1901 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



567 



or not. No doubt the trap-lantern will catch 

 some of these enemies of the fruit-grower; but 

 the testimony from several experiment sta- 

 tions seems very strong to the effect that it is 

 not going to accomplish by any means all that 

 the vendors claim for it in their circulars. It 

 is always in order to get the borer out of your 

 tree.s just as soon as you discover they are 

 at work. But the question of keeping them 

 away by means of trap-lanterns placed at 

 intervals through the orchard is one yet to be 

 settled. I would ask our readers to take 

 notice that Prof. Steadman does not any- 

 where, in the above, mention the codling- 

 moth ; yet the circular that Mr. Haseltine 

 sends out claims in the very first sentence 

 that it destroys the codling-moth ; and in 

 some of their advertisements they have de- 

 clared it would render spraying unnecessary*. 

 I should say this latter claim is pretty nearly 

 preposterous. We shall be glad, however, if 

 the device will do only a part of what they 

 claim for it. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY PAPER FOR YOUNG PEO- 

 PLE, WHICH WE CAN HEARTILY RECOMMEND. 



In our June 1.5th issue I said our people had been 

 making exceedingly liberal offers to club Gleanings 

 with other periodicals, and that some of these period- 

 icals that iiad been "pushed" quite vehemently / 

 did not particularly indorse. Well, a few weeks ago 

 I picked up a Sunday-school paper belonging to some 

 of the grandchildren. The articles were of such mer- 

 it, so full of instruction in business and other matters 

 in life, I was agreeably surprised. When I mentioned 

 the name of the paper to the other members of our 

 firm I found each one of them had been reading the 

 IVellspring (for that is its name), and all were equally 

 delighted with its high moral tone as well as its beau- 

 tiful pictures a^d exceedingly interesting articles ; 

 and when I said, " Boys, here is something really 

 worthy of encouragement. Now, even if it is not of- 

 fered at so low a price as some other periodicals, let us 

 give it such a recommend as it deserves, and try to in- 

 troduce it into homes where Gleanings goes," they 

 all absented. I wrote the publishers, and they made 

 me a better offer than I had any right to expect. This 

 paper, so interesting that even I take time to read it, 

 comes weekly, is beautifully illustrated and yet we 

 are going to club it with Gleanings for only 81.2.5. 

 The regular price of the little paper is 75 cts. a year. 

 You can have a sample copy free on application. The 

 publishers do not say so, but /do, just write me on a 

 oostal, "Send a sample copy of the li'ellspriug,"' and 

 I will see that you get it. Then if you want it a whole 

 year, it will be only 25 cts. more than you pay for 

 Gleanings — that is, if you ask for no other premium. 



THE NEW CRAIG POTATO. 



We say now just as we said a year ago, that the New 

 Craig is the best cooking potato we have in our whole 

 assortment at this season of the year. A dish of them 

 that we had on the table this morning looked so hand- 

 some and floury, rolling open almo.«t like a dish of 

 popcorn, I felt like having it photographed Now, I 

 confess this is one of my happy surprises. We have 



* Here are some more statements! find in the Hasel- 

 tine circular in regard to the moth-catcher : 



By spraying, many head of stock were killed, several of 

 them thoroughbreds. . . . Trees that have been sprayed 

 the most, show signs of decay, and may die. Spraying 

 apples may cause an early decay. 



In regard to stock being killed by spraying fruit- 

 trees, I have never been able to find such a ca'-e; and 

 some of our best agricultural journals say thf same. 

 In regard to injuring trees by spraying, this is the 

 first time I ever saw such a sut^ge.stion, and I know of 

 orchards that have been sprayed thoroughly almost 

 ever since spraying was introduced. 



had the New Craig for seven years. It is the best 

 yielder we have ever gotten hold of — almost as hand- 

 some in shape as Carman No. .3 — a rank strong grower 

 that is seldom troubled with either bugs or blight on 

 our ground. Besides this it is one of the best keepers, 

 if not the very best one, we know of. It is very slow 

 to sprout in the spring. The potatoes keep hard and 

 firm, with very little care, clear on into June ; and 

 during the whole spring months it is our very best 

 table potato, not even excepting the Freeman and 

 Snowflake. On our own grounds, and in our own 

 cellar, it has no drawback whatever It stands at the 

 head of late potatoes. With us, it has no fault ; but, 

 to tell the truth, it does not seem to succeed in some 

 localities as well as it does here in Medina. Not only 

 on our own grounds, but our neighbors all around us 

 succeed with the Craig ju.st as I have told you above ; 

 but when we send it away, a good many complain of 

 it. Why, our own Ohio Experiment .Station reported 

 one year that thev thought it was especially subject to 

 blight, when u'ith us it is the nearest to being blight- 

 proof of any thing on our grounds 



Oh yes ! there !s one other thing. Prof. Cham>>er- 

 lain, of Hudson, O., objected to it on the ground of its 

 being a )-ed potato. Well, we have some good news 

 right here. Last season we planted New Craigs en- 

 tirely on a piece of ground along the railroad. We 

 did not manure and underdrain it, as the land is not 

 ours ; but we got a splendid crop of New Craigs, 

 nevertheless. Why, it was one of the biggest of my 

 happy surprises. And then there was another happy 

 surprise on top of it all. The boys found about a 

 bushel and a half of •vhite Craigs in one spot of 

 ground where it was rather more sandy and gravelly 

 than the rest of the lot. I do not know what in the 

 world should have made them white, but white, al- 

 most entirely, they were, and rounder and smoother 

 than any Craigs I ever saw before. Every one of our 

 readers who grows potatoes ought to try the New 

 Craig. If it succeeds on your ground as it does with 

 us. it ought to be worth a pile of money to you. 



Just one thing moi e in their favor, and it is a big 

 point too. Unless you plant them quite close, many ^ 

 of the potatoes will be too large to suit the women- 

 folks. With close planting the vines will very quickly 

 cover the entire ground, choking out weeds of every 

 kind. We have them every year so I can stretch 

 single vines higher than my head. Well, when the 

 ground is covered with such a heavy mat of potato- 

 vines there is no more cultivating to do, and no trou- 

 ble with weeds, and very seldom any trouble with 

 bugs. 



I know this is saying a great deal about just one 

 potato ; but year after year keeps telling the same 

 story in our locality, and I think the world at large 

 ought to give this splendid potato more attention. 



Now, this story is not told as a preface to get you to 

 buy some Craigs, for every one of them is planted. I 

 would advise you, however, to lav in at least a few in 

 the fall, when we come to dig them. For a big crop 

 you will need to plant them early, for thev will keep 

 green and growing clear on till frost, no matter when 

 you put them in the ground. 



New York State Apiarian Exhibit at the Pan= 

 American. 



Nearly all the honey in the New York apiarian 

 exhibit is to be replaced by honey of this year's pro- 

 duction as soon as the latter can be obtained from the 

 bee-keepers of this State. A goodly number of New 

 York bee-keepers are now represented, but it is desir- 

 able that many more participate. I,et all bee keepers 

 of this State who are so fortunate as to be favored 

 with fine honey, both comb and extracted, correspond 

 with the superintendent of the New York apiarian 

 exhibit with a view of sending in an exhibit. There 

 will be absolutely no expense to the exhibitor, further 

 than the extra pains he takes to produce fine exhibi- 

 tion honey, and in the extra care taken to ship the 

 same in a manner to minimize danger of breakage. 

 Orel I,. Hershiser, Superintendent. 



GLEANINGS AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 



I desire to express my gratification over the result 

 of thf small "ad " the 'Pere Marquette R. R. is run- 

 ning in Gleanings. It has attracted attention and 

 brought forth requests for further infonnat'on from 

 Oklahoma to Ontario, Can. W. C. Tousey. 



Toledo, O., May 1. 



