1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



511 



day, and also the best way to make pickles? As I 

 have considerable g:ai'den, and good seasons, most 

 of the truck can not be sold; and had seasons we 

 haven't any to trouble us. I also want a process for 

 putting' up sweet corn in small quantities. 

 Sioux Falls, S. Dakota. Jamks E. Nielu. 



Below is the paragraph referred to. It seems 

 to have been clipped from Tlie Western Oai'den: 



Jl chance to M.iKE MONEY. 



I have berries, prraijes. and ijeaohes. a year old, as fresh as 

 when jiii'ked. I ii>e tlie California c/uld jircness. t do not lieat 

 or seal the Iruit-.iu-t put it up i-old; kti-ii^ lii-rtfctlv liesh.and 

 costs almost nolliin^'. can pnt nji a I mi si it- 1 in ten minutes. I^ast 

 week I sold directions to over r.'ll families. Aii\' one will pay a 

 dollar for liirertions when he sees the hearitilul samples' of 

 fruit. As there are i^eople pom- like myself. I consider it my 

 duty to give my experience to such, and feel conlident any one 

 can make one or two hundred dollars around home in a few 

 days. 1 will mail a sample of fruit, and complete directions, 

 to any of your i eaders, for 18 two-cent stamps, which is only 

 the actual cost of the samples, postage, etc., to me. 



St. Louis, Mo. Fkancis Casey. 



Your California cold process is an out and 

 out swindle; and the most shameful part of it 

 is, that various journals will accept this kind 

 of advertisements and put them right in their 

 reading-notices, without any caution or warn- 

 ing to their readers. I do not, know whether 

 the editors are stupid or ignorant, or whether 

 they are so lacking in conscience that they do 

 not care how much their readers lose, provid- 

 ing they get the money for inserting the adver- 

 tisement. Just one single point should be 

 proof enough to anybody: This man Casey says 

 he can put up a bushel of fruit in ten minutes. 

 If this is true, why do men invest thousands of 

 dollars in putting up expensive canning-facto- 

 ries for canning peaches, vegetables, and other 

 produce, when for 18 two-cent stamps they 

 could learn how to put up fruit so that it will 

 keep a year without spoiling, at the rate of a 

 bushel in ten minutes? I do not know wheth- 

 er Francis Casey sends any samples of fruit or 

 not. You can find out by investing 18 two- 

 cent stamps. The thing was exposed years ago 

 by the Rural New Forfeev' and' other periodi- 

 cals. There is no process known for keeping 

 fruit better than the ordinary well-known 

 methods of canning. It is possible to put up 

 sweet corn in your own home so it will keep; 

 but it is a difficult and laborious operation un- 

 less you have appropriate machinery. I know 

 it would be a grand thing for each family to 

 put up its surplus stuff right at home; but the 

 regular process by canning is the only safe and 

 wholesome method. Rhubarb for pies, and 

 some other garden products, may be kept in 

 tolerable condition without heating, so I am 

 told; but. if I am correct. It is an uncertain and 

 risky business at the best. 



P. S. — I will send the stamps for the process 

 and give it to you all in next issue, if I get any 

 thing. 



Special Notices in the Line of Gardening, etc. 



By A. I. Root. 



CRIMSON CLOVER— ADVANCE IN PRICE. 



At present writing, new seed, American grown, 

 can not be furnished for less than $4.00 per bushel, 

 or a two-bushel sack for $~.r>0; ^i bushel, $2.26; peck, 

 $1.2.5: 1 lb., 12 cts. If wanted by mail, add 10 cts. 

 per lb. for postage and packing. There are two 

 reasons for the advance in price. One is, the great 

 and increasing demand for it; and the other is, the 

 scarcity, or at least the reported scarcity, of the 

 new crop. 



GARDENING IN JULY; OR, WHAT CAN BE PLANTED 



WITH REASONABLE PROSPECT OF SUCCESS 



IN SECURING A CHOP. 



If you are having plenty of rain, asparagus-plants 

 may be put out. We have a fine lot three or four 

 inches high that we will send by mail postpaid for 

 50c per 100; by express, 30c. 



AU kinds of bush beans may be put in now; in 



fact, when put in as late as this they are much more 

 certain to be free from bean-weevil. Even the bush 

 llmas, with favorable weather, will make a crop 

 when planted the first of July. If you are in a 

 locality where there is danger of frost, the York 

 State Marrow or Navy are more likely to mature. 

 All kinds of wax beans will make an abundant crop 

 for table use, and they very often bring better 

 prices just before frost than if grown earlier. 



All kinds of beets will make a crop if put in now. 

 The mangles, however, may not be full size, but 

 they are just as good for stock. 



Cabbage-plants can be set anytime during this 

 month. In fact, a good many prefer their main 

 crop of field cabbage set not earlier than the middle 

 of July. There is then very little liability of burst- 

 ing open. We have a fine stock of plants ready to 

 ship on an hour's notice. 



Carrots will give a very good crop sown now. 



We always get our finest and largest cauliflower 

 from seed sown about this time, or a little earlier. 

 Cauliflower needs cold weather to make large and 

 perfect heads. 



All kinds of celery-plants can be put out any time 

 during this month; also sweet-corn for table use, 

 except the late varieties. 



This is the month to sow cucumber seed for 

 pickles. Please notice our low prices for pickle 

 seed. 



Keep sowing lettuce. Almost any town of any 

 size nowadays wilt buy Grand Rapids lettuce every 

 day in the year if it can be had. 



It is probably pretty late for melons unless it is 

 the extia-early muskmelons. 



Onion seed that is left over may be planted for 

 sets. With the American Early Pearl, the seed may 

 be sown right where you want to get onions next 

 year. If the onions .should get to be as large as 

 hickorynuts, or larger, a good many of them will 

 send up a seedstalk in the spiing; but if this is 

 pulled off promptly you will get very nice onions. 

 Winter (or Egyptian) onion-sets can be planted now, 

 and we have a tine stock of sets ready to send out. 

 Please notice they are only $1.00 per bushel. White 

 Multiplier and potato onions may be planted now. 

 In fact, you can plant them from now on until 

 freezing weather; and in most localities they will 

 stand the winter. 



We succeed nicely with all kinds of peas planted 

 in July ; and the extra-early peas may be put in as 

 late as the middle of August, and still give a good 

 crop. In fact, we sell peas at good prices from May 

 till October 



Small rhubarb-roots will do nicely any time from 

 now on if you have plenty of rain, or give them 

 water to keep them growing. 



All kinds of radishes mature quickly, and make 

 nice roots, if put in now. 



Spinach also does well except the trouble of run- 

 ning up to seed unless you gather it promptly. 



Crookneck squash will make a crop if planted at 

 once. 



All kinds of turnips may be put in now ; but don't 

 put in many early, because the hot weather spoils 

 them unless they are gathered as soon as they get 

 large enough to use. 



Sweet-potato plants, if put out before the 15th of 

 July, usually give a crop. 



Strawberries set out at once, and kept growing by 

 watering. If you do not have plenty of rain, will 

 make almost a full crop next spring 



This is the great month for i)ut ting out potted 

 plants: but if you can take your plants up yourself, 

 with some dirt adhering to the roots, and set them 

 into the ground carefully, without having the dirt 

 crumble off, they are, to all intents and ijurposes, 

 as good as potted plants. You can not get on too 

 much manure for strawberries, but you want your 

 ground well underdrained. 



Last, but not least, you can plant almost any of 

 the early potatoes in the month of July. We suc- 

 ceed best with the Freeman for a fall crop of early 

 potatoes. We liave left now the following: 



State of Maine, .! bush.; Beauty of Hebron, 10 

 bush.; Burpees, H peck; Snowtlake, 3 bush.; Lee's 

 Favorite. 15 bush., seconds ; Craig Seedling, 30 

 bush.; Monroe Seedling, 5 bush.; Fieeman, ~7 bush.; 

 Manum's Enormous, % bush.; Living.ston's Banner, 

 Vi bushel. For conditions on which the above are 

 (jiven away, see last issue. 



OUR OWN GARDEN, JULY 1. 



We have an abundance of almost everything now 

 unless it Is lima beans, green corn, and melons. 



