1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



573 



ed for the past two or three j-ears, it seems a shame 

 for the United States of America to be obliged to 

 send across the ocean for this seed. And here is a 

 field for bee-keepers to g-et a crop of honey and a 

 valuable crop of seed, and feed for all kinds of 

 stock, to say nothing- about improving the land by 

 having- clover to jilow under. For prices see last issue. 



AMERICAN PEARL ONION-SETS. 



Tlie present state of the crop indicates that prices 

 ■will not be less than 25 cts. a quart, $1.50 a peck, or 

 $5.00 a bushel. 



White Multiplier onions, 10 cts. per pint; 15 cts. a 

 quart; $1.00 a peck ; $3.60 a bushel. 



Winter or Egy|)tian otnon-sets, quart, 5 cts.; peck, 

 35 cts. ; bushel, $1.00. If wanted by mail, add 10 cts. 

 per quart e.xtra for postage and packing. AH of 

 the above will be ready to ship when this reaches 

 you. 



We have described the above three varieties 

 of onions so frequently that we shall not go over it 

 again here, except to say that all of them may be 

 planted out now. For fuller particulars, see our 

 seed and plant catalog, mailed free on application. 



OTHER THINGS THAT MAY BE PLANTED THE MIDDLE 

 OF -JULY. 



Kidney wax beans will give a crop for table use 

 before frost; and with usual good luck a crop of 

 seed also; the same with the Best of All green- 

 podded wax beans. Either kind, qt., 30c; peck, $1.25. 



Beets for table use do nicely put out now; also 

 early cabbages if you have the plants. Carrots and 

 parsnips, as well as mangles, will produce half-sized 

 roots, which are considered better, by many, for 

 stock. Put them in rather thick. 



Now is just the time to put out celery, if you can 

 get the plants; but at present we are short of all 

 kinds. 



Corey's E.xlra Early and Ford's Early corn willalso 

 give roastiiig-ears, probably. All kinds of sweet 

 corn can be put in now for corn-fodder. Until our 

 sweet corn is sold out we will make a special price 

 of 50 cts. a peck, or $1.50 a bushel. 



Cucumbers for pickles will probably escape the 

 frost. Ounce, Sets. ; lb., 50 cts. 



Now is the time to start Grand Rapids lettuce for 

 fall use. Put it in loeds with boards a foot high 

 around the outside; give it plenty of water, and 

 keep it covered with cotton sheeting when the sun 

 is hot. 



You can sow almost any kind of onion seed for 

 sets; but if the fall should be very wet you would 

 have bunch onions instead of sets. 



If you want to raise your own seed peas, now is 

 the time to plant them. While the crop will not be 

 as large as spring planting you will get seed free 

 from bugs— at least, that has been our experience; 

 and we have never had them fail to make good peas 

 for table use, when sown in July. 



We have some Premium Gems that have come up 

 beautifully within the past week, and there has 

 not been a bit of rain on them since they were 

 planted. We make a speci;il low price on the Pre- 

 mium Gems of T5 cts. a peck, if ordered now. 



If you have some extra- early potatoes that are 

 already sprouted, or that you can induce to sprout 

 right away, they will make a crop before frost. 



All kinds of radishes will do nicely now if you 

 have the right kind of soil for them. We are get- 

 ting magnificent ones from our muck grounds right 

 along, without a hit of rain. The Chinese Rose win- 

 ter is one of the prettiest winter radishes for fall 

 planting. 



Salsify, or vegetable oyster, will be large enough 

 for nice table roots if planted now; and we can give 

 you fresh seed, of our own growing, for 10 cts. an 

 ounce, or il 00 per lb. 



This is also just the time for spinach during this 

 month and next. It is also just the season for ;ill 

 sorts of quick-growing turnips. "We consider the 

 Purple-top White Globe as perhaps the best. 



Last, but not least, now is your time to sow buck- 

 wheat and crimson clover. Sow both at the same 

 time on tlie same ground; and if you do not get a 

 crop of one you are pretty sure to get a crop of the 

 other. All seeds by mail, 9 cts. per lb. extra. 



est at any time of the year. Best imported, that is, 

 the very best select, are now only $1.50; fair import- 

 ed, $;3.00. 



THE RUNNERLESS STRAWBERRY — MORE ABOUT IT. 



Mr. Root;— The runnerless everbearing strawber- 

 ry you lately mentioned in Gleanings was doubt- 

 less from a plant I sent friend Crawford for trial 

 last year. The fruit is not much larger than a rasp- 

 berry, and shuckless. I have never known a plant 

 to send out a runner, because it is their growth 

 habit to make crowns instead of runners. Yester- 

 day I separated the roots of a plant and counted 

 scveniy-two crowns, each of which had some roots, 

 or would soon put them out if set in the soil as a 

 cutting. They not only bear continuously from 

 May till frost, but put out again after the first frost 

 last autumn; and I picked a few in December The 

 fruit is rather soft, and quality fairly good. To 

 those who, like myself, like strawberries in and out 

 of season they are an ac(iui8ition. 1 have not yet 

 sold any berries in our market, and don't know how 

 they will take. They were rai.sed from seed brought 

 over by me in 1891. Everbearing strawberries are 

 common in France. I have now several hundred 

 splendid-looking French and English seedlings. 



Arthur T. Goldsborough. 



Wesley Heights, Washington, D. C. 



FRESH lot of IMPORTED QUEENS. * 



We have just received a fine lot of imported 

 queens direct from Italy. A good many orders have 

 been awaiting their arrival, but we shall have a few 

 more choice queens to spare. Price now Is the low- 



Italian Bees in 10-frame Langstroth 

 hive, at $4.00. 



Tested Italian queen, 7.5c; two or more, 60c each. 

 Untested, ■50c each. Address 



OTTO KLEINOW, 

 No. 122 Military Ave., Detroit, Mich. 



Square Glass 



Honey=Jars. 



We have on the way another car load of honey- 

 jars. Four sizes: dimes, half-pounds, pounds, and 

 2-pound jars. Jars and packing is llrst-class, and 

 safe arrival is guaranteed in every instance. 



Bro. Root seems to discriminate against the Muth 

 jars. Our friends are therefore advised to compare 

 prices in Muth's and Root's catalogs before order- 

 ing. We mail tliese catalogs together. 



CHAS. F. MUTH & SON, 



976 & 978 Central Ave., = Cincinnati, Ohio. 



Please mention thi.s paper 



I Prevent Swarming 



by de-queening, and sell or discard 

 all of my queens every year. I now 

 offer again all of my tested queens 

 for 65 cts. each, 2 for $1 25. Many of 

 them are worth three times the mon- 

 ey. A few mismated queens at 30 



T. H. KLOERrierre Haute, Ind. 



Read what J. 1. Parent, of 

 Charlton, N. Y., says— "We 

 cut with one of your Combined 

 Machines last winter .50 chaff 

 hives with 7-inch cap, 100 honey- 

 racks, 500 broad frames, 2,000 

 honey-boxes, and a great deal of 

 other work. This winter we 

 have doubled the amount of bee- 

 hives, etc., to make, and we ex- 

 pect to do it all with this saw. 

 'J^lt will do all you say it will." 

 .CatalogTie and Price List free. Address W. F. & 

 JOHN BARNES, 645 Ruby St., Rockford, 111. 



When more convenient, orders tor Barnes' Foot- 

 Power Machinery may be sent to 



,1, The A. I. Root Co. 



Please mention this paper. 



