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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Ill 



wereorijvinally desijjiied for slatted sasli, or sasli fit- 

 ted with strips of j;lass:i inclics wide. 1 lia\(' st'vei- 

 al tinios spiikeii of these vent ilatetl ssislies. They are 

 specially adapted to oiuoii-i>lai[ts. In fact, we have 

 now be:uiiiful beds of onions that have had no cov- 

 er'ing- e.\ce|it these ventilated sashes, and the plants 

 are a gieat deal stronger and thriftier than where 

 tliey were protected by ordinary sasiiee. A large 

 class of plants that re(iuire a great amount of venti- 

 lation winter nicely under these, and we can put 

 them on in the fall and let them remain till spring. 

 They not only ventil.iie the plants, but allow them 

 to get the benefit of the rain when there is any. 

 But, to return to the new kind of sash. If you use 

 them without paint or putty, of coui'se the rain will 

 get through, as it does with the ventilated sash; and 

 if you are in a hurry to use tliem you can put tlie 

 sash together very rapidly, and the 8x10 glass will 

 slide into grooves almost of itself. Then put a nail 

 or screw at the bottom, and the job is done. 1 do 

 not now know how many years sash would last used 

 in this way without paint or putty; but anytime 

 w hsn you have decided to have them painted or 

 puttied it can be done. The liquid putty run into 

 these grot)ves all around (and between the butted 

 ends) the glass makes perhaps the most substantial 

 sasli ever handled. When it comes, however, to 

 replacing broken glass, it is not quite as easy as 

 where you have only to pull out the tins and scrape 

 the putty out. Well, now, let us get down to busi- 

 ness. We can send you one of these new sashes in 

 flat, as sample, for 65 cents; .5 in the Hat, 60 cents 

 each; 10 in the flat, 5.5 cents each. If you want 

 screws to put them together with, add 5 cents for 

 each sash. The holes are all bored so you know just 

 where the screws are to go. If desired we can put 

 on a priming coat before the stuff is put together; 

 and this is a very good way, be>jause the joints wiU 

 then all be painted, as well as the outside. Glass, 

 8x10, just right for the above, S:i.. 50 per box of 90 

 lights. As it requires '~i sheets of glass for a sash, 

 you can easily figure out the expense. Of course, 

 we can furnish sash put up, painted and glazed; 

 hut it is so much safer and cheaper to ship all in the 

 flat, 1 earnestly recommend this way. We can, 

 liowever, where" parties desii'e, ship them all put up, 

 painted, gla/.etl, and puttied, in lots of 5, for $1.75 

 each. I would not advise undertaking to ship a less 

 number than 5 finished sashes. Wliere they are 

 shipped put up, of course it is an extra expense to 

 box tliem so as to prevent damage in transit. When 

 they are shipped in the fiat, the expense of i)utting 

 up is very much less, and the railroad companies 

 give us a fourtli-class freight; whereas, all com- 

 plete they would have to go at first-class, and some- 

 times double first-class. 



BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



You will see, by the prices in our new catalogue, 

 that these have finally got down very neai' the price 

 of the pole limas— viz., 50 cents per quart for Bur- 

 pee's bush limas, and T5 cents for the Ku merle. 

 You may remember the latter is one for which 1 

 paid f T5 00 for a small handful two or three years 

 ago. The Kumerle is, in my opinion, the richest and 

 most luscious lima bean grown. I was right in my 

 convictions when I paid this large price before I had 

 learned how to manage it. It must not be put on 

 very rich gnjund, and it must be on sandy or grav- 

 elly soil, or else the ground must be ridged up, 

 something as you do with sweet potatoes. 1 would, 

 however, have the ridges broader than we have 

 them for sweet potatoes. Plant on top of the ridges, 

 and do not have the ground too rich, and you will 

 have no trouble in getting ripe beans; otherwise 

 you will have a great quantity of green ones, and a 

 large amount of foliage with beans getting moldy 

 if the weather should be wet. Witli the above pre- 

 cautions I think you may raise a good crop of Ku- 

 meiles in any oidinary corn-ground. 1 think 1 

 would put them in drills, having the plants stand 

 about a foot apart. They will then branch out 

 enough so as to cover both sides of the ridges. You 

 need not be so i)articular about Burpee's bush lima, 

 although I think the same treatment would bean 

 advantage. Burpee's is considerably the largest 

 bean, therefore the price is lower. At present 

 prices I am very suie it would be a good investment 

 to plant an acre. Sell all you can green, and take 

 some i)ains to have your crop dry properly, and you 

 will be sure to sell the dry beans easily for $8 00 or 

 flO.iKJ a bushel. The Kumerle is a magnificent bean 

 to be c ioked dry. You may remember that, when I 

 first made my decision in "regard to its Havor, I had 



a little dish of them for dinner; and afterward, 

 when no more could be had, 1 paiti about $;i5.(l0 for 

 about the same number I ate at that one meal. 

 Rather expensive eating. But! thought then, and 

 I think now, they are the most delicious food ibat 

 g-i'ows in the gaiden. Dieer's pole lima is viitually 

 the same thing-, liyou have never had a taste of 

 them, try them and see if 1 am not rigiit. We send 

 a small package of either for 5 cents; but 1 think 

 that at present prices, you can affoi'd to plant half 

 a pint any way. We starteu in tin; stjason with a 

 two-bushel bag of evch. I liardly need say that the 

 Henderson bush lima is not only hmall in size, but 

 inferior in quality to eitherof ilu- above. It has, 

 however, the meiit of being earlier than any thing 

 else in the line of lima lieans. See our new cata- 

 logue for further partii;ulars. 



ONION SEED Foil 1894. 



If you have been lookingover your seed-catalogues 

 you will notice there is quite a variation in prices. 

 The fact is, an effort was made in the fall to keep 

 onion Seed up; l3ut it has transjured that there was 

 a bigger stock in the country than they knew of ; 

 consequently there was quite a tumble in some 

 varieties. Wm. Heni-y Maule caps the climax by 

 offering to deliver 10 lbs. at any postoffice in the 

 United States, of ccrtdin varieiien, for $10. Ou; and 

 Buckbee, of Kockford, 111., follows close in his wake, 

 and offers to do the same thing-. Well, we will also 

 deliver 10 lbs., postpaid, to any postofBce in the 

 United States for sBlU.oO. The kinds are. Kxtra Early 

 Red, Red Wethersfield, and Yellow Globe Uanvers. 

 If ordered in less quantities than ;i pound, the price 

 will be $1.)H) per lb., postpaid. The two first are 

 varieties we have not sold for some years, for the 

 reason that a red onion does not bring as good a 

 price, generally, as a white or yellow one. Some 

 claim, however, that red onions are hardier, like the 

 red celery. This may be true. In fact, I rather 

 think there is something in it. Well, how about 

 the Globe Danvers, which we list at $1.75 per lb., in 

 our regular seed-catalogue'? Wtll, I can not tell 

 you. Tiie latter cost us a good deal more than a 

 dollar a pound. As to whether the cheap seed at 

 $1.00 per lb. postpaid is as good as the other, I can 

 not tell. The three varieties I have mentioned 

 above come from one of the largest if not tlie larg- 

 est wholesale seedsmen in the United States. And, 

 by the way, I have made some experiments with 

 high-priced seed and low-priced seed that trouble 

 me. 'The cheap seed somcli/dfs does just as well as 

 the high-priced. In fact, I have once or twice paid 

 great prices and got the poorest seed. In these 

 tests, mind you, however, the cheap seed always 

 came from a "large dealer and reliable seedsman. I 

 wish our experiment stations would tell us whether 

 we are likely to get better results by buying from 

 seedsmen whose prices are away up. Ihe above 

 exceedingly low offer on onion seed is for immediate 

 orders ouTy. We cm not tell how long- the stock 

 will liold out; but we will continue to fill orders 

 just as long as we possibly can, at the above prices. 

 If j'ou have the seed sent by freight or express with 

 other goods, you may deduct 8 cts. per lb. from the 

 above pricts. 



FREEMAN POTATOES. 



If you look over the seed catalogues that are com- 

 ing now into almost every home, you will find that 

 nobody offers the Freeman potatoes at anything 

 like the prices we do. Every seedsman who has had 

 them for sale has sold out, and has had to return 

 money each season since the potato was started. 

 Maule tells us, in his catalogue, of a man who 

 bought 4 lbs. of Freemans in IWtl, for which he paid 

 $8.00. He planted e\ ery potato, and did the best he 

 could with them. He did the same thing in 1893 

 and '93, and last fall he sold the resulting crop for 

 over $0000. If we knew just what new potato or 

 new any thing else was going tt) continue to hold 

 public favor, we might make money " right smart." 

 Please notice, no more Freemans are offered for 

 sale at the prices ottered last fall. For the present 

 rates, see prices in our new seed-catalogue; and our 

 supply will probably not hold out, even at these 

 figures. 



CAKI.OAD OHDERS. 



Since our last report we have received an order 

 for a carload of Dovetailed hives to go to Charles- 

 ton, Mo., for Alex. French. We have specifications 

 for three carloads for our Eastern depot at Syracuse, 

 N. Y., where F. A. Salisbury is in charge to take 



