1894 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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tion, but there have been quite a number of 

 them on my own grounds. We do not hiid 

 them on every bush, mind you, but, say, one in 

 every four or five hills— that is, one having 

 more or less of this extravagant growth, per- 

 haps onlv one in a hundred showing such a 

 mass of fruit as is shown in the cut -below. 



In regard to our offer, we are not at liberty to 

 sell a single plant for less than 50 cts., nor a 



is not to be counted on any other premium, and 

 von must get us a neiv subscriber— a.i least, one 

 who has not taken Gleanings for several years. 

 I may add, that the berries, so far as my expe- 

 rience goes, are the largest and most delicious 

 of any blackcap raspberries 1 have ever found 

 anv where. If picked before they are dead ripe 

 they are as firm to market as any blackcap 

 raspberry. When they are so ripe, however, 



A CLUSTER OF GAULT KASPIiEKBIES, FKOM A PIIOTOGKAPH. 



dozen for less than f5.00. But any one who 

 pays for Gleanings for 189.5 can have one Gault 

 raspberry for 25 cts. And now we will make a 

 still better offer. Any one who will send us a 

 new subscription can have a plant for his trou- 

 ble- that is. you, a sub.scriticr, show our jour- 

 nal'to vour friends, and get somebody who does 

 not already take it to subscribe, you sending us 

 a dollar, then you will get a raspberry-plant 

 without sending us any more money except tne 

 dollar. Of course, when you do this the name 



that they are ready to drop off— and this is, in 

 fact, the way I like them for my own eating— 

 they would be rather soft to ship. 



A POTATO STORY. 



On the 24th of April, 1894, the following letter 

 was placed on my table: 



Mr B(».^--Knowing that you are interested in 

 any thing new (when it is better than any tiling 

 else) I mail you a sample of a new potato I have. I 

 wish you would plant them and see how they yieia. 



