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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sei't. 



count we trc(inciitly tell our friouds wlio aro 

 suffering for tlic need of something tliat does 

 not turn ui). tliat we will till the order again, 

 and send more goods right on, providing the 

 consigne(> will agree to take hotli shipments if 

 both should come to hand. Exi)ress companies 

 are liable for unreasonable delay in delivering 

 goods: and I suijjjose that railroad companies 

 are also liable to some extent for every un- 

 reasonable delay. Now. if the jjosition we take 

 is in any resjject unfair oi' unchristianlike. I 

 stand ready to be set right. 



PRICE OF BEES AND QUEENS. 



The price advances in October to July prices. Un- 

 tested will tlien be Sil.tiO; tested, $3.00; select tested, 

 $3.00. We run out of imported queens within the 

 last few days, but are daily expecting- a fresh im])or- 

 tafion. Prices will be four, live, and six dollars 

 respectively. I/atcc— Imported (jueens are here. 



HONEY .TUMBLES AND CAKES. 



We have just sold to a large bakery the otf grades 

 of honey received fiom Arizona, to be used in mak- 

 ing- honey cakes and jumbles; and we take some of 

 these in exchange for the honey. We learn that this 

 bakery alone is using :d)out 4 bbls. of honey daily 

 for honey cookies, and they are having sucli a big- 

 trade they are rumiing night and day, and still be- 

 hind on orders. If any of our readers have any off 

 grades of honey that don't tind ready market at a 

 fair price, please .send us a small sample, naming- ihe 

 quantity you have, and how it is put up, and the 

 least you will take for it. We will try to tind you a 

 market. The honey jumbles are the same that we 

 sold two oi- three years ago, and are worth $2.00 a 

 box of about 14 lbs. Any less quantity will be »u cts. 

 per lb. The honey cakes have ordy about lialf the 

 quantity of lioney in them, and are sugar-coated. 

 Price ft. 50 per box, or 1!> cts. jh'I- il). foi- a less ipian- 

 tlty. We will mail a sample package of cither, put 

 up in a sample pastelioard bo.v or section carton, 

 postpaid, for 10 cents. 



Pr;ANTS THAT MAY BE PUT OUT IN THE FALL. 



During the last of SeptendxT and first of October 

 is an excellent time to st't out a good many kinds of 

 plants. Asparagus will do nicely. Raspberries, 

 blackberries, and currants, will also get well .settled 

 for winter. If the soil is very heavy clay, it may 

 be best to mulch them to jn-t'vent the frost from 

 throwing them out. Last, but not least, T would jiut 

 out a few of such kinds of strawberries as I wished 

 to test. The strawberry is peculiar, inasmuch as you 

 can force it just as late in the fall as you please, by 

 cultivation and manure; and no matter how sudden 

 severe weatlier sets in, it does not seem to harm it at 

 all. I have never seen any harm to strawberries 

 from severe wintei's unless it is the heaving out by 

 the frost, and tliis seldom happens with plants that 

 get well rooted. Judicious mulching -ivill prevent it 

 entirely. In consequence of the recent heavy rains, 

 we have had an aliundant supply of the plants we 

 have advertised, and we can also fvirnish, in limited 

 quantities, to those who may wish 1o test tfiem, the 

 t'rcsceiU, Cumberland, Louisa. Belmont, INlianii, and 

 Sharpless. The pi-icc of all strawbei-iies from this 

 time imtil further notice will be 1.5 cts. for 10, or 75 

 cts. for 100; if wanted by mail, add .^ic foi- 10. or 35c 

 per lOd. Jessie, Bubach, Haverland, and Gandy, 

 we exiiect to be able to sui)i)ly all demand for until 

 the gi-onnd frei^zes so as to hold them fast. The oth- 

 ers will not last very long. 



WHITE COMB HONEY FItOM .-srATTHlAS SCHNEIDER, .IR. 



The comb honey mentioned in this department in 

 last number of Gleanincs. reached us just three 

 days ago, as we write this, and to-day we are ship- 

 ping the last pound of it, and haven't enough to fill 

 orders. We don't see any prospect of having more 

 in stock foi' two or three weeks, although we may 

 get some before that time. This honey from Mr. 

 Schneider is about the whitest honey we ever saw. 



and it came in the best shape of any shipment wtv 

 ever received. I believe there was not a case leak- 

 ing in the whole lot of over 30OO lbs. ; and the secret 

 is, it was crated up in crates of about 300 lbs. weight, 

 with handles projecting from each end to carry it 

 by. Nine 24-lb. cases, or 18 12-11).. were jiut into a 

 crate which consi.sts .simply of a frame of pieces Js 

 by 3 or 4 inches. In the bottom of the crate the 

 cross pieces running the slun'test wa.v are on the out- 

 side, and on top of these are some thin boards nailed 

 between the outside strips, making the bottom 

 nearl.v tight. On this is sjiread straw from one to two 

 inches deep for the cases to rest on and receive the 

 jar if the crate should be dropped. A similar meth- 

 od of crating honey was desciilied liy J. A. Green. 

 May 1st No., first article. It seems to have pioven 

 such a great success wherever tried that we would 

 advise beekeeijers not to ship an.v more honey to 

 market in small quantities without putting it up in 

 similar crates. Yon will save, in better price re- 

 ceived for hone.v, a good many- times the cost of 

 these crates. 



MQ(\ ITALIAN QUEENS FOR BUSINESS. 

 10"" IStfdb W. H. Laws, Lavaca, Ark. 



POTATO BOXES 



GALVANIZED BOCNI). 



(TERRY'S). 



These ai-e made of 

 basswood, bound with 

 galvanized iron. The 

 galvanized iron gives 

 strength, and the 

 basswood strength 

 and lightness. These 

 hold exactly a bushel 

 when level full, and 

 may be piled one on 

 top of another. Al- 

 though they are made especially for potatoes, they 

 can be used for fruit, vegetables, picking up stones 

 on the farm, and a thousand other purposes. When 

 piled one above the other, they protect the contents 

 from the sun and rain; and from their shape a 

 great many more bushels can be set into a wagon 

 than where baskets are used. They are also much 

 more substantial than baskets. " , -■ 

 Price, nailed up, 35 c each; 10, $3.25; 100, $20v00. 

 In the flat, including nails and galvanized iron,. 

 Per pkg. of 1 doz., 3 nailed and ,10 packed inoide; 

 $3.10: lu pkg^., 5 per cent otf. 



SLATTED POTATO-BOX 



As the pieces of 

 which the above 

 are made are 

 mostly from rem- 

 nants of basswood 

 used In making 

 sections, we can 

 furnish tbem nail- 

 ed up for 20 cents 

 each; 10 for $1.85; 

 l(iO, $16.0U, Materi- 

 al in the flat. In- 

 cluding nails, In 

 packages of 13 

 boxes each, at 

 $1 .50 per package, and each package includes two of 

 the 13 boxes nailed up, complete.. Ten pkgs , b% off. 

 Please be careful in ordering to say whether you 

 want the galvanized hound or the t^Jatted boxes. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina. Ohio. 



LITHOGRAPH LABELS 



In. IS Colors, a-b $S.OO per lOOO.. 



The 13 colors are'all on each label. They are ob- 

 long in shape, measuring '2^/sX'Z%. They are about 

 the nicest labels we ever saw for glass tumblers, 

 pails, and small packages of honey. We will mail 

 a sample, inclosed in our label catalogue, free on 

 application, and will furnish them postpaid at the 

 following prices: 5 cts. for 10; 35cts. for 100; $1.20- 

 for 500; $3.00 for 1000. A. I. ROOT, Medina. O. 



