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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



Special Notices in the Line of Gardening, etc. 



By A. I. Root. 



Spui'freon, the great preacher, said. " Economy is 

 half the l>attle of life." Those who study the book 

 "Domestic Economy" are pretty well equipped for 

 the " battle of life." Price $1.00; but we send it post- 

 paid from this office for 50 cts. 



We are to-day, M.ay 29, selling- new cabbage, sum- 

 mer squashes, "caulillower, American Pearl onions 

 (2V2 inches in diameter), green peas, strawberries, 

 etc., and iire getting good prices for every one of 

 them. The limbs of the basswood-trees are just 

 bending with their loads of buds. Wlieu it comes to 

 blossoms, if the blossoms should be full of honey I 

 do not know but some of the limbs will break down 

 with their burdens. Surely this spring, at least, our 

 land promises to be a land flowing with milk and 

 honey. 



THE EARLY PEABODY RED YAM. 



By a slip of the tongue, or perhaps of the pencil, 

 in our last issue, page 403, I called these yellow Pea- 

 body instead of red. T. B. Parker says it is the 

 earliest sweet potato; and for quality— at least, 

 judging from the samples he sent me to try — I 

 should say it is second to none. See our latest 

 prices for plants. Per 100, 25 cts.; if wanted by 

 mail, 35 cts. more for postage; but we think it very 

 much better to have all vegetable-plants sent by ex- 

 press, so the tops can be out and have the air. 



SEED POTATOES GIVEN AWAY. 



At the present date, May 27, we have given away 

 to our subscribers more than 500 bushels of potatoes, 

 and there are a little more than 500 yet to be given 

 away. Until further notice we will present a full 

 barrel of 11 peeks to everybody who sends us $1.00 

 for Gleanings, no matrer whether you pay up 

 what you are owing, or pay for the future, or wheth- 

 er you pay for somebody else to whom you wish to 

 Bend it. A whole barrel of potatoes thrown in with 

 evei'y dollar we receive for the journal, of the fol- 

 lowing varieties: 



We have remaining of the State of Maine, 50 

 bushels; Beauty of Hebron, 20; Snowflake, 6; Lee's 

 Favorite, 6; Monroe Seedling, 74; Freeman, 140; the 

 new Craig seconds, 45. Tlie ;ibove are all $1.00 a 

 barrel, and you can put it this way if you choose: 

 Everybody who pays us $1.00 for a barrel of the 

 above seed potatoes can have Gleanings for one 

 year, and it will be sent anywh' re you direct. 



Now, besides the above kinds, we have of flrst- 

 quality Craigs, carefully selected, 150 busliels. The 

 price of these is $3.00 a barrel; and we will send 

 half a barrel to everybody who pays $1.00 foi- Glean- 

 ings; or if you buy a whole barrel we will send 

 Gleanings to you for two years. 



We have also still remaining small lots of the fol- 

 lowing high-priced varieties: White Bliss Triumph, 

 second crop, l)i bushels; price $2. .50 per bushel. 

 Burpee's Extra Early, 2 bushels; price $1.00 per 

 bushel. Everett's Six Weeks, V^ bushel; $1.00 per 

 bushel. Since we have sold out of Manum's Enor- 

 mous, there have been so many calls and so much 

 disappointment tliat I finally ordered another bar- 

 rel, which we expect every day. Therefore you can 

 have these also at $3 00 a bushel. You can have the 

 four above kinds, $1 00 worth, at the jjrices given. 

 for every dollar you send us for Gleanings. Of 

 course, at this season of the year many of the pota- 

 toes, with the exception of the new Craig, are more 

 or less sprouted ; but in most localities a very good 

 crop can be seciired by planting at any time in the 

 month of June; and of late we have learned how to 

 get very good crops of early potatoes planted from 

 the first to the middle of July— that is, average 

 seasons. All that are not taken will be planted, 

 probably, by the first of July, after turning under 

 our strawberries after fruiting. We are entirely out 

 of seconds, except Lee's Fiivorite and the new Craig, 

 already mentioned. The Lee's Favorite seconds we 

 will sell at .50 cts. a barrel, or two barrels to every 

 one who sends $1.00 for Gleanings. There are left 

 about 18 bushels of Lee's Favorite seconds. 



In regard to the above potatoes for table use. the 

 Freeman is in excellent condition, and stands at 

 the head so far as quality is concerned. I carried 

 over to Mrs. Root a bushel of Snowflakes, thinking 



that they might be better than the Freeman; but 

 after trying them two or three times she asked me 

 to have them carried back to the cellar and bring 

 her a bushel of the Freeman. The Monroe Seedlings 

 are also in excellent order for table use, as they 

 were grown, as you may remember, from potatoes 

 planted last year the day after the Fourth of July. 



Last, but not least, we will send by mail postpaid 

 1 lb. of Maule's Early Thoroughbred potatoes (new 

 crop) to everj' one who sends $1.00 for a new sub- 

 scriber. Special prices for larger quantities on appli- 

 cation. The new crop is partly dug, and we are 

 succeeding nicely in getting them to .'^prout so as 

 to be planted again out in the fields. These can be 

 planted any time this month, or even in July. 



The subscriber must pay transportation charges 

 on potatoes; and if by mail (except the Thorough- 

 bred;-), be sure to include money to pay the postage. 



Better name several kinds in making order, as we 

 may be sold out of the one you select. 



extracted honey. 

 We have a good supply of choice extracted honey, 

 which we desire to close out, and should like to hear 

 from those interested. 



cream sections. 

 We still have a good supply of cream sections of 

 the following width: 4ii-in. sq.; IM open top and 

 bottom; also open four sides; Iff, open top and 

 bottom; 1%, open four sides; also a good supply of 

 I'i-in., No. 1 white, open two and four sides, all of 

 which are oflfered at $2.00 per 1000; 5000 for $8.00; 

 10,000, $15.00. 



BUSINESS at this DATE. 



We are having all we can do to keep orders filled 

 with reasonable promptness. The season is favor- 

 able, and prospects bright in many localities, and 

 trade is good with our branches and dealers as well 

 as here. We have loaded the fourth car for this 

 season to Denver, Col., for Barteldes & Co.; also the 

 second car to Walter S. Pouder, Indianapolis. Ind. ; 

 the thirdcar for Jos. Nyse wander, DesMoines, Iowa, 

 and the third car to St. Paul, Minn., and are loading 

 the third car for Chicago as we go to press. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



OUR SEEDS. 



We planted them the same day they arrived, and 

 it was no time until they were up, and now they 

 look nice. S. L. Medlin. 



Pace, Tenn., April 29. 



The hives I ordered of you came to-day, the 27th, 

 and I will say I am very much pleased. I wonder 

 how you can do so much first-class work for so little 

 money. Surely 1 will speak a good word for you. 



N. Weare, N. H., Apr. 27. John A. Woodbury. 



The American Board of Commissioners for For- 

 eign Missions acknowledges the receipt of forty-one 

 dollar3 from Gleanings in Bee Culture, by the 

 A. I. Root Co., Medina. O., for Armenian relief. 



Boston, Mass., May 31. Frank H. Wiggin, 



Assistant Treasurer. 



The barrel of New Queen potatoes you sent me in 

 rebate on the barrel of Craigseedlings came through 

 all right and in fine condition, just right to plant. 

 Thanks, also, for the Little Giant si)ray-pump. I 

 have tried it, and am well pleased with it. It will 

 do the work nicely, and it is so handy. I can work 

 with it where I can't very well get the barrel-pump. 



Danvers, 111., April 30. J. W. Lane. 



nicest lot of hives and frames. 

 The missing package of hives arrived o.k. I must 

 say that they are the nicest lot of hives and frames 



