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GLEANINGS IN BEE CIXTURE. 



lULY 



MAPLE SUGAR. 



We have in stock, unsold, about a ton; and in 

 •order to get it out of our way we offer it at one 

 cent per pound less than we did in our April issue— 

 7, 8, 9, and 10 cts. per pound, according to quality; 

 !4 ct. less in 50 lb. lots, and one cent less in barrel 

 lots. What we have is mostly of the medium 

 grradi'S, t^ and !i cts. We have very little of the 

 cheapest grade, and the same in regard to the best. 



WIRE NETTING REDUCED TO THE OLD PRICE. 



We are pleased to announce to our patrons, that, 

 owing to a reduction in tbe cost of wire, we are 

 able, after this date, to sell wire netting at the old 

 prices ruling before the advance the first of March. 

 The price, till further notice, will be as given on 

 the last page of our catalogue for Jan. 1, 18!t0, and 

 later issues; namely, for 2 inch. No. 19, 4 feet wide, 

 i4.00 per roll; 5-roll lots, $3 75; lO-roll lots, $3.60 per 

 roll; 25 cents added for cartage on single roll ship- 

 ments from New Vork and Chicago. 



14INCH GLOBE LAWN-MOWER FOR $5.70. 



In laying in our stock of mowers for the season 

 ■we have to judge from sales of previous years what 

 proportion of sizes will be needed. This year has 

 not followed last very closely, and we have had a 

 large call for larger and smaller sizes, so we hav£ 

 had to order more, and we have a surplus of 14-inch 

 on hand. We consider this the best size of the five. 

 However, to reduce this surplus we will, during 

 July only, sell a 14inch Globe mower for $5.70, 

 "Which is 2.5 cents less than regular price. 



IGNOTUM TOMATO-PLANTS. 



We have finally rather more plants than we shall 

 need this season. We therefore offer them to those 

 who can make a plantirg as late as July, at the fol- 

 lowing prices: 5 cts. for 10, 40 cts. per 100, or $3.00 

 per 1000. You can have large plants or small ones, 

 just as you choose; but if you have the large ones. 

 The express charges will be considerably more. 

 Small and medium sizes will be sent by mail at an 

 expense of as much more for postage as the plants 

 <!08t. We have also fine stalks of celery-plants, 

 which we offer at the same price as the tomato. 



IMPORTED QUEENS. 



A couple of weeks ago we received a fresh im- 

 portation of queens from our breeder in Italy. 

 They are extra selected, and we think they are as 

 nice a lot as we ever had. They came through in 

 pretty good shape, and we have decided to offer 

 them just as they come, without testing them as to 

 their honey-gathering qualities, for $5.00 each. The 

 regular price has been .fO.OO. The bees of all these 

 ■queens, we feel almost sure, will prove to be very 

 gentle. For some reason or other, the bees of our 

 imported queens are the gentlest we have in the 

 apiary. Let it be understood, that, in ordering 

 these queens, you must not expect any thing gold- 

 en yellow. The queens are leather-colored, and so 

 are their bees. The progeny of our imported 

 •queens average, however, the best of any bees in 

 the apiary. It generally happens that our best 

 honey-queens are among the Imported. After we 

 have had an opportunity to grade and test our 

 <3ueens, we shall chare-e our regular prices, which 

 will be, in July, $6.00. $5.00. and $4.00. 



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BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



This season, like the last, the bush lima beans 

 "were slow in coming up; and, worse still, a good 

 many of them never came up at all. This was the 

 «a8e with the first and second plantings. To mv 

 great surprise, however, at about the third plant- 

 ing, only about three days later, when we had ex- 

 •ceedingly warm, tropical weather, every bean came 

 up as promptly as one could wish. As the first and 

 second plantings grew so poorly I have been put- 

 ting them in thicker and thicker. They now stand 

 as thick as peas in the rows. Now. was it the hot 

 weather that made them all germinate, or were the 

 seeds in the bottom of the bag a little different? 

 This can hardly be possible, because they were put 

 through a fanning-mill and afterward hand-picked. 

 If those who have had seed that came up hudlv will 

 apply, we will fill the order again; and if others 

 want to try the bush lima bean planted in July. 

 <they mature as quickly as our quickest white field 

 beans), they may have them for 25 cts. a pint or 40 

 cts. a quart. If wanted bv mail, add 8 cts. per pint 

 or 15 cts. per quart extra for postage. 



These are published separately, alternate weeks, 

 and are edited by live practical men, and contribut- 

 ed to by the best writers. Both Journals are inter- 

 esting, and are alike valuable to the expert and 

 amateur. Sample copies free. Both Journals one 

 year to one address $1. Until June Ist we will send 

 either Journal on trial trip for 6 months for 26 cts. 



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AUTOMATIC 

 SELF-FEEDING 



Fountain Pen 



We call the attention of our readers 

 to the Bateman fountain pen. We 

 have for a year or two been on the 

 lookout for a good reliable fountain 

 pen at a price within the reach of all, 

 and at last we have it. We have tried 

 in our office a number of different 

 kinds, and finally decided on one which 

 was far ahead of all others. We bought 

 them at a bookstore, and they were 

 careful to withhold the name, so we 

 could not order direct; but we have re- 

 cently discovered that the pen that 

 proved so reliable, and ahead of all 

 others we had tried, was the " Paul E. 

 Wert" fountain pen. This has been 

 acknowledged by all who have tried 

 different kinds, to be away ahead of 

 all others. The Bateman, which we 

 offer, was first made within the pres- 

 ent year, and is almost an exact copy 

 of the Paul E. Wert. 



There is one little difference which is 

 claimed to be an improvement. We 

 have thoroughly tested them in com- 

 parison with the Wert pen, and con- 

 sider them fully as good; and, what is 

 of as much interest to you, they cost 

 only half as much. The Wert pen usu- 

 ally retnils for $2 .50 to $3.00. We sell 

 the Bateman for only $1.25, postpaid, 

 or you can have one free for four new 

 subscribers to Gleanings, with your 

 own renewal. A filler and directions 

 for use accompany each pen. 



The pens are 14-karat gold, with plat- 

 inum point, and mounted in a black 

 rubber holder. See cut. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, 0. 



