GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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gPECITIIi piBTICE?. 



MANUM'S SWARMING DEVICE. 



The swarming-device mentioned and described in 

 the department of Recent Devlopements, else- 

 where in this issue, we sell for 75 els. each, or $6.00 

 lor ten. It weighs lbs., and will hold a swarm 

 suspended from the basket, anywhere from a to 10 

 feet from the ground. 



SOUTHERN PRIZE TURNIP. 



Well, friends, we now have a seven-top turnip 

 that not only gives blossoms for the bees, and 

 greens for early spring, but it also gives a nice tur- 

 nip that will stand in the ground over winter— at 

 least it did 6tand over sr.ch a winter as our last one, 

 here in Ohio. We can furnish jou the seed at the 

 same price as our old seven top turnip; namely, 

 5 cts. per packet; 10 cts. per ounce, or 60 cts. per 

 pound. 



IONOTDM TOMATO -PLANTS. 



As we have several thousand of these on hand 

 yet, we offer them, until the stock is exhausted, at 

 the price of common varieties; namely, 10 cts. for 

 10; 75 cts. per 100, or $6 0:> per 1000. As the plants 

 are quite large and strong, if wanted by mail they 

 will be just double the above prices. If set out at 

 once, they will give a fair crop of tomatoes in most 

 localities, before frost. Livingston's Beauty, Mi- 

 kado, and Dwarf Champion, will be furnished at 

 just half the above prices. 



POULTRY-NETTINO FOR PEA VINES. 



On page 510 of our last issue I stated that the 

 poultry -netting that 1 used for our Alaska peas 

 was li4-ineh mesh. This was a mistake. T should 

 have said 3 inches and No. 20 wire. But I made an- 

 other mistake besides. Even the 3-inch mesh can 

 not be sold for 50 cents for a bale of 150 feet. The 

 regular price would be 67 cents, and 65 is about as 

 low as we can figure it. When I give you any more 

 figures on poultry-netting, 1 will try to submit them 

 first to our purchasing clerk, Mr. Calvert. The 3 

 inch mesh is exactly as good as any thing smaller. 

 In fact, 1 prefer it because the mesh is large 

 enough to reach through and pick the pea pods 

 that are on the other side. 1 am not sure, in fact, 

 but that a 4-inch mesh, if we could get it of fine 

 enough wire, would have satisfied the peavines 

 just as well as the 3 inch. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



In our issue for June 1 I told you we should 

 probably have good strong plants ready for ship- 

 ment as soon as that number was in the hands of 

 the readers. Well, we had very nice-looking plants 

 with great bushy tops; but the roots were so poorly 

 developed that we have not even now filled our 

 orders. The sooner you get strawberry-plants 

 started, the better prospect for a crop next season. 

 We shall plant out strawberries ourselves in July, 

 'August, September, October, November, and may 

 be to some extent in December. But every month 

 counts largely. The July-set plants will be away 

 ahead of those set later, but our supply will proba- 

 bly be limited, although with the abundant rains 

 they are doing an immense business in the way of 

 making new plants. There isone of the new things 

 in gardening, however, that we can furnish you in 

 any quantity, and they are ready to ship now. It is 

 the Egyptian, or winter onion. These this season 

 have fully sustained their reputation. We have 

 now had them three winters in the same spot of 

 ground. We never knew an onion to be winter- 

 killed, and they are such strong growers that they 

 crowd out weeds and every thing else. Just get 

 them started on some good ground, and you will al- 

 ways hive early onions, almost with no attention 

 whatever. Like the strawberries, the sooner you 

 get them in the ground, the better. Wherever ear- 

 ly peas or early beets, or any thing of the kind, 

 comes off, just drop the seeds in a drill as you would 

 peas, and in a very few days you will be delighted 

 to note their wonderful growth. They not only 

 bear sets on the tops, but they bear them out on the 

 sides, and seem to do every thing that an onion can 

 do to multiply and replenish the earth with onions. 

 Price 10 cts. a pint; $1.25 a peck, or $ 4. (X) a bushel. 

 If wanted by mail, add 8 cts. per quart for postage. 



AN ATTRACTION FOR FAIR-EXHIBITS. 



Some of our old customers will remember that 

 we used to advertise and furnish sections 4^ in. 

 square, with fancy-shaped center, such as stars, 

 hearts, diamonds, etc We have not made these of 

 late, but we have had frequent calls for letters to 

 be filled with comb honey by the bees, to form mot- 

 toes. We have never been well equipped for mak- 

 ing these till now. We have a full set of pattern 

 letters to work from, and they are of such a size 

 that three will till an S-section wide frame, the 

 openings forming the letters being about V/ 2 in. 

 high and 5 in. wide. M and W, of course, are wider, 

 and / narrower. The letters are of the following 

 pattern : 



FAIR, 1889. 



The price will be 10 cts. per letter or figure. With 

 thin foundation inserted, 15 cts. per letter or figure. 

 In ordering, if you will write the letters in the or- 

 der you want them, we can make 3 letters in one 

 piece, just right to slip into a wide frame. Or if 

 jou don't happen to have a wide frame, simply 

 tack a bar on top, to suspend it from, and hang it 

 in the hive without a frame around it. The 4 fig- 

 ures, 1889, will go in a frame. To make the letters, 

 we simply tack two Vinch boards together, mark 

 the letterj and jig it out on a scroll-saw. To put in 

 the foundation, separate the boards, lay a sheet be- 

 tween, and tack them together again. We make 

 the letters large, because the bees will work in 

 them more readily, and they are much more con- 

 spicuous when filled. 



PREMIUM OFFER. 



To those intending to make an exhibit, and who 

 will agree to distribute judiciously the circulars we 

 will send, we will furnish free one letter or figure 

 for each dollar's worth of goods ordered, if the or- 

 der amounts to $4.00 or more. If foundation is in- 

 serted in each letter, we will furnish 2 letters for 

 every $3.00 worth of goods ordered. 



JAPANESE • BUCKWHEAT, 



500 BUSHELS SOLD ALREADY. 





Now is just the time to sow it. We once harvest- 

 a crop of gray buckwheat seed that was sown Aug. 

 10. We do not advise such late seeding, as the 

 frost is apt to cateh it before it is ripe. From the 

 1st to the 20th of July is the best time to sow. We 

 have plenty of seed yet, $2 00 per bushel; $1.25 per 

 % bushel; 75 cts. per peck; 10 cts. per lb. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



