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la.EANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Jan. 1. 



fFriPiKl P . vvp are greatly obliged to you in- 

 deed It eertaiiilv does make a vast difference 

 ill your hunch onions ill regard to the appear- 

 •anceof the tops, and your boards are just the 

 thing to l<eep every thing orderly and system- 

 atic If a lot of onions are dumped into a bas- 

 ket and then pulled out one at a time, the tops 

 would be draggled and untidy; and. besides, 

 one can worli ever so much faster where things 

 are arrang.-d in a methodical way. as you trie i- 

 tion We iiave had experience with tlie White 

 Victoria and Prizetal<er. in just the way you 

 mention I have tried transplanting them to 



the greenhouse: but some seasons we get lust 

 as nice onions, or perhaps nicer, by leaving them 

 outdoors Of course, we can not have them so 

 early as where they are put into a greenhouse 

 or cold hot- bed. such as you describe. And, 

 a'^ain, wliere they are left outside, too much 

 freezing and thawing sometimes injures them 

 greatly. Our onions for forcing, we usually 

 take up before they have been frozen and thaw- 

 ed very mucli. and put them into the cellar. I 

 have never tried pits, but very likely they would 

 do better. We sometimes put them into hot- 

 beds while frozen, but they seldom do as well. 



Sun-Ir Von have heard that 



You should also know that thcv arc the BEST SJ^J^DS that grow. You 

 can learn all about the choicest Vegetables and most beautiful Flowers in 



Burpee's Farm Annua! for 1894. 



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We liave just fonipleted several new iiiid exiH'iisive 

 iuUoiniitic machines tliat will tuiii out seetiniis that 

 in point of qunlity can not be r.rnJl,;!. Tliey ;nv sanded and polislied on l)oth sides. 

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 luinl)el' is low. 



A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



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J. M. Jenkins, Wetumpka, Alabama. 



(W\n re.spondlnt; to this ntlvertiseiiu-iit mention Qlkanikijs. 



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