1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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can not ask us to hold up the price after this date, I 

 have decided to offer them the rest of this season 

 tor just '» our reg-ular list price. See table below. 

 This will put them at only 13.00 a barrel tor the No. 

 1, and the very low price of $l.oO a liaviel for No. 3. 

 To all wlio purchased Craig- Seedling- potatoes of us. 

 either last fall, during winter, or this spring, and 

 paid the full prices below, we will make a rebate, 

 to be taken in Craig Seedlings or other potatoes, as 

 yi->u may choose. Please write us at once what you 

 bought, and when; and if our records siiovv your 

 statement to be correct, we will at once give you 

 credit as above. With our very strict and careful 

 sorting, the No. 2 are almost as good to pUud as the 

 No. 1. 



Season of maturing- in order of table, the first 

 named being- the earliest. 



Second size of Early Ohi(j, Lee's Favorite, New 

 Craig, and Freemans (other kinds sold out) will be 

 half above prices. Above prices include packages 

 for shipping. Potatoes will Ije shipped at once soon 

 as order is received, so long as our stock holds out. 



HEDUCTION ON OTHER POTATOES. 



We also make the following deductions on other 

 potatoes where we have surplus stock; namely. 

 Early (Jhio and New Queen, +ii^ off from above [trices; 

 Monroe Seedling, 30 per cent off; making them an 

 even $1.00 per barrel; State of Maine, 30 per cent off, 

 making- them only 80 cents per barrel. All others will 

 be at list prices. 



REPORTS IN REGARD TO CRAIG POTATOES FROM DIFFERENT 

 LOCALITIES. 



The 1 lb. of Craigr potatoes I bought of .vou yieldeil M bushel, 

 but quite a lot of small ones. They bad a very poor chance, a 

 pear-tree shadinp; a ijart of them. ' Sam'l Heath. 



Tidal. Pa.. Oct. 19, 1896. 



We planted halt a peck of small Craig potatoes; and when 

 we came to dig them this fall we had 4J^ bushels of nice big 

 ones. We like them on account of nice size and good flavor. 



Savanna, 111., Sept. 24, 1895. Chas. D Handel. 



We bought -20 e.yes of Craigs from Christian Wecke.^i.'^er. Ni- 

 agara Falls, N. Y., in April last. They all started but one. We 

 had 32 lbs. of good-sized potatoes. Mrs. W. H. Westcott. 



Falkirk, Ont., Can., Dec. 23, 189.5. 



The 1 lb. of Craigs I bought of you made 18 hills; but onl.y 

 about half of them staited. 1 dug them a few days ago— 40 old 

 whoppers; no small ones except in one hill. There was no sign 

 of any scab on anv of the Craigs. E. Manning. 



Jacksonville N. Y., Oct. i^. 189.5. 



I procured of you last spring half a peek of seed. I cut it to 

 single eyes, making a row of 175 feet. There was a little more 

 than three bushels; weighed from !9 ounces down; very few 

 small ones; best potatoes I have. 1 shall plant all I have 

 next year. S. W. Salisbury . 



Independence, Mo., Oct. ."iO, 1895. 



From thy pound of Craig potatoes I raised nearly one bush- 

 el. This season was the worst known for years. Blight 

 struck them early, an'' some crops were ruined. The Craig 

 grew profusely; very large vines; resisted blight best of an.y; 

 in fact, they were green when all other varieties were dead. 



South Portsmouth, R. I. Jacob Almy. 



46 lbs. of potatoes from 2 LBS. PLANTED. 



The 2 Ills, of Craig potatoes were cut to one-eve pieces; vines 

 very rank, but dead before frost. The yield was 92 lbs. of fine 

 large potatoes, the best I laised this year. John Gearhart. 



Princeton, Mo., Nov. 6, 1896. 



* The entire crop is at present controlled by Wm. H. Maule. 

 We are not at liberty to sell them for less than the i)rices he 

 has put on them as above; but we will present a pound, post- 

 age )(repaid. free of charge, to anv present subscriber of 

 Gleanings, for each new subscrijitioh he sends; we will also 

 send Gleanings one year to every ))erson who buys one-half 

 peck of the potatoes. If you purchase one bushel .you get 

 Gleanings for eight years, either sent to yourself or to eight 

 different persons, as you ma.v choose. 



t As we have still qiiite a siipjily of New Queens (all raised by 

 T. B. Terry), we will nieet prices from any responsible dealer 

 ON these until stock is closed out.— A. I. R. 



at the rate of 1-20 lbs. from 1 LB. planted. 



The Ji-lb. of Ciaig i)ofatoes leceived from you was cut to sin- 

 gle eyes, making 14, which were planted one in a hill, on mod- 

 erately strong garden soil. 1 dug :» lbs. of potatoes. 1 don't 

 know much about how potatoes ouiiiiTto yield ; hut it strikes 

 me that at the rate of 120 lbs. from 1 Ih. iilanted i> doing pretty 

 well. They were nearly all of good size. D. B. Thomas. 



Orliu, Mo., Oct. -28, 189.5. 



I planted about 2)4 bushels of Craigs. The potatoes were 

 cut to one eye. planted one piece in a hill, three feet check- 

 rows, ordinary cultivation, no manure or fertilizer. There 

 were at the rate of 30O bushels to the ac)-e, and very few small 

 potatoes. 0. N. Flansburg. 



Leslie, Mich., Oct. 10, 1895. 



STILL BETTER; AT THE RATE OF 232 LBS. FROM 1 LB. PLANTED. 



The fi ounces of Craig potatoes mentioned in Gleanings, page 

 7.52, produced 87 lbs. ; the main plants, 45 lbs. ; side-shoots, 42. 

 The latter part of September was very dry, but the side-plants 

 remained green until frost. G. J. Y-qder. 



Garden City, Mo., Nov. 1.5, 1896. 



fPerhaiJs I may add that 1 am personally acquainted with 

 Mr. Older. n Yoder. having visited his home. The method by 

 whicli lie accom)ili^lie(l this astonishing result will be found in 

 Gleanings, page 7.52, isu.5.— A. 1. R.] 



report from E. C. green, of THE OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION. 



I can say that we had no variety, out of 100, but showed 

 signs of blight by the middle of August; and by Sept. 1st all 

 were dead, or practicall.y so. The Craig held out as long as 

 any kind, but had to give up long before the frost. 1 think I 

 am safe in saying that your Craig Seedlings, that have gone 

 through the summer without blight (I saw them while at 

 your place), are worth much more for seed than ours which 

 have blighted, although we have some very fine Craigs not- 

 withstanding the blight. E. C. Green. 



Wooster, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1895. 



"%/%> Tennessee Queens. 'V^ 



I will offer for sale in April and May tested Ital- 

 ian queens reared last year from 5-banded stock; 

 good serviceable queens; also queens reared from 

 imported stock, at $1.00 each; 6 for 1.5.00. Will have 

 untested queens in Mav. 



%- W. A. COMPTON, Lynnville, Tenn. '%- 



^ I Do you want regular old-fashioned A 



^3,V! ^° ^ Italian queens? We've got 'em at 

 J the Evergreen A|)iary, Quebeck, Tenn. 

 Queens, 7.")c, $1.00, and $1.50; nuclei, $1.75, $3 26, and 

 $3.75. Big discount on quantities. 



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