1897 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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coldest weather we have had here for fully 25 

 years, If I am correct; but I am happy to say 

 that our little greenhouse across the way came 

 through it all, just smiling. Nobody went in- 

 side it from Saturday morning until Monday 

 morning. Of course the exhaust steam was 

 shut off Saturday night, but the hot ground 

 kept the hot water circulating all day Sunday; 

 and even Monday morning, before the engine 

 started, the lines of hot- water pipes were plain- 

 ly visible through the frost overhead on the 

 glass. The house contained lettuce, and it had 

 been making most wonderfully rapid growth. 

 When I left home Dec. 1 I told the boys we 

 wanted the center beds arranged for sub-irri- 

 gation, and just 6 weeks later they showed me 

 the finest crop of lettuce, almost, I ever saw in 

 these very beds where they had done the work. 

 Sub-irrigation and hot-water heating by ex- 

 haust steam is certainly the thing for lettuce- 

 growing. At present writing we can't exactly 

 say whether our glass-covered beds outside 

 have sustained any injury or not; that is, 

 every thing was pretty well covered with snow 

 during the big freeze, and is yet, Jan. 30, 1897. 



MAULE'S EARLY THOROUGHBRED potatoes; RE- 

 DUCTION IN PRICE. 



The friends will remember that, some time in the 

 fall, I said if any reliable potato-grower offered po- 

 tatoes any cheaper than we did we would make the 

 price to correspond. We now notice that three or 

 I more reliable firms are offering- Maule's Thorough- 

 ! bred at $.5.00 per bbl.; therefore this will be our 

 price until further orders. Those who have pur- 

 chased at larger prices will please notify us at once, 

 and have the amount over placed to their credit. 

 We make this offer also in regard to any other po- 

 tatoes that we may offer for sale. We will make 

 our price as low as that of any responsible grower, 

 with this exception : A variety that becomes scarce, 

 and is sold out or nearly sold out, will not, of 

 course, be rebated. 



One pound, by mail, postpaid, 40 cts. ;3 lbs., by 

 mail, postpaid, 75 cts.; 50 stiong eyes, by mail, post 

 paid, $1.00: '/s peck, 50 cts. : 1 peck, 80 cts. ; 14 bush., 

 $1.50; 1 bush., $2.25; barrel of 11 pecks, $5.00. 



THOROUGHBRED AND NEW QUEEN FOR SECOND 

 CROP. 



I did well with the 1 lb. of Thoroughbred pota- 

 toes. First crop. .55 lbs.; 1 pefk. planted in July, 

 second crop, made m barrels. New Queens also did 

 splendidly. New Queens and Thoroughbreds ex- 

 celled Triumphs in West Tennessee for second crop. 



Lytle, Texas. F. J. Craddock. 



MAULE'S THOROUGBRED IN NEBRASKA. 



Mr. Root :— The pound 1 got of you last winter for 

 a new sub criher did pretty well. T got seventy-nine 

 pounds from one. The largest potato weighed 1 lb. 

 9 oz. Weighed six of them, and they weighed over 

 8 lbs. They are not as early here as advertised. We 

 have several hinds earlier. R. Chinn. 



Wakefield, Neb. 



THOROUGHBREDS IN OREGON. 



The one pound of Maule's Thoroughbred potatoes 

 you sent me as a premium yielded me 71 lbs. of fine 

 potatoes. Single specimens weighed from 2V2 to 3 

 lbs. J. Y. Kauffman. 



Veronia, Or., Nov. 30. 



THE NEW CRAIG FOR SPRING EATING. 



The early September frost caught them growing 

 ■well, and have shortened the yield materiallv. I 

 have 30 busliels, with the small ones out. They 

 are the finest spring eating potato I ever saw, and 

 bother very little about sprouting. 



Clark, N. T., Dec. 26. W. H. S. Grout. 



Special Notices in the Line of Gardening, etc. 



By A. I. Root. 



We have made a careful examination of tt ost of 

 the catalogs of reliable seedsmen, and find very 

 few seeds of any kind lower than our prices, and 

 these prices we are going to meet; viz , Yellow 

 Globe Danvers onion seed we will make 5 lbs., by 

 mail, postpaid, $3.00; and Prizetaker onion seed. 5 

 lbs., by mail, postpaid, $6.00. American Wonder 

 peas, $1.25 per peck; $4.50 per bush., f. o. b. Medina. 



QUALITY OF SEEDS. 



In regard to the rjuality of our seed: We are tak- 

 ing more painsthat we ever did before to get only 

 the best. Seeds that we grow ourselves we know 

 are all right; and those we buy of growers with 

 whom we are personally acquainted we feel sure 

 they are all right. Where so much is at stake, 

 there are certain kinds of seeds that we would not 

 purchase or take at any price uyileas it was from 

 some person who is not only reliable but has inter- 

 est enough in the matter to make them as careful 

 as ourselves. 



OUR AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, AND GAR- 

 DENING EXCHANGES. 



Price with Gleanings. 



Rural New-Yorker ($1.00) weekly $1 75 



Ohio Farmer ($1.00) weekly 1.60 



American Agriculturist («l.OO) weekly 1.25 



Country Gentleman ($2.50) weekly 3.00 



Practical Farmer ($1.00) 1.50 



Farm Journal (50c) semi monthly 1.10 



Farm and Fireside (50c) semi monthly 1.25 



American Gardening ($1 00) weekly 1.75 



Market Garden (50c) monthly 1.25 



Drainage and Farm Journal ($1.00) monthly. . . 1 75 

 Strawberry Culturist (50c) monthly 1.25 



Philadelphia and New York Branch of 

 The A. I. Root Co. 



I have decided, as 1 live (Wyncote) on the main 

 line between Philadelphia and New York, and do 

 considerable business that takes me to New York 

 repeatedly to ship goods from either place at Root's 

 current prices. This will enable all parties living in 

 New York State or New England to get goods for 

 very low freight. The A. I. Root Co. carry a large 

 stock at my place, and oiders filled and prices made 

 the same as if ordered from Medina. Address main 

 office, THE A. I. ROOT CO.. 



Wm. A. Selser, JVlgr. 10 Vine St., Phil.. Pa. 



Bargains in Second-hand Bicycles. 



We have on hand two ladies' Defiance bicycles, 

 made by ttie Monarch Cycle Co.. of Chicago, and 

 listed at $75.00. These are last year's models, and 

 were used by the women of Rootville last seaFon. 

 The two machines are in first class running order; 

 and as they were ridden but little they are practi- 

 cally as good as new. They have Garford spring 

 saddles, reversible handle-bars, li^g-inch tubing, 

 Morgan & Wright quick-repair tires. Weight, 25 

 lbs. each. Catalogs and particulars will be furnish- 

 ed on application. We will reenamel them, and 

 sell them for $40.00 each, or the two for $77..50. 

 Beeswax or honey at market prices will be accepted 

 in payment. Reason for selling— we are going to 

 have a tandem instead for '97 



The a. I Root Co., Medina O. 



Dovetailed Hives. 



Sections, Extractors. Smokers, 

 and every thing a Bee-keeper 

 wants. Honest Qoods at Close 

 Honest Prices. 60-page cata- 

 log free. 



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10R SALE.— 1000 lbs. nice comb honey in 12-lb. 



cases. L. Werner, Edwardsville, 111. 



t^"In writing adrertisers please mention Gleanings. 



