BEFORE 



purchasing colonies with imported queens, or home- 

 bred queens, Italian Queens, COMB FOUNDATION, 

 and implements in bee-culture, write for circular 

 with prices, and sample of comb foundation free. 



Fifty good Colonies ofCommonBeet, in box 

 hives, for sale at $3.50 each. Address, 



CHAS. DADA1NT & SOW, 



Hamilton, 111. 



Material Ready to Nail ! 



For Prize Boxes, sawed from white basswood or pine, 

 one side planed smooth by machine, to fit glass 5x6 

 inches or less : 



In lots of 500 to 5,000, per 1,000 $7 00 



more than 5,000, per 1,000 6 00 



Material for Cases, according to size ; material for 

 Improved California Boxes, sides put together, ac- 

 cording to size. SEYMOUR RUGGLES, 

 3-tf Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



^A.T REDUCED RATEST 



1879-Early Italian Queens— 1879. 



Imported and home-bred Queans, Nucleus Colonies, 

 Full Colonies. For qualiiy and purity, my stock of 

 Italians cannot be excelled by any in America. 



If you want the best Movable-Comb Bee-Hives, 

 suited to the Southern climate, Honey Extractors, 

 Bee-Veils, Smokers, Feeders, Cloves, or bee-fixtures 

 of any kind, send for my new Circular. Address, 



1-0 Dr. J. P. H. BROWN. Augusta, Ga. 



ITALIAN BEES" 



Price-current in gold, for the year 1879, of the Api- 

 cultural Establishment of L. R. Lambertenghi, Ber- 

 gamo and Gorlago, Italy. 



For the United States, North America. 



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5 50 5 00 



4 50 4 00 



3 50 3 00 



3 00 2 00 



14 00 

 12 00 

 10 0U 



A— Fecunded Queens, pure race, with 



the necessary accompaniment of 



bees, post free to New York : 

 For an order of 1 Queen $8 50 $8" 00 $7 50 



2 " each 7 00 50 6 00 



3 " " 6 00 



4 " " 500 



5 " " 400 



" " over 5 Queens. .. " 3 50 



B— Swarms, or colonies, post free to 



New York : 

 For an order of 1 swarm or colony... 11 00 10 50 9 50 

 2 to 5 colonies, each.. 9 00 8 00 7 00 

 over 5 " " .. 7 00 6 00 5 00 



C— Common hives, post free to N. Y.: 



For an order of 1 14 00 



" 2 to 5, each 12 00 



over5, " 10 00 



D— Hives with movable combs, post 

 free to New York : 



For an order of 1 16 00 .... 16 00 



from 2 to 5, each 14 00 ....14 00 



over 5, " 12 00 .... 12 00 



The transport post free to New York, from thence 

 continues to its destination at expense of the person 

 who gives the order. For an order of ten articles an 

 eleventh is included gratis, as a recompense in case of 

 eventual loss during the voyage. An order letter A 

 for more than 25 Queens at a time is entitled to a dis- 

 count of 5 per cent., and one for more than 50, a dis- 

 count of 10 per cent. The necessary nutrition for the 

 voyage and packing is included in the price. I guar- 

 antee for the purity and fertility of the Queens that 

 I send, it being my interest to merit your commands. 

 The order must be accompanied with its relative sum 

 anticipated, or at least a half for those given a month 

 or two back, paying the other half at the appointed 

 date before the exportation. Postoffice orders, either 

 international or consular, offer the easiest and secu- 

 rest way of payment. In order to fulfil everything 

 according to the wish of those who honor me with 

 their commands, I beg the same to forward me as 

 early as possible their orders, with their precise ad- 

 dress, that of the post office, and nearest railway sta- 

 tion or sea port, indicating at the same time the com- 

 mission agent with whom they wish their goods to be 

 left on their arrival in New York, to be reforwarded 

 to their destination. With profound respect, 



LUIGI RUGGERO LAMBERTENGHI. 



Sweet Home Raspberry. 



For Comfort and Health every garden should 

 supply its owner with Fruit ; it is the foundation 

 and beginning of happiness ; it makes the counte- 

 nance brighten, the world look gay, delightful and 

 sunny ; it makes happy homes, and healthy, cheerful 

 people to live in them. 



For hardiness, easy culture, quality of fruit, earlv 

 and constant bearing, there is none that equals the 

 Black Raspberry. It has been wonderfully improved ■ 

 by cultivation and crossing. 



In 1873 I produced a seedling of Lum's Everbearer, 

 which is Btill growing near my front gate. In 1874 and 

 since, it has been admired by all visitors for the great 

 amount and large size of its fruit. 



Having the peculiar sweetness of its parent, it makes 

 it the most delicious berry for the table, preserving or 

 jelly. It being the firmest berry grown, makes it the 

 best for canning and drying. 



The Sweet Home canes grow upright and stocky;. 

 but few thorns ; increased from tips ; never has win- 

 ter-killed ; ripens two weeks later than Doolittle. and 

 continues till blackberries ripen ; the fruit continues 

 to hold its large size till the last picking. It bears 

 such immense crops that the canes must be cut thor- 

 oughly back or tied up, or it will be as one fruit man 

 said when beholding it, " Loaded to the ground." We 

 have picked frdm one cane of Sweet Home, one thou- 

 sand and fifty (1,050) berries, filling 3 quarts ; there 

 were two more canes from the same root. 



The clusters, as seen in the colored fruit-plate of 

 Sweet Home, average from 25 to 30 berries each. 

 Their large size and firmness, together with the close- 

 ness of the berries in a cluster on the outside of the 

 bush, enables me to get them picked for one cent less 

 per quart than other varieties 



The editor of The American Bee Journal, or 

 any of the following persons, may be written to in 

 reference to my reliability, or qualities of Sweet 

 Home : 



Being a general merchant of New Boston, 111.. I 

 have handled many varieties of raspberries. The 

 past season 1 have sold, among others, the SWEET 

 Home, and found it superior to all others in size, fla- 

 vor and firmness. Their firmness will enable them to 

 be shipped a long distance with less shrinkage and 

 keep one day longer in market than any other variety 

 we have handled. I have spoken for Mr. Palmer's 

 whole crop of Sweet Home raspberries next year. 

 C A. Ballard. 



We, the undersigned, members of the New Boston 

 Cornet Band, on the 4th of July last visited the berry 

 plantation of Sweet Home ; we there saw many 

 varieties, our eyes and appetites doing justice to test 

 their variations. The stocky canes of Sweet Home-were 

 loaded to the ground with the largest, best flavored ber- 



O. H. Bell, F. Swertpeger, W. B. Danpord, 

 En. Alyea, Mozart Danpord, Geo. Signor, 

 Wm. Hunt, J. Bell, Lloyd Myers. 



I grow and handle fruit ; have ordered l.COO plants 

 of Sweet Home. Their flavor, size, firmness and 

 freeness from bleeding (the less bleeding of juice the 

 longer they will keep from souring), will make them 

 very valuable for shipping and handling. 



Capt. H. B. Southard. 



T. McWhorter, of Aledo Nursery, this county, in> 

 his circular of nursery stock says : " Sweet Home- 

 Valuable ; well tested on my own grounds." 



The Sweet Home raspberry has done finely ; bush 

 grows thrifty and stocky: berries very firm; ripens 

 from 12th to 31st of July ; size decidedly larger than 

 any other black cap I have seen. Should call it a fine 

 berry for marketing. E. W. BREWSTER. 



Kingston, Plymouth Co., Mass. 



The following is from the father of bee-keeping in 

 this county. He runs from 200 to 300 colonies of bees, 

 also considerable fruit : 



I never saw the Sweet Home equaled in size of 

 berry. The bushes were loaded to the ground with the 

 most delicious finely flavored berry I ever ate. I shall 

 set largely of Sweet Home this season. 



Eliza, Mercer Co., 111. Jesse Bogart. 



We sold all the plants we had to spare last season, 

 and now offer you by mail 1 strong plant for 25c. ; 12 

 for $1.50; 100 for $6.00: by express, 1,000 for $30.00. 

 Colored Fruit-Plate 9x11 of Sweet Home for 20c. 



Doolittle, Mammoth (Muster, Miami, Seneca, Da- 

 vidson's Thornless. Golden Thornless, 10c. each, 60c. 

 per dozen, by mail ; $1.50 per 100, $10.00 per 1,000 by 

 express. 



Ganargua, Lum's Overbearer, Philadelphia, Bran- 

 dywine, Turner, 15c. each, $1.00 per dozen, by mail. 



Address, B. D PALMER, New Boston, 111. 



