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PASTrKA(;E AND OVERSTOCKING. 



it with limotliy. The latter helps it to stand. It is as good 

 for honey as white clover. 



704, The raspberry furnishes a most delicious honey. 

 In flavor it is superior to that from the white clover. The 

 sides of the roads^ the borders of the fields^ and the pas- 

 tures of much of the "hill-countrv" of New England, and of 



Fig. 159. 



ALSIKE CLOVER. 



(From Vilmorin-Andrieux, Paris.) 



the great Northwest, from Wisconsin to Alaska, abound with 

 the wild red raspberiy. When it is in blossom, bees hold 

 even the white clover in light esteem. Its drooping blossoms 

 protect the honey from moisture, and they can work upon 

 it when the Aveather is so wet that they can obtain nothing 



