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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 1. 



the Tirabrell has a queer way of showing a 

 mottled white and red on one side, when the 

 berry is not perfectly ripe. This may be a 

 small fault, but it is a fault after all. The 

 Shaffer's Colossal raspberry has had to take a 

 backseat just becauseof its mottled appearance. 

 iSome of our customers were afraid ourspraying 

 solution had got on to the berries. Many of 

 you have doubtless heard of or seen advertis- 

 ed the Marshall strawberry, because the plants 

 have been held at the enormous price of ?10.00 a 

 •dozen. I examined the dozen plants at full bear- 

 ing, at our Experiment Station. The foliage 

 was beautiful, and of immense luxuriance. The 

 berries were large, of good shape, nice color, 

 fine flavor, firm enough to handle well, and it 

 almost seemed as if the berry were without 

 fault. Friend Green smilingly remarked, that, 

 if there wereenour//i of them, it would be hard 

 to find its equal. Like the beautiful Gandy, it 

 seems to be a shy bearer. At Matthew Craw- 

 ford's I found it just the same. I suggested to 

 friend Green that we always get a large price 

 for the Gandies. 



" Yes, Mr. Root, that is true; but you sit down 

 and figure it out, comparing your Gandies with 

 other good varieties, and you will find that you 

 will have to get not only twice as much per 

 quart, but perhaps three times, to produce the 

 Gandies profitably." 



This is a thing we should consider, friends. 

 Now, there are a few other varieties that 

 promise very fairly; but I have not yet decided 

 to add them to our list of six. One variety 

 which I have tested, and which seems very 

 •desirable, is the Muskingum; also the Beverly 

 and the Iowa Beauty. We may hear from 

 these later. 



The managers of our Ohio Experiment Sta- 

 tion have tested almost if not quite every new 

 strawberry advertised, no matter what the 

 price. Many of them— in fact, the greater part 

 -—they find have nothing to recommend them 

 over other well-known varieties. For instance, 

 the Shuckless, which has been so widely adver- 

 tised, is not any more shuckless than the War- 

 field, and ever so many other kinds. When the 

 Warfield is well ripened, you can strip off hand- 

 fuls of berries, having them leave the stem like 

 raspberries. But few purchasers, I think, will 

 ■want his berries in that way. after trying it. I 

 tried pulling off berries from a row of Shuck- 

 less. and then from a row of Warfield; and I 

 •never should have guessed that the Shuckless 

 berries were '=huckless unless the label or some- 

 I)ody had called my attention to it. 



stowell's eveegreen sweet corn. 



Since the communication on page 519 of our 

 last issue, we have received the following: 



Mr. Root: — You give an account of onion- 

 plants in " High - pressure Gardening." I 

 thought I was doing a big thing on sweet- 

 potato plants. I have sold 4.5. CKX) plants at 2.5c 

 per 100. on a bed 100 feet long and Ci wide. I 

 have lots of plants yet. This b^d was full of 

 onions before sweet potatoes. I also had quite 

 a trade on onion-plants, tomato, cabbage, and 

 ■so on. Our strawberries are about all gone. 

 VVe have picked 175 bushels, and one picking 

 for Saturday yet. 



The Stoweli's evergreen sweet corn I got last 

 year did boss. It all grew. Send me half a 

 tushel more of the same kind. 



J. W, Nicodemus. 



Newcomerstown, O., June 21. 



Of course, the above does not settle the ques- 

 tion; but it shows that the same lot of corn 

 grew well in some localities. 



BUSINESS^' :fe; 



HONEY WANTED. 



We should like to li ear from our readers nearby 

 who litive clioice comb or extracted honey to otter, 

 stating how much you have, and the price. We 

 have a fair trade in honey, and are practically sold 

 out. We have some ;iOtl lbs. of last year's bucli- 

 wheat comb honey, wlilch we will close out at 10c 

 I)erlb.; have also some choice white- sage extract- 

 ed in 60-lb. cans, 2 in a case, at 8c. We hav^e secured 

 no new honey yet, tliough we hope to iiave it with- 

 in a week or two. We wish to iiear from those having' 

 it for sale; will pay all we can afford to for choice 

 honey, consistent with present condition of honey 

 market. 



MASON .JARS. 



To those of our customers who can not do better, 

 we are prepared to furnish Mason jars at the fol- 

 lowing prices until further notice: We have pints, 

 quarts, and lialf-gallons, all of which take the same 

 size caps. Pint jars, per box of 1 doz., 60c; per box 

 oredoz., S3.2,5; quart jars, per box of 1 doz.. 65c; 

 per box of 8 dozen, $1..')0; half-gal. jars, per box of 1 

 doz., 85c; per box of 6 dozen, *4. 75. There is prob- 

 ably no glass jar more universally used for canning 

 fruits, etc., than tlie Mason, and many use it for 

 selling extracted honey, because, when emptied, it 

 is still of use. 



NO. 25 JAR. 



For a smaller glass jar than the Mason, one to 

 hold a pound of honey, and self-seal, there is noth- 

 ing that we find quite so good as the No. 25 jar 

 shown in our catalog. Our sales of tins jar, and the 

 testimonials from those who have used it, confirm 

 our opinion. It is of clear glass, with glass cover 

 and rubber ring, secured by a nickel-plated rim 

 which screws on securely, sealing the jar. We 

 have them packed in two ways. For those who 

 wish to ship or store honey in the jars, nothing is 

 better than the partitioned case holding two dozen 

 of the jars. This may be shipped with the jars flUed 

 or empty, without any additional packing. 



No. 35 "jar. 2 dozen in case, $1.40; 6 cases, $8.00; 30 

 cnses or more, at $1.25 a case. 



No. 25 jar. 1 gross in a bbl., $7.00. 



Lots of 5 bbls. or more, $6. .50 per bbl. 



POUDER SQUARE .JARS. 



Walters. Pouder, of Indianapolis, has gotten out 

 some new square Hint jars, made by natural gas, 

 and put up 100 in a crate. They are the same shape 

 and size as the Muth jars, without the straw liive 

 on the side, but in its plac^, " Warranted Pure 

 Honey." The 5 and 8 oz. jars require corks same 

 «ize. Prices as follows: 

 .5-oz. jars, no corks, per 100, $1.75; corks, per 100, 20c. 



8-.IZ. 2.40; ' 30c. 



1-lb. 3.10; 25c. 



We can supply them at these pfices; and in lots of 

 5(10 or more. 5 per cent discount. Shipped direct from 

 Indiauaptjlis, lud., or from here. 



STANLEY AUTOMATIC EXTRACTORS. 



We still have left of 

 the Stanley Autoraat'c 

 extractors 3 four-frame 

 machines. We got 

 these with other stock 

 when we bought out 

 E. K. Newcomb .some 

 three years ago. We 

 liad originally some 20 

 I or more machines, and 

 t he stock is now worked 

 down to 3 four-frame. 

 The regul;ir price at 

 which these fc 'ur'-f niine 

 machines sold was $20, 

 without gear. We offer 

 these, to close out, at 

 $10; or for $14 we will 

 put on the bevel gear 

 used on our Cowiin ma- 

 chines, or one of that pattern. This machine, with 

 gear, used to sell for $38.00. Remember, we can not 



