1896 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



90.1 



offered a potato last year under the name of Thor- 

 oughbred, which he had a perfect right to do if he 

 wished; but they were noi Maule's, as was proven 

 hy more than a dozen tests in different parts of the 

 country, as ihe Western Thoroughbred had hirger 

 tops, and of a more whitish color, besides being a 

 longer vai-iety. 



I might also add that, notwithstanding the demor- 

 alized condition of the potato market last spring, 

 and the fact that, owing to the limited supply, I had 

 to olfer the potatoes atavery iiigh pnce, the de- 

 mand was something unprecedented, as 1 sold every 

 potato I had on hand. 



I might also add that, last spring, after our cata- 

 log was out. Mr. J. W. Baker, of Tiskilwa, 111., wrote 

 us in regard to Thorough i reds, stating that some 

 years previous he liad sent us a potato for trial 

 under the name of Thorough I red. On lookins' into 

 the matter we found Mr. Baker had sent us a potato 

 for trial be called Thoroughbred; but Mr. Baker's 

 potato had nothing whatever to do with Maule's 

 Early Thoroughbred; and had we remembered, 

 when we named Thoroughbred last fall, that a po- 

 tato had been sent us for trial under tViis name, we 

 would never l.ave named our new potato Thorough- 

 bred. This was the one unfortunate incident in the 

 naming of the Thoroughbred: but as we did not 

 hear from Mr. Baker until long after our catalog 

 was out, we could, of course, do nothing then in 

 regard to changing the name. So far as we know, 

 Mr. Baker's potato has never been introduced. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 27. Wm. Henry Maule. 



As there had been several queries in regard 

 to where Maule got this new potato, not only 

 last year but this, I have thought best to give 

 you the above for publication, and I hope it 

 will settle the matter. 



We clip the following from the Rural New- 

 Yorker: 



THE BEST STlMUIiANT. 



The bicycle could not have made its appearance 

 at a more opportune moment, says Susan S. Pessen- 

 den, in the Ladies' W()7ld. Eveiy thing that tends 

 to produce more healthful bodies will create more 

 normal desires and appetites, and reduce abnormal 

 craving for stimulants. What temptation to resort 

 to artificial stimulus has the person whu can enjoy 

 the inspiration of a ride through the bi-acing air, 

 filling the lungs, setting the blood to coursing 

 through the veins, givinglifeacharm that discounts 

 the devitalizing narcotics and debauching stimu- 

 lants ? In this new mectianieal friend, the rising 

 generation has, in some degree, an offset to the 

 depraved hereditary cravings and weakened will 

 power engendered by a generation of smokers and 

 drinkers. Let us rejoice over each one of the hun- 

 dreds of thousands of bicycles that find purchasers 

 every year. 



gitr HANDY PATCHER. 



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