1893 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



497 



latest make throiigliout except tlie gear. Tliey have 

 the Novice gear insteatt of the new bevel gear, such 

 as we now put on all machines on regular ordeis. To 

 close out these two machines we offei' them at $6.00 

 each. Our catalogue gives the size of frames they 

 will take. 



We have also a No. 10 extractor with "humpback " 

 g-ear, at St. Petersburg, Fla., that we will sell f . o. b. 

 there for $7. .50. This gear is ju.st as strong and ser- 

 viceable as the new bevel gear; l)ut the crank is on 

 top instead of at the side of the can. It was one we 

 made before we adopted the bevel-gear, which we 

 now use exclusively. The supi'oriing arm runs 

 across the can the same as on tlie bevel gear, and the 

 crank-wheel and pinion work on the same plan as 

 the old Novice, but are three or four times as heavy 

 and strong. This is a bargain for some one in the 

 South in need of a machine that will take frames of 

 any size up to 13^ deep and 19 inches long. 



CANNED CORN AND PUMPKIN. 



We have made a trade with the Lake Shore Can- 

 ning-Factory, so we have quite a large stock of the 

 above canned goods. Tliey are put up two dozen 

 cans in a case, and the price is $1.50 for the pump- 

 kin and $2.50 for the corn. If you have never tried 

 any of friend Cummhis' corn and pumpkin, it might 

 be worth your wliile to liave us put in a couple of 

 sample cans when we are shipping you goods by 

 freight. We will furnish sample cans for 7 and 11 

 cents, respectively; but your better Way is to order 

 them by the case as above. 



VEGETABLE-PLANTS JUNE 15. 



We have now caught up with orders, so we have 

 almost every thing that Is wanted at everj' season 

 of the year. VVe have an especially fine lot of Flat 

 Dutch and Fottler's Brunswick cabbage plants. 

 They are so large and strong- that the express will 

 be something more than on the smaller ones we 

 have been sending out; but they are worth the 

 difference. We have also an immense stock of 

 White Plume celery-plants, all transplanted so as to 

 give them plenty of room, and they are, consequent- 

 ly, well rooted. We have also a full line of tested 

 seeds, and you can get a fair crop of almost every 

 thing in the catalogue, if planted by the middle of 

 June, on good soil and well cared for. 



A few of our strawberry-plants are well rooted, 

 but not enough of them so that we dare offer to fill 

 orders. 



Kind Words From Our Customers. 



We are so very much pleased with the Lenox 

 atomizer and sprinkler received from you a few 

 days ago that we desire you to send us anutiier one; 

 also one extra bulb for poisonous liquids. 



Reinersville, O., May 16. J. A. Golden. 



The hives, etc., came to hand June 9, every thing 

 in good shape. The hives are the best I ever saw, 

 and the workmanship all around is No. 1. I am well 

 pleased with all of the goods. You will receive my 

 future orders for bee-goods. J. T. Quimby. 



Curtis, N. Y., June 10. 



F/'ieHci Bo«^-— I want to thank you for giving us 

 such a nice hive as the Dovetailed. It is a pleasure 

 to put them together, for every thing fits so nicely; 

 and while the first one requires a good -sized think- 

 ing-cap to put it together, it is no trouble after that. 

 I had a rousing big swarm April ~U, before the liives 

 arrived, and I had to [tut ihem in a nall-keg; but it 

 did not take long to get one of the Dovetailed hives 

 ready, and transfer them, and they are now doing 

 finely. W.E.Cunningham. 



Louisa, Va., May 22. 



I duly received your first consignment of two 

 plants "of raspberry, January 6th, In magnificent 

 order; in fact, a complete network of rootlets and 

 young shoots that had quite curled round both 

 ;3talks, so that it was impossible to sepnrate them; 

 and as I had been so successful in getting them 

 through, 1 was not going- to risk intiictlng any dam- 

 age on them here, so I planted them together, 

 trusting to be able to distinguish them when they 

 came above ground, as one cane was about the 

 thickness of a pencil, while the other was only lialf 

 that thickness. > 



The plants came up in due time, six or eight canes 

 strong, and were getting along beautifully till the 

 rains descended and the floods came; and what could 

 be expected after a continuous rainfall of at least 

 15 or 20 feet during two months, but that they 

 should be faiily drowned out of the ground? and 

 that, unfortunatelj', is precisely what has happen- 

 ed. Notwithstanding this unfortunate termination, 

 however, it is clearly demonstrated that it is quite 

 practicable to send plants in full growth, as well as 

 live queen-bees, all the way from America to Aus- 

 tralia; and I claim that it is at my instance that 

 both these facts have been demonstrated. 



^NEAS Walker. 



Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia, Apr. 13. 



THE NEW CRANE SMOKER, AND WHAT THE INVEN- 

 TOR HAS TO SAY OF ITS MECHANICAL CON- 

 STRUCTION. 



[Tlie following is a letter that we have just re- 

 ceived from J. E. Crane, relative to the new smoker. 

 Although the smoker is for the most part his own 

 invention, he has not seen tluise smokers we have 

 put on the market. This letter was not written for 

 publication, but it shows just liow he feels in regard 

 to the way in which we have carried out the me- 

 chanical pait of his invention.] 



Friend Root:- -The latest edition of the Crane 

 smoker came to hand last evening. "It is just 

 dandy," as my boy would say. I am much pleased 

 with it. The improvements are all such as I have 

 had in mirjd for some time, and it now comes the 

 nearest to my ideal of a perfect smoker of any 

 thing I have evei- seen, if it works as well as it 

 looks. The corners of the bellows are square, while 

 I have made them round to keep from wearing out 

 first. However, I am sure the square corners look 

 better. The asbestos is ample forprotection against 

 heat. I find the blast about one-fifth stronger than 

 one of my own make I have been testing, which is 

 more than ample for the needs of the apiarist; and' 

 then to think that it will, with a little care, always 

 remain so, without fire or sparks ever blowing out 

 of the base of the fire-barrel! I believe now the 

 smoker problem is solved. J. E. Crane. 



Middlebury, Vt., June 2. 



MAILING . • 

 . . BLOCKS 



FOR 



SAMPLES • 



OF 



. . HOIMEY. 



The adjoining cut 

 shows a very convenient 

 package for mailing 

 samples of honey and 

 other liquids. The cut 

 is only about half size of 

 the one we are prepared 

 to furnish, which holds 

 y^ ounce, and gives a 

 good taste of the honey 

 and some to spare. We 

 also use a very wide- 

 mouthed bottle .so the 

 honey will run out eas- 

 ily. You notice the top 

 screws on, closing it 

 tight and making a veiy 

 handy package, easily 

 opened, and accepted by 

 the postal authorities. 

 We have just bought 25 

 gross so as to be able to 

 sell them at only .5i- each, 

 6Bc per doz. By mail, :Sc 

 extra on one, or 2c each 

 extra in quantities. 



A. I. ROOT, 



Medina, 0. 



