1897 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



309 



cts; I, peck, HO cts. Koniomber. tlie TlH)ro(iKJil>rod 

 Is probiitily the bost ylcUler juiioiifi: all tlu> t-urly po- 

 tiitdos: nnd in qiinlitti it is iioxt to Ilie Krooiiiaii. We 

 liiid soiiio for tlinnor yt'Stenlav, and It was a prettj- 

 hard mutter to di'cido wlutlu r tiie Kro» mans were 

 any ahead. Tlie Freeman is the better-shaped pota- 

 to when Krown on our soil; l)ut tliose fjfrown by 

 friend Manly, in MiihiKiui, are as jroort sliape as 

 any Freemans Our stock of Carman No 3 is just 

 sold out. 



LiUrr.— At the present writintr, April U. we have 

 plenty of jiotatoes to ^rive awav to our suhsciilnis. 

 of each of tlie following kinds: F/irly rhorou^rh- 

 bred. Early Ohio. Fieeiuan. New t.)ueen, Sir Willi mi, 

 Mauum's Enormous, and New Craijf. We have scc- 

 ftnils to p-ive away of only Thoroughbred, New 

 Queen, and New Craijr. 



We have :i limited sui>plv for sale of Early North- 

 er, Burpee's E.\tra Ktirly, Monnu- Seedling-, Rural 

 New-Yorker, ("arnian No. 1, and Koshkonong. The 

 latter we can flU orders for promptly, at prices giv- 

 en in table. Seconds are all gone of Early Ohio, 

 Freeman, and Rural New-Yorker. 



Name 



Varieties are in order as 

 regards time of matur- 

 ing:: earliest first, next 

 earliest second, and so on. 



WTiite Bliss Triumph .... J 

 E. Thoro'bred, Maule's* 



Early Ohio .... 



Early Norther 



Burpee's Extra Early — 



Freeman 



New Queen 



Monroe Seedling 



Rural New-Yorker No. 2.. 



Sir William 



Carman No. 1 



Carman No. 3 



Koshkonong 



Manura's Enormous 



New Craig 



*50 strong eyes, by mail, postpaid, $1.00. 



1 50 



2 00 

 200 

 2 50 

 2 50 



LATEST AND LARGEST OFFER YET M.ADE IN THE WAY 

 OF PREMIUM POTATOES. 



The New Queens are an early potato; in fact, we 

 have some testimony to the eflect that they are al- 

 most if not quite as etirly as any potato we have; at 

 least, this 1 know— they are in more of a hurry to 

 sprout in the spring than arjy other potato we 

 handle. Now, then, ours are beginning to sprout, 

 although they have not as yet sprouted so as to in- 

 jure them in any way for planting; and on this ac- 

 count they must be moved off quicKly; therefore, 

 until they are closed out we will give a barrel of 

 firsts to every one who sends us a dollar for a new 

 subscriber, and a barrel of seconds to every one who 

 sends us a dollar for a renewal, subject to the con- 

 ditions heretofore mentioned, that the new sub- 

 scriber must be in a new locality, where Gleanings 

 has not been gointr, and that the renewal shall be 

 from somebody who has paid up all arrearages; and 

 in both cases the monej is to be sent by somebody 

 who is at present a subscriber. A barrel of New 

 Queen firsts is worth 11.2.5; in fact, no other seeds- 

 man advertises them any lower than tins, that I 

 know of. A barrel of seconds is certainly worth 

 half price— 63 cents. Now, then, friends, if jou 

 want some nir-e early potatoes for immediate plant- 

 ing, make some of your relatives or friends a pres- 

 ent of Gleanings, and get a barrel of firsts, or pay 

 up your own subscription two or three years ahead, 

 if you want to do so, and get a barrel of seconds for 

 every year you pay for. 



SNAILS WITH GARDENING UNDER GLASS. 



When your plants, either in the greenhouse, hot- 

 beds, or cold-frames, are having their foliage eaten 

 off without your being able to find any insect or 

 otner enemy around, you can be pretty sure it is 

 snails, and they do t heir work in the night. We suf- 

 fered a good deal of loss from them until I deter- 

 mined to sit up all night if I could not find the cul- 

 prits otherwise. With the light of a lamp with a 

 good shade on it I found them' right at the mischief. 

 They are worse in damp w»"ather, and they get in 

 from the sides of the bed. Wlienyou see the plants 

 clear up against the outside boards nibbled off, and 

 nowhere else, you may know it is snails. The best 



remedy we have ever found is tobacco dust. If you 

 sprinkle it around the walls of the greenhouse, or 

 against the damp edges of your cold-frames and 

 hot-beds, you will probably see no more of thesnails. 

 Rt>niember, we now furnish KM) lbs. of nice tobacco 

 dust for only $1.7.5. For |)rlces in smallerquantltles, 

 see our seed and plant catalog. 



THE HOTCHKISS INSECT-POWDER DISTRIBUTOR. 



We may say to our readers that the implement 

 shown on page linti can be order.d ditert from us at 

 the same price as from the inanufael in ei's. We also 

 furnish with t lie machine an atlacliiiiein, not shown 

 in the cut, to throw a limited quantity of Paris- 

 green dust right dver the potato |)laiits when they 

 first come up. This attachment also serves to keep 

 tlie dust well awav from the lace of the operator, 

 and is <iiiite a convenience when the weather is the 

 least bit windy. We used one last season on our 

 IMitatoes, currants, and gooseberries, and on almost 

 every thing else, in fact, where insects troubled us. 

 Commence early to fight insect-foes— almost before 

 they get on your ground— and you will find it much 

 easier to keep ahead Until last season we had 

 more or less trouble with worms on our currants 

 and gooseberries. In spite of us they would get 

 the leaves trimmed off more or less. By using Paris 

 green as above, and commencing as soon as the 

 first leaves showed, scarcely a worm was seen on 

 the bushes during the season; and weattribute*our 

 great crop of currants and gooseberries largely to 

 our thorough dusting with Paris green very early 

 in the spring. Of course, you do not want to use 

 Paris green when berries of any kind are nearly 

 large enough to use. 



SOME OF THE NEW STRAWBERRIES, ETC. 



Some time last fall, Thompson? Sons, of RioVista, 

 Va., sent me half a dozen strawberry-plants named 

 "Eai'liest." We gave them good care, and to-da.v, 

 April 14, every one of the half-dozen is in blossom. 

 No other plants out in the open air have any signs 

 of blossoms at all. Of course, we can not tell yet 

 how they will turn out, but I think they are going to 

 bear berries earlier than any thing we ever got hold 

 of before. 



There are two other new strawberries that make 

 me happy every time I go past the bed where they 

 are growing. They are the " Nick Ohmer" and the 

 " Margaret." Of course, I have not seen them fruit 

 yet; but they are growing with such strong rank 

 luxuriant foliage that it i.i a pleasure to see the 

 progress they are now making day by day. The 

 plants cost us 25 cts. apiece, and on that account 

 we have been covering them with squash-boxes 

 every frosty night. The pane of glass on top of 

 the box gives them all the light they need, even if 

 the I30X is not taken off every day when the sun 

 gets well up. A little protection to strawberry- 

 plants during the frosty nights of April certainly 

 goes a great way toward making them early, be- 

 sides protecting the buds from frost. I have not 

 yet tried cotton cloth; but 1 firmly believe we could 

 get berries enough earlier by the use of cotton 

 cloth, rolled up as explained in the tomato-book, to 

 pay for the investment. You see we should tuen 

 have this matter of injui-y from late frosts right 

 under our thumb. 



THE HOT SUN DURING THE LAST OF APRIL. 



Look out for it in the middle of the day, especially 

 on recently transplanted plants. A little practice 

 will enable you to tell when they are suffering seri- 

 ous injury. Just before this time arrives, protect 

 them from the sun with shutters or cotton CK)th, or 

 both. Where the sun is very hot and the air very 

 dry, better put on the sashes just as you would keep 

 out the frost, then cover the glass almost entirely 

 with shutters. I say oZmosf entirely, because plants 

 are better with a little light, if they do not get too 

 much; and they are belter with a little air if they 

 do not get too much ; therefore you can provide the 

 right quantity of both by leaving the sashes and 

 shutters a little space apart. All this takes time 

 and fussing, I grant; but when orders are waiting 

 for plants you can not affor'd to leave any stone un- 

 turned in order to push tlierji forward ; and where 

 every thing is done just right, plants will grow atan 

 astonishing rate; and if you Inn the plants you will 

 soon learn to enjoy with a keen zest prt)tecting 

 them and providing for them so as to make them do 

 their very best. 



