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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



BUSIWESS^^s^^ 



PRESENT PRICES ON ONION-SETS, POTATOES, ETC. 



Until further notice, tlie price of onion-sets and 

 potatoes Mill be as below. Price of onion-sets here 

 given are to be taken instead of those in our 

 catalog. 



Yellow Danvers, quart, 15c; peck, $1.00; bushel, 

 $3.00. Prizetaker, quart, 25c; peck, $1.50; bushel, 

 $5.00. American E.Ytra Early Pearl, quart, 30c; 

 peck, «1.75; bushel, $6.00. New White Multiplier, 

 quart, 15c; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.50. Yellow Eng- 

 lish Multipliers or Potato onions, quart, 10c; peck, 

 60c; bushel, $1.75. On Egyptian Winter onion our 

 prices are already away below those of any other 

 seedsman we know of. 



White Victoria onions, same price as Prizetaker. 



All of above onion-sets half-price where they run 

 larger tlian one inch in diameter; 10c per quart ex- 

 tra when sent by mail. 



PRICES ON POTATOES FOR SEED THIS FALL. 



Until further notice we offer potatoes for next 

 year's planting at the following low prices. As 

 heretofore the prices will probably be much higher 

 next spring. Of course, orders tins fall should be 

 sent in before there is danger from frost. To be 

 perfectly safe, it had better be before Nov. 1. 



Price of Early Ohio, Early Puritan, Lee's Favor- 

 ite, and Rural New Yorker potatoes: Peck, H6c; }i 

 bush , 60c; busliel, $1; one bbl. of 11 pecks, $3..50. 



Freeman potatoes, one peck, 40c; H bush., 75c; 1 

 bushel, fl.25; one bbl. of 11 pecks, $3.00. 



One pound of any of above by mail, 20c; 3 lbs., 45c. 



Any of the above potatoes, second size, half the 

 above prices. 



STRAWBERRY-PLANTS. 



In addition to those mentioned in the catalog, we 

 can furnish Michel's Early and Timbrell. Michel's 

 Early, .so far as our experience goes, ui) to the pres- 

 ent time, is the earliest berry that bears enough to 

 be profitable. It is also an excellent fertilizer. 

 Price as per catalog. The limbrell, at present 

 writing, would be, perhaps, the leading strawberry 

 were it not for the fact that it does not color up as 

 well, especially at the tip, as some others when 

 fully ripe. 



Price of Timbrell, 25c for 10 plants; $2.00 per 100; 

 $15.00 per ICOO. 



NEW LIST OF PRICES ON HIVES. 



A good many customers, in buying complete hives, 

 have l)tMri disappointed in not finding, among the 

 mateiial sent, nails to put the hives together; while 

 others have expected also foundation-starters for 

 the frames as well as for the sections; and this, 

 notwithstanding the fact that our list plainly states 

 that neither nails nor starters for broud-f rames are 

 included with any of our hives at the prices quoted. 

 There are good reasons why complete hives should 

 Include both these items. The required nails to put 

 up all hives shipped in tlie fiat must be supplied, 

 and very few have the necessary kinds and sizes, 

 except as they buy them, and very often they can 

 not be had in your hardware store. As we buy 

 them in large quantities, and from long experience 

 know what sizes and kinds are best suited t^o the 

 various parts of the hive, it seems most appropriate 

 that we Hiclude nails with all hives sent out. 



With regard to foundation-starters for the brood- 

 frames, the case is not quite as clear; and yet there 

 :ire more reasons for including than for leaving 

 them out. Veiy many use full slieets of founda- 

 tion; and, to d I this, would have to order an extra 

 supply; but the same can be said of starters fur- 

 sections. Pruhiibly more use full sheets in sections 

 than in brood-frames, while we furnish suthcii'iil 

 for only a one-inch starter, and that is all we pro- 

 pose to include for the brood-friimi'S. In either 

 case, the foundation is sent in full siu ets, to be so 

 used if desired, or to be cut up into starters if the 

 pnrcliaser does not use any moi-e than ^^ e send. 

 Very many, especially beginners who do not appre- 

 ciate the value of comb foundation eii<)ugh to oi'der 

 it sepaiately, would be led to nse it, and to And out 

 what a help it is in securing sitaiyht even combs, 

 and learn the nuiny otluM' ath ; ntajies gained from 

 its use. 



The addition of nails and foundation-starters for 

 frames requires a revision of prices. In making 

 the new list of pricts we have made a few other 

 changes. The sale of hives with T supers has been 

 so small that we deem it best to drop them out of 

 the list. These hives were numbered 3 and 4, and 13 

 and 14. We have applied these same numbers to 

 the hives we have been listing as Nos. 8, 9, 18, and 

 19, so as to liave the hives numbered consecutively. 

 We are also, for the first time, ottering the hives for 

 extracted honey furnished in two ways, similar to 

 the comb-honey hives. For instance, Nos. 3, 4, and 

 5, 13, 14, and 15, will include, besides frames and 

 division-boards, as formerly, nails, foundation- 

 starters for frames above and below, and a queen- 

 excluding honey-board; while the same numbers, 

 with E affixed, will omit the foundation-starters and 

 honey-boards. 



All Dovetailed chaff liives at list price include the 

 telescope cover, because it is scarcely a satisfactory 

 wintering hive without it. Those desiring the flat 

 or gable cover instead, can have either at a reduc- 

 tion of 25 cts. per hive, as will be seen by the table. 

 We will change our method of packing, so that deal- 

 ers wlio keep our hives will not have to keep so 

 large a variety. Extra supers with furniture will 

 be put up in packages by themselves. If you do 

 not know what proportion of 1% and 2 story hives 

 to order, we pack tliem all as 1^ story; and what 

 2-story you want are made by e.Yti-a supers with 

 furniture. If, for instance, you want .500 hives, 300 

 IV^-story, or No. 1, and 200 2 story, or No. 2, we ship 

 500 No. 1 with 200 extra supers complete packed in 

 5 and 10 lots. Then if your sales of No. 1 should 

 overrun 300, you will have no repacking to do, and 

 you can, if you wish, sell extra supers to those wlio 

 liave bought IH-story hives, and desire later to 

 make them 2-stori'. 



DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF DOVETAILED HIVES. 



No. 1 Dovetailed hive, 8-frame, 

 complete, a l>^-8tory hive for comb 

 honey, as shown. Fig. 74, includes 

 bottom- board and cover ; a body with 

 eight improved Hoffman thick-top 

 frames and plain division-board; one 

 supei- with a follower and wedge; 6 

 section-holders with slotted separa- 

 KiG. (4. tors, sections, and foundation starts 

 ers for frames and sections, and nails. 



No. lE is the same hive leaving out sections and 

 starters; everything else mentioned is included. 



No. 2 Dovetailed hive, 8-frame com- 

 plete, includes a bottom and cover, 

 a body witli 8 Hoffman thick-top 

 frames, division-board, 2 supers with 

 followers and wedges, 12 section- 

 holders, with sections, separators, 

 and foundation-starters for frames 

 . and sections; also nails; making a 

 2-story hive for comb honey, as 

 FIG. 75. shown. Fig. 7.5. 



No. 2e is No. 2. with sections and starters omitted. 

 No. 3 Dovetailed hive, 8-frame complete, a l^^-stoi-y 

 hive for extracted honey, as shown in Fis:. 74, in- 

 cludes bottom, covei', and body, with 8 Hoffman 

 full-depth frames and division-lioai'd; 1 super with 

 8 shallow Hoffman frames and follower, including 

 nails, foundation-starters for both sets of frames, 

 and No. 13 zinc honey-board. 



No. 3e is the same hive leaving out foundation- 

 starters and honey-board. 



No. 4 is a 2-story hive, furnished like No. 3, with 

 one more super and contents added to each hive, as 

 shown in Fig. 75. 



No. 4k is the same as No. 4, leaving out starters 

 and honey-board. 



No. 5 Dovetailed hive, 8-frame, com- 

 plete, is a 2-story hi\ e for extractor, 

 and includes bottom and cover, two 

 liodlcswith 16 Hottman fiames and 

 two (li\ ision-boards: nails, founda- 

 tion-staitets for frames, and No. 13 

 zinc honey-board. 



No. bE is the same as No. 5, with 

 starters and honey-botird omitted. 

 ,-,. No. 6 is the same as No. 1 except 



*"'• '"■ that it has 4 D eases with 24 sections 

 and staiters for same (no separators) instead of 

 section-holders. 

 No. 6e is No. 6 with spctions and starters omitted. 

 No. 7 is the s;ime as No. 6, e.xcept that it has 8 D 

 ciises complete, and one exti-a super. 

 No. 7e is No. 7 with sections and starters omitted. 



