1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



391 



n ouncp of dwarf «ood to sow wti(>n T plant my 

 ittiic(>-b(>d. Mks. L. .). PACiK. 



Faribault, Minn., Apr. 12. 



NGMSH MI'I.Tin.TKH ONIONS. AND WHAT THEY 



AKK WOHTII WHKItK THKV OUOW THEM 



BY THK IIUNDKKI) ACHKS. 



^f)•. 7?oot;— After reading your articles on 

 liun -raising, and request to know who had 

 iiglish iMultipliors for sale, I wrote to tlie 

 ostinastei' of .Middleport. N. Y., making in- 

 Liires about who raised them near there. To- 

 ay I received an answer from H. H. Hid ford, 

 ahnsons Creek. N. Y., who says he will sell me 

 bush(>ls. good stock, for *7.75. He says lie has 

 (Id 11.') bushels at tliat price, and has .500 

 ishels more on hand. I have wanted some 

 rer since I came here, but wouldn't pay 25 cts. 

 ir pint for them, and 15 cts. postage. I used to 

 lise them when living in Missouri, and I must 

 ly they are the best onion for family use I 

 rer raised. B. G. Scothan. 



Rogersville, Mich., Mar. 27. 

 [The above are the yellow English INIultipli- 

 s, if I am correctly informed. Those we have 

 en offering for sale, and now offer for sale, 

 e the white multipliers, a much handsomer 

 lion for early bunch onions. If I am correct, 

 >ese multipliers are very much better keepers 

 that is, far less likely to sprout, than ordinary 

 lions. Our white multipliers are almost en- 

 •ely without a sprout— firm and solid, and yet 

 e yellow and red onion, and even the various 

 nds of onion-sets, are sprouting badly in spite 

 us. The shallots also seem hard and firm 

 id unaffected, while all the common onions 

 e sprouting and becoming soft.J 



Ind. Orders hnvo been coming!- in ;ii ;i lively rate, 

 and the fioods have heen frolii'.; mil just as "lively, 

 for we lire right up with orders, and ship Koods 

 within two or three d;iys afler orders ie;irh lis, un- 

 less for odd or speci:il jroods. or somelhiiiff we are 

 out of for the lime hetiji- In :i few such e igesor- 

 dens may ho dehived ;i few davs lon{>-er As a rule 

 however, the {roods g-o oil' promptly, and the kind 

 words received from our cusioniers for i)rompt 

 shipment and supf-Hor qunlity of {roods received en- 

 courajre us to redouble our ett'orls to please all who 

 entrust their orders with us for j^oods required. 



HONEY, COMll AND E.XTK.M'TKD. 



We Still have ii slock of choice comb and extract- 

 ed honey on hand to dispose of. The comb in one- 

 pound .sections, in 1(10-11). lots, we offer at 14i4c. or 

 for the lot of 300 to K) ) lbs., Itc. Less than 1(K) lbs., 

 15c per lb. No. 3, or fair, at 10c per lb. iu 100-lb. lots 

 or more. 



Choice extracted honey, clover and basswood, in 

 60-lb. cans, two in ;i case, at 8c per lb.; lots of two 

 cases or more at 7'/4c. White sag-e honey !4c less. 

 We have a bbl. of a little over .50i) lbs. of mostly 

 bMsswood honey of very tine quality, that we offer 

 on cars at Plattveville, Wis., at 6Mc per lb. 



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.JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. 



I f liny of our readers not too far distant have any 

 ■ |i:iiiese buckwheat seed for sale we should be 

 I'asrd to hear from you with sample, stating- how 

 luh you have to sell, and at what price you hold it. 



FREEMAN POTATOES. 



\s we go to press we find we have left about 10 



shels of .second size, and between 50 and 60 bush- 



of No. 1; but at the rate they are going-, they 



a not last many days. All other kinds are nearly 



It, except Monroe Seedling. These are still keep- 

 r nicely, and will fill the bill nicely for late plant- 

 -> Later.— Rural New-Yorkers sold out. 



EXPORT TRADE. 



^s we go to press we are loading a car for New 

 •rk, with goods for export. This makes the third 

 'load of goods for export within six weeks. Most 

 these goods go to Australia, some to the West 

 lies, and some to Europe. These exjiort ship- 

 nts include over 100,000 two-inch exira-pulished 

 lions for England. 



GLOBE LAWN-MOWERS. 



Ve quote a reduction of .50 cts. each on the prices 

 awn-mowers given in our catalog-, on pngeSn, to 

 ■ readers and their friends. There is no better 

 jap mower made than the Globe. We h;ive had 

 e in use on our lawn for live years, and it runs 

 ly and does splendid work. With above reduction 

 i prices will be, for lOincli, $3.50; 12-in., ¥3.75 : 

 in., 14.00; 16 in., $4.25; 18-ln., $4.50. See advertise- 

 ■nt on cover page. 



BUSINESS TO DATE. 



I7e have just shipped a carload of hives, sections, 

 J assorted supplies to Vickery Bros., Evansville, 



SLICED WOOD SEPARATORS. 



Since we have been furnishing sawed wood sep- 

 arators there has been a much smaller demand for 

 the sliced ones, which, though not as straight and 

 durable and nice to use as the sawed ones, yet an- 

 swer a good purpose. Many prefer to use them but 

 once, and then throw i hem away. We have quite 

 j a large stock of the following sizes, which we ofler 

 at reduced prices to move them oft: 



314x17 and ]7'4' in. at 20e per 100, $1,50 per 1000. 



3)^x18, or any k-ngth we can make by cutting off 

 these lengths, 2'k- per 1(K), $1.75 per 1000. 



43^x17. slotted both sides, 30c per 100. $3.00 per lOtX). 



t^xis, slotted both sides, 35c per 100, $2..50 per 1000. 



4 '/4xl8, slotted botli sides, and .slightly colored or 

 mildewed, 25c per 100, S2.00 per 1000. 



BEESWAX ADVANCING. 



The market price of beeswax is on the upwar 

 move, and to keep in touch witli it we offer till fur- 

 ther notice 25 cents per lb. c:ish, or 28 cents in trade 

 for average wax delivered here. All wax is refined 

 as soon as receiv^ed, and we can not otter for sale 

 ;iny of this refined wax at less than 33 cents per lb. 

 We make no advance in the price of comb founda- 

 tion as yet, but if wa.x advances any more the price 

 of foundation will have to go up with It. Wa.x- 

 dealers claim that price is likely to advance still 

 more before we get through this season, but we do 

 not look for much if any further advance. Comb 

 foundation will be no lower this season, it is certain, 

 and it may he higher; it is, therefore, a good time to 

 buy what you need before there is an advance in 

 price. 



CREAM SECTIONS. 



We are entirely sold out of 1 "'i and li§ cream sec- 

 tions, and can not supply any more of these widths 

 in this grade. We have some 7 to foot and 2 inch, 

 which, not being very desirable widths, we will let 

 go at $1.50 per KOI, to close out. Part of the 2-inch 

 are open all around. Of old stock white we still 

 have lii. open top ai'd open all around; also Ifg clos- 

 ed and open top. IK closed and open top; 7 to foot 

 closed and open top; \y, open t\\ o and four sides, at 

 S3.50 per lOn^; 20^0, $4.50; 51X)0 lor $10 00. Sections 

 at Bankers, Mieh., are all disposed of or returned 

 here. Tliose offered at St. Paul at special prices 

 may still be had. We have most of tlie large odd 

 sizes, enumerated in our last issue, on hand yet. 



vegetable-plants MAY 1. 



Well, friends, we have been having a tremendous 

 trade as ii'^ual. We have been .sold short on Prize- 

 taker onion-plants, .Iers'\v Wakefield and Early 

 Summer cabbages. In fact, we are short on all of 

 these jnst now. We have plenty of the following: 

 One-year asparagus-roots— good strong ones; horse- 

 radish slips; cauliHower plants: all kinds of tomato- 

 plants; but 1 wish to say right here that I do not 

 lielieve it advisable to order tomato-plants long 

 distances. They are so tiMider and fragile, that, 

 unless great care is taken in packing, they are liable 



