1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



475 



not mean to complain of thorn oithpr, mind you) 

 charge only ."tO cls. if you pay cash down; and 

 thai is very reasonable. IJut tiie pineapple 

 costs only lo cts., instead of 50. Now, this dis- 

 covery of mine is by no ni(>ans new. The whole 

 wide world, almost, unites in recommending 

 lemons for biliousness. Well, I used to use a 

 good many lemons ; but they do not seem to 

 work nicely in a good many cases — at least, not 

 when I am living on mill< largely. The acid 

 seems to be rather harsh. Nature had had 

 lemons until they had got to be an old story. 



Do you say that we can not all be so notional 

 about what we eat? Perhaps not ; but any 

 physican will tell you that a change of air, a 

 change of scene, or even a change of diet, often 

 does wonders. A near relative of mine was 

 once near the point of death, and 1 believe she 

 was mostly given up by physicans. After a 

 little, peaches were ripe, and they commenced 

 squeezing the juice out of a few nice ripe ones 

 into a teaspoon, and feeding it to the invalid. 

 She called for it almost continually, and the 

 life-giving nectar built her right up. 



It is almost strawberry time. About the sea- 

 son that strawberries come, they are welcomed 

 by thousands. Thank God, too, that, with the 

 improvements and energy given to the straw- 

 berry industry, we are able to feed the world 

 with strawberries; that is, we generally suc- 

 ceed in feeding them until the biggest part of 

 them say enough. I have told you something 

 about how I always get well and strong during 

 strawberry time. The strawberry seems to 

 furnish a sort of antidote, or neutralizer, for 

 this bitter element in milk (I wonder if the 

 latter expression is either sense or science), 

 and therefore I can eat strawberries and drink 

 milk to my heart's content, and grow strong 

 and happy on them. Now, lemons are not 

 just the thing to go with a milk diet; but I 

 know strawberries are — at least, in my case; and 

 my impression is, also, that pineapples would 

 answer safely in the same way. 



By the way, some time ago I saw pineapple 

 juice advertised as a medicine. They said it 

 was bottled up where pineapples were grown, 

 and was furnished at a comparatively low price 

 because it was made from fruit that could not 

 well be marketed. Ever since I read that 

 advertisement I have a sort of longing for pine- 

 apple cider. I think that is what they call it. 

 I do not like the word •" cider," however, be- 

 cause it suggests a fermented beverage ; dud I 

 am sure my health at least— physical health as 

 well as spiritual — demands the pure fresh juice 

 of the fruits. I am told that grape juice, when 

 properly canned up, just as it is expressed from 

 the ripe fruit, makes a most healthful and 

 nourishing beverage. Now, is there not an 

 opening right here for a big industry in furnish- 

 ing sick people with a wholesome and cheap 

 medicine in the shape of bottled fruit juices? 

 By the way, if Gleanings happens to go into a 

 locality where pineapples grow, will somebody 

 please give some light on this subject? Who 

 can furnish us pineapples and pineapple juice 

 right straight from tlie producer? 



NOTICE TO ILLINOIS BEE-KEEPERS. 



The Second Annual Report of the Illinois 

 Bee-keepers' Association is out. Any one who 

 desire a paper-bound copy can have it by for- 

 warding to the secretary S cts. to pay postage 

 and wrapping. We shall probably have cloth- 

 bound copies enough to furnish all who may 

 become members of the Association, at any 

 time during the year. None but members are 

 participants in the statistical report gathered 

 during the honey season (at intervals). 



Bradfordton, 111., May l.i. Jas. A.' Stone. 



We have to-day. May 31, picked our first 

 quart of strawberries from the open fields. Of 

 course, they came from Michel's Early. 1 think 

 I shall continue to grow at least a row or two 

 of Michel's Early, no matter if a great deal of 

 fault is found with it, so long as it continues to 

 furnish us ripe berries before any other variety. 

 We have a dozen plants of the new Rio, but 

 shall not be able to test them fully until an- 

 other season. The Parker Earle, at present 

 writing, is about the handsomest grower of any 

 thing in the strawberry line. The foliage is a 

 beautiful peculiar shade of green, and the 

 leaves seem to be perfect; and I have never 

 seen any berry blossom more fully than the 

 Parker Earle. The only reason why we do not 

 give it the preference over all others for a fer- 

 tilizer is because it is exceedingly late. If used 

 together with Michel's Early or some other 

 equally early plant, it would fill the bill nicely; 

 but we hardly wish to be obliged to plant two 

 kinds of fertilizing plants with our imperfect- 

 blossoming varieties. 



SPRAYING IN A NUTSHELL. 



So many questions are being continually ask- 

 ed in regard to spraying mixtures, that, even 

 though it is a little late in the season, I have 

 thought best to copy the following from a recent 

 bulletin from the Ohio Experiment Station: 



The following' preventions and remedies have 

 been thoiongbly tested, and found to be effective In 

 controlling ttie insects and diseases named, provid- 

 ing directions are followed: 



1. Bordeaux mixture— Copper sulphate (blue vit- 

 riol), 4 pounds; quicklime, 4 pounds; water, 40 g-al- 

 loiis Put the copper sulphate into a cloth sack 

 and suspend in a bucket of water, as it will dissolve 

 more readily than if put directly into the water. 

 Slake the lime and make a milk of lime, which pour 

 into the copper-sulphate solution, after which add 

 the requisite quau.ity of water. 



2. Copper carbonate— Copper carbonate, 6 ounces; 

 ammonia, 2 quarts : water, 40 gallons. Dissolve the 

 copper carbonate in the ammonia, using sufficient 

 only of the latter to effect solution (ammonia varies 

 in strength, hence the exact quantity required can 

 not be statedi, after which dilute. 



3. Potassium sulphide (liver of sulphur)—! ounce 

 dissolved in 4 gallons of water. 



4. Paris green or London purple — 4 ounces dis- 

 solved in 40 gallons of water. 



5. White hellebore powder— 1 ounce dissolved in 3 

 gallons of water. 



6. Pyrethrum or buhach— 1 ounce dissolved in 3 

 gallons of water. 



1. Corrosive sublimate — 2 ounces dissolved in 15 

 gallons of water. 



8. Kerosene emulsion — Dissolve M pound hard 

 soap in 2 quarts hot water; add while hot 1 pint of 

 kerosene and mix with a pump; dilute with 5 gallons 

 of water. 



For apple-scab, which injures both fruit and foli- 

 age, u.se No. 1, making the first application as the 

 buds are opening, the second just before the time of 

 blooming, the third as .soon as the blossoms fall, 

 and the fourth a week or ten days later. To kill the 

 apple-worms, use No. 4 in combination with No. 1 

 for the third and fourth spraying. 



Pear and quince trees should be treated in the 

 same manner. This i)revents premature leaf-drop- 

 ping, scabby fruit, and the work of insects. 



For plums and cherries, use No. 1 and No. 4 com- 

 bined, making four applications, beginning as soon 

 as the blossoms fall, and continuing at intervals of 

 one week or ten days. This prevents premature 

 leaf-dropping, also the work of the curculio. Where 

 a few trees are isolated, the difficulty in combatting 

 the curculio is greater; hence the spraying should 

 be more frequent; in some cases double the amount 

 may be required. 



For grapes, use No. 1, beginning when the buds 



