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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1. 



for pure water, beyond any thing else, as a bever- 

 age. We can sead you a few seeds of the coffee- 

 berry for 6 cts., If you want them. 



MILLS' BANNER BEAN. 



This is another thing that we got from Mills, that 

 we think worthy of adoption. It is a plain white 

 bean, looking very much like the York State mar- 

 row; hut it has given us the biggest yield, I think, I 

 ever saw with any of the bean family. At present 

 we can offer seed of our own raising, only in 5- cent 

 packages. 



THE NEW UPLAND RICE. 



While in Florida I fell in love with rice for a for- 

 age-plant and as feed for stock, as well as a cereal 

 for table use. Well, when somebody advertised a 

 kind of rice tliat would grow in the North, and on 

 upland, I felt glad. Some of it is now maturing 

 seed in our garden across the way; and, so far as I 

 can see, it seems to be a success. If you want to 

 try it we can f urnisli seed in 5-cent packages. 



RURAL NEW-YORKER WINTER OATS. 



When the Rural New -Yoi'kcr announced that they 

 had .a kind of oats that would stand the York State 

 winter without injury, I procured enough to sow an 

 acre. I have told you how it wintered. We have 

 several bushels of seed of our own raising, very 

 nice and heavy. If you want to make a trial we will 

 mail it in 5 cent packages, or we will send a quart for 

 10 cts. If wanted by mail, add 10 cts. more for post- 

 age. Sow it about the time of sowing wheat. 



SEED AND ONION-SETS TO BE PLANTED IN SEPTEM- 

 BER. 



If you are going to winter cabbage-plants over in 

 cold-frames, you had better sow a few seeds, say 

 every week, during the month. As much will de- 

 pend upon the weather, some of your sowings will 

 probably hit it. Start lettuce, to be moved into the 

 greenhouse later, if you have not done it already. 



All kinds of radishes may be put out now. The 

 Chinese Rose Winter seems to be best. 



Now is just the time to sow spinach, to be win- 

 tered outdoors. Bloomsdale Extra C'urled we con- 

 sider the best. Price IS.cts. per lb. ; 6 lbs. for 7.5 cts. 



ONION-SETS TO BE PLANTED IN SEPTEMBER. 



In our locality we succeed more or less with al- 

 most any kind of sets; but the Extra Early Ameri- 

 can Pearl stands rat the head of the list, both in 

 hardiness and in quality. Price, per quart, 30 cts.; 

 peck, $1.35; busliel, $4.00. This year we can furnish 

 the White Prizetaker at the same price as the 

 American Pearl. This White Prizetaker was intro- 

 duced by Johnson & Stokes. It is certainly a very 

 handsome onion— better in shape, with fewer thick 

 necks than the old Prizetaker. Perhaps the latter 

 is owing to the fact that seed is now scarce and very 

 higli-priced. We have such a large quantity of sets, 

 however.* that we can furnish them at prices as 

 aoove. Large size, suitable for pickling-onions, 

 half the above prices. The White Multiplier and 

 the Whittaker onion winter with us perfectly win- 

 ter after winter, as I have told you. Price of these, 

 10 cts. a quart; 70 cts. a peck; '$3.50 a bushel. Win- 

 ter, or Egyptian, onion-sets, 5 cts. a quart; 35 cts. a 

 peck; Sl.UO a bushel. These would winter and 

 grow all right, without doubt, awa.y up in Alas- 

 ka ; at least, I have never lieard of tlieir being 

 killed out by the winter anywhere. If iniion-sets 

 are ordered by mail. Tie sure to add 10 cts. per quart 

 for postage. 



STRAWBERRY-PLANTS. 



If you have tried putting out strawberry-plants 

 in September, and have made a success of it, all 

 right. Go ahead and plant them out by the thou- 

 sands if you choose; but if you are new in the 

 business, and liave not tried fall planting, perhaps 

 you had better commence with a dozen, or, say, 25, 

 and " learn the trade." We shall put them out all 

 through this montli, and we shall make them live; 

 but we are going to do it with the transplanting- 

 tools, as I have explained. 



* In regard to raising Prizetaker onions from sets, I clip the 

 following from a recent number of the Practical Farmer: 



I experimented with Prizetaker sets this season, and my suc- 

 cess was comj)lete. I set two rows in my garden early in April. 

 The ground occupied was, all together, Hi feet, I raised two 

 bushels and a half. Some of the onions weighed one pound 

 and three ounces. I think the entire lot would average one- 

 halt pound apiece. Did not use any kind of fertilizer. 



Mahoning Co., O. D. E. Bingham. 



SECOND-CROP SEED POTATOES. 



I do not know how many of the friends have tried 

 planting potatoes in July or August, that were 

 grown the same year; but I do know of one person 

 who made a blunder by deciding that his potatoes 

 were never going to come up, and planting some 

 thing else. After the " something else " came u 

 the potatoes did too, and now their great strong 

 thrifty vines are growing nicely— that is. the few 

 that were not spoiled by our blunder. The exceed- 

 ingly hot weather about the time they should have 

 been planted, has been, I judge, rather unfavor- 

 able. But quite a few, however, who bought the 

 Thorouglibreds along in July say they are now 

 coming up nicely. I am now sorry I did not plant 

 out a couple of acres instead of a few rows. I think 

 lam "learning the trade," and will know better 

 how to do it next time. By the way, it is wonder- 

 fully refreshing to me to see the bright green foli- 

 age and rank growth just at a time when potatoes 

 are ordinarily wilting and blighting and drying up. 

 My Freemans, that were planted about the middle 

 of July, are now a "thing of beauty;" andifnota 

 "joy for ever," they make my heart rejoice two or 

 three times every day when I take a look at them. 



SEED POTATOES FOR 1897. 



At present writing, Aug. 27, of course no one can 

 tell exactly what the supply and demand will be, 

 and where prices will stand; but I have ventured 

 to make the following low prices to those who will 

 send in their orders now and have their potatoes 

 shipped now or some time later as they may choose. 

 We put the price so low we think many of the de- 

 sirable late varieties will be sold out. We are rather 

 hoping that prices will advance; but we are prepar- 

 ed to furnish every thing mentioned, at the prices 

 given, for immediate orders. Where orders come 

 for the late varieties that are not dug we will ship 

 them as soon as dug, or later, as you may desire. 

 Figures are for selected potatoes. Seconds, where 

 we have them, will be just half the above prices. 

 This applies to every thing except to potatoes sent 

 by mail: for few would be likely to be willing to 

 pay 8 cts. per lb. postage on any thing but the best. 

 Our Freemans and a large part of our Thorough- 

 breds were raised by T. B. Terry. I have just look- 

 ed over his fields and sampled his potatoes: and 

 some way or other it seems as if potatoes of his 

 raising are a little nicer than any others I have ever 

 seen anywhere, unless it is those grown by Wilbur 

 Fenn, Tallmadge, O. Terry grows only early pota- 

 toes, and Feun grows only late ones— that is, they 

 are planted iHte, and will not be dug, probably, un- 

 til some time in October. Our Sir Williams and 

 Monroe Seedlings are all grown by Wilbur Fenn. 

 At present writing he has the handsomest 18-acre 

 potato-field of rank green thrifty potato-vines that 

 I ever saw in any month or anywhere— not a bug, 

 not a bit of blight; no scab, no perforated leaves. 



* The above prices of Early Thoroughbred are for selected 

 tubers, mostly from the crop grown by T. B. Terry. For sec- 

 onds, half above prices. Very small Thoroughbreds, say about 

 the size of marbles, will be sold at one-fourth jirices in the 

 table while they last. This will give every one a chance to' 

 supply himself with seed at a very moderate price so long as 

 the siiiall sizes and seconds last. 



We have several bushels of Thoroughbreds raised in North 

 Carolina, sent us to plant for the second crop, that were not 

 planted, because we did not have room. These potatoes have 

 commenced to sprout, or, rather, show signs of sprouting. 

 Now, if any of the friends north or south have arrangements 

 so they can plant them at once we will furnish them at half 

 price given in table. As they are already started they can be 

 easily cut to one eye, and will grow at once. We have planted 

 quitealot of them in our plant-beds; and by covering them 

 with glass or cloth frames, when early frost comes we expect 

 to get seed fiom them for planting next year. 



tA piece of almost two acres of New Queen has just been 

 dug, and the yield is 375 bushels per acre. I measured the 

 ground myself, and counted the boxes of potatoes. 



