1897 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Champion of England. Pint, 10c: pk. 75i-: 

 bushel, «;~'.50. 

 Peas by mail will be at same rate n» beans for postage. 



PEPPERS. 

 Sweet Spanish. \ oz. Sc. ; oz. 20c. 

 Bnllnose. J« oz. 5c; <«. 12c. 

 Cayenne ^4 <>z. ^c- oz. 15c. 



PIIIWPKIIN. 

 Early Sugar. Oz. 5c; lb. 35c. 



RHUBARB. 



MfHtt's Victoria. Oz., 5c: lb., "..5c. 



Roots, 10c each; 50c for 10; $3..50 per 100. Small 

 roots postpaid by mail at above prices. 



RADISHES. 

 Early Scarlet Globe. Pkr. 5c; oz. .5c; lb 40c. 

 Wood's Early Frame. Oz 5c; lb. 35c. 

 Beckert's Chartier. Oz. .5c. ; lb. 40c. 

 Chinese Rose Winter. Oz. .5c; lb. 3.5c. 



SALSIFY, OB, OTSTEB PLANT. 

 New ITIaniniotli. From Sandwich islands. Oz 

 8c; lb. 60c. 



SPINACH. 



Bloomsdale Extra Curled. Oz .5c; lb. 18c. 



5 lbs. T.5c; 10 lbs. #1.25 



SQUASH, 

 iilant Summer Crookiieck. Oz. 5c; lb. 40c. 

 Hubbard. Oz. .5c; lb. 30c: 5 lbs. $1.25: 10 lbs. S2.25. 



TOMATO. 

 Ooldeii Queen. Pkt., .5c; oz., 1.5c; lb., $2.00. 

 Ignotiim Tomato. V^ oz 8c; oz. 15c; lb. $1..50. 

 Livingston's Beauty. Oz. 20c; lb' f2.C0. 

 DwarrCliampion. oz. 20c: lb. $2.00. 

 IiivIn:2;«ton'» New Stone Tomato. Oz. 20c; 



lb. $2.00. A very fine larsre tomato tor main crop. 

 Fordliook E-irly. TIh' best early tomoto we have 



tested. <)/, 3.5c: lb. $4.50. 

 Buckeye State. Oz., 20c: X lb., 60c; lb., $2.25. 

 Tropliy Tomato. Oz. lOc: lb. T.'. 

 Pear-Shaped Tomatoes. Oz. 20c: lb. *2.50. 



TURNIP. 

 Pnrple-top White-globe. Oz. .5c; lb. 30c; 5 



lbs. $1.25. 

 Yellow Aberdeen. Oz. .5c; lb. ^Oc. 

 Kread»>tone. Oz. ,5c; lb. .30c. 

 IVliite Egg. Oz. .5c; lb. 30c. 



Novelties for 1897. _ 



Davis Wax Bean. Pt., 10c; qt., 18c; 4 qts., 65c; 

 pk.,$1.25; bu., $4.00. 



Firs and most imijortant. perhaps, is the Davis wax bean- 

 Thi-i was liroiiKlit init liv Eugene Davis, of Grand Rapids, 

 Midi . tlie man who ^ave tlic world the Grand Ranld< let- 

 tuce. This wax • eaii may not Ije specially superior to others 

 in its crop of snap beans ; but it has one advantagre over all 

 wax beans chat have hliherto appeared. When it ripens it 

 gives a pure white l<idney-sliaped shell bean; therefore if 

 you do not succeed in selling your whole crop in the green 

 state you can just let them ripen, harve-t them, and what 

 you do not want to plant can be sold as a table bean. All 

 other wax beans are more 'm- U-ss colored and spotted, and 

 a white bean is the only on,, tlint ivill sell everywhere for 

 table use. The Davis wax lie m is .i~ c ,i Iv as any. as bright 

 and clean, as free from r\i-t..iiHl .hc luhy as laree yielders. 

 Some of the catalogs cl;iiin fliit if .xccls in one or all of 

 these particulars. After havintr urown quite a good many I 

 should call it fully equal to any, but I think not greatl.y su- 

 perior. We offer seed of our own growing at above prices. 



Earliest-in-the-^vorld Tomato. H oz., 15c; M 

 oz., 2oc: V2 oz . 40c; oz., 75c. 



In a test of nearly al I kinds offered this was nearly a week 

 ahead, and the.y gave us as nice, handsome, smooth toma- 

 toes as any "in the world." They are not very large; but as 

 it is quite fasiiion:ihle now to can tomatoes whole, these 

 will be .just fh,. ihiim-.for they yield wonderfully. Where 

 they are ;^ n ■ ii |ili iii \ ol room the plants will often blossom 

 and set mi., n nun mthe seed-bed. This will do no harm, 

 however, lor we 1 1 ,i n-plant them to the field with the blos- 

 soms and little tomatoes on; and these little tomatoes are 

 the tiist to ripen. The seed is of our own growing. We 

 would place the Fordhook next, as it is equally handsome, 

 an.l of good size, although it is about a week later. This 

 seed is also of our own raising, from selected fruit. Oz., 35c. 



American Coffee-berry. Package, .5c. 



This is probably a variety of the soja be ms. At first we 

 wcie inclined to think from the appearance that it was the 

 sti,,i«: biit ..ii mrikin'j- it into coffee we had to admit that the 

 ■ cril . . lie I \ 1- -.iin.thiiiL' (liHci .nt, and much more like gen- 

 ii i-. . [I . II I .M ii -. .iiiu' '" use coffee at all [ should pre- 

 I' ' ' 1 i . 1 : ' . 1 1 I hiiij |ii II ici pally, however, because it is 

 ipiiM I -III ti_' III o.iil 111 l.cini.' stimulating. Our stock is so 

 limited that we call tor the present furnish it only in tive- 

 cent packasijes. 



mil l.*>^ Banner Bean- Packase, 5c. 



This a plain white bean, looking much like the York State 

 marrow; but last season it gave us the largest yield of any 

 thing I ever saw with any of the bean family. At present 

 we can furnish the. seed only in five-cents packages. 



Northern Proliftc Upland Rice. Package, 5c. 



This will certainly grow in ordinary soil, for we had quite 

 a success with a little bed of it in our garden across the way. 

 It looks just like ordinary rice, but it seems to yield quite 

 well with ordin.vry care and culture. We can furnish it only 

 in five-cent packages. 



Wlilttaker Onions. Large— qt., 10c: pk., 7.5c: bu., 

 $3..50: small(sets)— qt., 18c; pk.,$125: bu.,$4 00. 



These have been so fully described during the past year 

 we will only ;oM th it ilii\ arc probably an improved and 

 exceediii|_'l V hmh .ai cu ni rotato onions. They can be 

 planted "m at .am 1 mi. in 111., sprintr or fall. They multiply 

 exactly I il<.- the Whih- Multipliers. Price of either the Whit- 

 takeror White .\Iiilli|ilicr. lait^e onions, just right to plant 

 out to produce small ones; or. small sizes (called sets) of 

 either of the above, as. above quoted. 



Bunch Yams and Vlneless Siveet Potatoes. 



These also have proved themselves a success during the 

 past season; but it is too early now to give prices of either 

 plants or tubes. As soon as the weather will permit we 

 shall be on hand with both. 



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