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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTUilE. 



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Ijike yours, our old ones are still blossom- 

 ing and sending out fruit-stems. While the 

 fruit is not as large as the Jessie, it is of 

 very fair quality. I, too, have been getting 

 a little excited about this strawberry. But 

 these plants are in very rich plant ground- 

 in fact, nearly half manure, and some otn- 

 er varieties of strawberries under the same 

 circumstances are also blossoming and bear- 

 ing fruit ; and I presume this is caused by 

 the very rich ground they are in, and the 

 continual watering they receive when the 

 celery plants and others adjoining get their 

 heavy waterings every three or four days. 

 In fact, a little patch of Jessies in the 

 greenhouse is still giving us a box of ber- 

 ries every other day, when those in the field 

 ceased bearing more than two weeks ago. 

 Is it not true, that special treatment may 

 make any strawberry-plant everbearing V I 

 am sure I can not tell why yours do not 

 send out any runners. The introducer of 

 the plant has an advertisement in this issue, 

 but I do not know his prices. I do not be- 

 lieve that dividing the stools would answer 

 very well. 



ANOTHER STRAWBERRY REPORT— 80 QUARTS FROM 

 A PIECE OF GROUND 5x8354. 



Friend Root:— The strawberry-bed you saw in my 

 yard in Boseobel, the day you arrived there, is S2K 

 feet long by 5 feet wide. We picked 80 quarts of as 

 fine berries as any one ever saw, from said bed. 

 They are the Jessie and Bubach varieties. The lit- 

 tle boy measured one that was 5'/4 inches around. 

 This bed was only eleven months old when it pro- 

 duced the 80 quarts of berries. You saw this bed a 

 few days after it was set out, it being a very dry 

 time. BEN.J. E. Rice. 



Boseobel, Wis., July 2. 



Dear friends, here is a hint for you. Aft- 

 er your early crops on your garden, manure 

 the ground well, turn it under, then pulver- 

 ize and work it thoroughly. Be sure to 

 make surface-drains as well as underdrains, 

 so that heavy rains can not beat it down 

 solid, and in only eleven months you can 

 have such a yield of fruit as friend Rice 

 speaks of. The sight of the pretty little bed 

 of berries took my eye at once, and I made 

 up my mind then, that, if he kept them look- 

 ing as nice, he would get his reward. 



THE IGNOTUM TOMATO IN AUSTRALIA. 



From packet received, containing 33 seeds, I was 

 Buccessful in obtaining 20 fine healthy plants, 

 every one of which has proved true to name— at 

 least, not like any thing grown here before, save 

 Mikado, from which, I am inclined to think, this is 

 a sport. I say this, because the Mikado was first 

 out here; but if the Ignotum has been, I should 

 •call the Mikado a very poor sport from the Igno- 

 tum. It is very strong, and hardy in habit. The 

 fruit is very uniform in size and shape, quite 

 «mooth, no corrugations. One tomato that I mea- 

 sured and weighed gave the following results. It 

 was the finest one in view at the time. Size, 17 

 inches around; weight, 22^ ounces. The 20 plants 

 yielded up to date (they are still bearing) 343 lbs. of 

 fruit. If planted like the 20, on similar land, and 

 "the conditions the same, the yield would be just 43 

 •tons of fruit per acre. R. Patten. 



Binni Apiary, Cowra, Aus., May 31. 



EGYPTIAN ONIONS; GROWING TOMATOES IN THE 

 GREENHOUSE, ETC. 



Mr. Roof.— Can those Egyptian onions be grown 

 under the greenhouse benches where they will re- 

 ceive little or no sunlight? If so, what time shall 

 we sow the sets to have them fit for market in 

 March and April? Tomatoes bring about a dollar 

 per bushel in this place when they first come into 

 market; but after they become plentiful they are 

 slow sale at 30 and 40 cents. Now, what I wish to 

 know is this: Why can we not have them very early 

 by sowing the seed in a greenhouse in the month of 

 January, or even earlier, and growing them in ti or 8 

 inch pots till the middle of May? Will it not pay? 



Cokeville, Pa., June 28. John Ma.ior. 



Friend M., the Egyptian onions will do 

 exactly what you wish ; in fact, 1 have 

 thought, during this past spring, they do 

 nicer in the shade than anywhere else ; 

 that is, they are more white, crisp, and 

 tender. The way we manage is as follows : 

 The little sets, or onions, on top of the 

 stalks, are put in during the present month 

 of July. We just pick them ofi and strew 

 them pretty thickly in drills as we would 

 peas, in good rich soil. If land is plentiful, 

 put them far enough apart to cultivate with 

 a horse. If you wish to have more on a 

 small quantity of ground, put them only one 

 foot apart. They will come right up and 

 grow, and make a very pretty show in a 

 garden right during the fall months. Any 

 time in February or March, when the 

 ground is not frozen, dig them, and set them 

 in rich soil under your greenhouse benches. 

 The sudden warmth will make them think 

 spring has come, and they will grow to 

 your heart's content. Those left in the 

 held will be a month or two later. During 

 the past spring we have sold wagonloads of 

 them at5cts.for a bunch weighing 8 oz. 

 Those forced in the greenhouse brought 5 

 cts. for a bunch weighing a third of a 

 pound. The foreman of our sawroom has a 

 little greenhouse of his own construction. 

 He wanted it to play with, just as I use ours 

 to play with. The first week in July he in- 

 formed me he was selling tomatoes. The 

 tomatoes came from plants kept in his 

 greenhouse, in pots, until they had blossoms 

 and little tomatoes on. When the weather 

 admitted they were transplanted into open 

 ground, and 1 presume he gets as much as 

 $2.00 a bushel for all he has now to spare. 

 To be sure, it will pay any one who will 

 take the necessary pains and care. 



A GOOD REPORT FROM THE BUSH LIMA8. 



The bush lima beans you sold me seed of are look- 

 ing finely— just covered with blossoms, and loaded 

 with pods, not quite full yet. 



Chapel Hill, N. C, July 7. Julia C. Graves. 



AN unexpected CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR 

 AGAINST TOBACCO. 



A. I. Root:— As a co-laborer in the endeavor to 

 raise the moral standard of our race, I herewith 

 inclose five dollars. The same I desire placed to 

 the credit of your anti-tobacco account. I have 

 watched with Interest the responsee that come to 



