i^ie.OO. Special reduction 

 in larger quantities, or to those who buy to sell 

 again. We shall be glad to hear from any one who 

 can use any of this stock. We desire to close it out 

 before the season closes. 



THE NEW BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



We have made our bean-poles into kindling-wood, 

 and never expect to want or use any more. The 

 bush lima beans last season filled the bill so com- 

 pletely that the poles are ruled oui, on our ranch at 

 least. I believe the Burpee bush lima has given the 

 best yield, as a rule; but the Kumerle is certainly 

 the richest and most toothsome bean— in fact, I 

 should place it at the head of all the bean family 

 in delicacy and richness of fiavor. We find we are 

 likely to have quite a stock of these left over, and 

 therefore we reduce the price as follows: U pint, 10 

 cts.; pint, 18 cts.; quart, 30 cts.; 14 peck. fl.OO. If 

 wanted by mail, add 8 cts. per pint or 15 cts. per 

 quart for postage. Remember, this is the bean for 

 which 1 paid its weight in gold for a handful to 

 plant, only a few years ago— $75, in fact, for a xmall 

 handful of beans. Now you can have half a peck for 

 a dollar. 



STOWELL'S EVERGREEN SWEET CORN. 



Although this is not in our catalog, we are having 

 so much demand for it we have placed it in stock, 

 and can furnish it till further notice at 10 cts. per 



quart, 75 cts. per peck, or $2.75 per bushel. If want- 

 ed by mail, add 12 cts. per quart for postage. Our 

 corn and beans have all been tested on our own 

 grounds, and are now up and growing. 



FIELD-PUMPFIN SEEDS, ETC. 



There seems to be a general complaint that pump- 

 kin seeds raised last year do not grow well. We can 

 furnish you a good article for 25 cts. per lb. ; small 

 sugar pumpkins, especially for pies, 40 cts. If 

 wanted by mail, add 9 cts. extra for postage and 

 packing. Either kind can be pushed in among other 

 crops that come oft' early, giving the vines the entire 

 ground as soon as the early crop is out of the way. 

 Give them good rich ground and plenty of sunshine, 

 and you will have pumpkins in such plenty that the 

 children can run all over the field, skipping from 

 one great yellow fruit to the other, without touch- 

 ing the ground at all. Now is the time to put in the 

 seed; and if you are too busy to attend to it, have 

 the children push in the seed with their fingers, say 

 every ten or twelve feet. Tell them to read this, 

 and may be they will have more enthusiasm in 

 doing the work yood. 



The month of June is the very best time to plant 

 all kinds of beans. We have planted two acres of 

 the Best of All green snap bean, and still have some 

 seed left for any one who may want to help us pro- 

 vide seed beans for the friends down in Florida. 

 For prices, see our last issue. 



The first of June is also the best time to sow the 

 seed for late cabbage. We can furnish Excelsior 

 Flat Dutch, 15 cts. per oz.; $1.50 per lb. 



Our best cauliflowers are the very early or the 

 very late. We seldom get nice heads in hot weather. 

 Now is the time to sow the seed for the late crop, 

 and we have nothing better than the Snowball. 



Finally, the first of June is time enough to plant 

 almost any thing in the whole seed-catalog, and 

 still get a good crop if the weather is favorable. At 

 the high prices that seed peas have been quoted for 

 the last two or three j'ears, there is money in raising 

 them. If your seed has been treated with bisulphide 

 of earboii,'so that it contains no live bugs, you can 

 grow a crop free of bugs, as a lule, in almost any 

 locality. After saving the seed, however, you want 

 to keep watch of your peas; and just as soon as a 

 single buggy pea is to be seen, treat your whole lot 

 of seed until every bug, inside and outside, is as 

 dead as a doornail. Just look at what seed peas are 

 quoted in the seed-catalogs, our own among the 

 rest— four or five dollars a bushel; and by taking 

 pains you can raise just as good peas as anybody. 

 Why in the world should we pay such prices for 

 either Americiin Wonder, Alaska, Premium Gem, or 

 Stratagem ? 



FOUNTAIN SPRAYER* 



The time for applying poison to potato-vines and 

 other small plants and slirubs is at hand, and you 

 can use nothing more convenient for the purpose 

 than a fountain knapsack sprayer. We can furnish 

 the Myers, shown above, at $3.35; 5 for $13.00. We 

 have also the Lenox, which works on the same prin- 

 ciple, at $3.00 each: 5 for $13.00. We still have a 

 good supply of barrel and bucket spray-pumps, 

 ready to ship on short notice. See previous num- 

 bers for description and prices, or send for circular. 



