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NO. -• SECTIONS, Ol'KN 4 SIDKS. 



Our friends who order No. 3 se tloiis will, some of 

 thorn, have to be dis;i|>poinlod iinles.s tliey can use 

 them open 4 sides. Thiic arc ver.\ few places where 

 a seiM ion open 4 sides will nor work jusi as well as 

 the rejriilai' open-top inui-lioi loin sections. Over in 

 Europe they iige at least twice as many sections 

 open 4 sides as they do of the 3 opcuing-s. W" can 

 supply the No. 3. 4 openiiijrs. 3 inch, l\i. I's. l?i. and 

 7 to foot. Wh.on you order Xo. 3 grade, let us know 

 in order if we m;iy send tlie sections with 4 openings 

 provided wc are not able to supply iIidsc with 3 

 opening^! in No. 3 jtrade. If you order from any of 

 our branches or wholesale dealers, advise them as 

 well, if you etin use tliose with 4 openings. 



BUSINESS BOOMING. 



We never had quite such a run of orders as we are 

 having this spring. If we were no better oi-panized 

 for taking care of so much business promptly than 

 we were in 1890 we should be hopelessly behind As 

 it is, we are working a man in every available place; 

 and in the wcx)d-working department two turns of 

 workmen keep the machinery going 22 hours out of 

 the 24. In the shipping department tiien^ are sev- 

 eral wlio are working 14 or 15 hours almost every 

 day to get orders oti promptly. By these extra 

 eflforts we are able to keep the goods going out as 

 fast as the orders come in, so that orders do not re- 

 main in our hands unfilled verv long. 



We have shipped a carload of 430,000 sections and 

 numerous other goods to M. K. Madary, of Fresno, 

 Cal., who is the principal supply dealer in Central 

 California. Another car has gone to Buell Lamber- 

 son, Portland, (>i- , our agent for Oregon and Wash- 

 ington. Two carloads, the fourth and fifth for this 

 season, to Jos. Nysewander, Des Moines, la., have 

 been shipped since our last. We have also shipped 

 one to our Chicago branch, and are loading another 

 for same place as we go to press. 



We have also shiiiped the; ninth car for export for 

 the season, this one going to London. Wm. Box- 

 well, of Patrickswell, Co. Limerick, Ireland, is oiir 

 wholesale representati\e for the British Isles. He 

 has stores i . London, Liverpool, and GlHsgow, and 

 has had five carloads of goods of us this season. 



Special Notices in the Line of Gardening, etc. 



By A. I. Root. 



SWEET-POTATO PLANTS. 



As we now have an excellent stock we will make 

 the Yellow Jersey and Early Peabody, 25 cts. per 100, 

 or$2.C0perl000;eitherof the vineless sweet potatoes, 

 bunch yam, or General Grant, as you choose, 40 cts. 

 per IfX), or $3.00 per 10(0. If wanted l>y mail, add 25 

 cts. per 100 for postage and packing. 



BEET SEED FOB MAKING SrOAR. 



We are finally prepared to furnish the very best, 

 giving the largest per cent of saccharine matter, and 

 the kind most generally used for the purpose, at 

 the low price of 1.5 cts. per lb. ; .5 lbs. for 60 cts.; 10 

 lbs. or over. 10 cts. per lb. If wanted by mail, add 

 the usual 9 cts. per lb extra for postage and pack- 

 ing. We have two kinds. 



H.AVE YOC GIVEN ALL YOUH FRUIT-TREES A THOR- 

 OUGH SPRAYING? 



Our apple-orchard, and, in fact, all of our fruit- 

 trees, were thorr)uglily sprayed when tlie leaves 

 began to show. Then t hey were thoroughly sprayed 

 again just before the blossoms began to open. The 

 spraying was done with the Boidi-aux mixture, 

 with J4 lb. of Paris green in every barrel. We not 

 only gave the new leaves and blossom buds a thor- 

 ough drenching, but we took pains to make the so- 

 lution rundown the limbs and trunk of the tree. 

 The latter I regard as specially important. The 

 limbs and body of our fruit-trees are very percep- 



tihly improved since we began this thorough spray- 

 ing. Tlie trunks are clean and smooth, and the 

 wood has a thrifty, healtli.v look. Our I'urrant- 

 bushes were given the same treatment. We expect 

 to spray tliem two or three times more after the 

 blossoms have fallen. Von need not be afraid of 

 rain unless it should wash off the mixture before It 

 gets dry. 



THE WET WEATHER. 



1 do not know how it is with you, friends, but 

 right here we are having a tremendous time in get- 

 ting our ground in condition. I have plowed one 

 pivce to get in some cabbage, caulillower, and early 

 potatoes when it was too wet. The teamsters scold- 

 ed, and the hor.ses remonstrated, and I made up my 

 mind I would not try to work ground again when it 

 was in that condition; but the condition has been 

 getting worse pretty nearly every day since; but the 

 cal)bages and cauliflower are doing pretty fairly, 

 even if they have not had any cultivating, and the 

 potatoes are coming up pretty well. It is very well 

 to say," Wait till yoiirground isdry enough to work 

 nicelj'." But suppose it gets to be the first of .June, 

 and you have not got any thing planted. Our Alas- 

 ka peas, put in in March, are now a foot high, and 

 we are looking every day for l)lossoms The plant- 

 beds are all booming; but that is about the only 

 place where we can make garden at all. Never 

 mind; there will be all the better demand for early 

 .stuff when we get it. 



POTATOES TO BE GIVEN AWAY. 



We still find ourselves wit h more or less of a stock 

 on hand of all the potatoes in the list below, except 

 Carman No. 3; and for the rest of the season we 

 make every reader of Gleanings the wonderful 

 offer that we made just about a year ago. Every 

 one who sends us i^l.OO for Gleanings, past, pres- 

 eni, or future, may select a dollar's worth from the 

 table below; or you may have Gleanings for one 

 year for every dollar you send us for potatoes. You 

 can send Gleani.\gs ^''here you choose, or the pota- 

 toes either. We give the table once more to facili- 

 tate making your;, selection. We have seconds of 

 only the following: Thoroughbred, New Queen, 

 an<l New Craig. Of these three we cm furnish sec- 

 onds at half the prices below. 



Varieties are in order as 

 refrards time of matur- 

 in;;; earliest first, next 

 tarliest second.andso on. 



White Bli.ss Triinnpli .... $ 

 E. Tlioro'bred, Maule's* 



Early Ohio 



Early Norther 



Burpee's Extra Early 



Freeman 



New Queen 



Rural New-Yorker No. 2. 



Sir William 



Cai-man No.l 



Carman No. 3 



Koshkonontr-. 



« 2.50 

 3 50 

 2 00 

 1 50 



1 50 



2 00 

 200 

 2 50 

 2 50 



Now. even if you do not want the potatoes to 

 plant, in many localities they are well worth the 

 money for table potatoes at this time of the year; 

 and if you have never tasted of a genuine Freeman, 

 I would advise you to liave a barrel of these, grown 

 by T. B. Terry, for your table— thnt is, if you want 

 something c.rtra. At the present writing, May 11, 

 tliey are, the most of them, in almost if not quite as 

 good order as when put in last fall. 



.maule's early thououghbhed. 

 This, although not the earliest potato we have, is 

 undoubtedly the best early potato so far as yield 

 and qualilii are concerned. All things considered, I 

 believe it has given us the larg st yield of any pota- 

 to we ever planted; and the general decision, the 

 country over, indorses our opinion. Now, in order 

 that everylwdy may have a cliance to get a good 

 start with this very valuable new potato, we make 

 the following exceedingly liberal offer: 



A barrel of THOR<jrGHBREDS FOR ONE NEW SUB- 

 • SCRIBER. 



These, of course, will be seconds; but you may 

 have half a barrel of firsts for one new subscriber. 



