GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 1. 



feared we should never get any good berries 

 unless I pinched the runners off, which I did 

 on a few, and the berries are very much finer 

 and larger. The introducer says one dozen 

 plants will make & thousand on ordinary soil 

 In a single season. The shape is perfect. The 

 color is pretty light, and the berry is .soft. But 

 it, is so far ahead of every thing else in ripening 

 that I think it will be worth while to have at 

 least a small plot of it on which to open up the 

 season. It very much resembles Michel's Ear- 

 ly, but I think it is considerably earlier — prob- 

 ably just about as productive. My impression 

 Is that all berries of this class should|be plant- 

 ed in hills, and the runners kept off. 



WHAT STRAWBERRY AMONG OUR WELL-KNOWN 

 VARIETIES WILL GIVE THE GREATEST NUM- 

 BER OF BUSHELS PER ACRE? 



"Mr. Green, the Ontario Experiment Farm 

 have made a test of 121 varieties of strawber- 

 ries, including almost everything that is known 

 and talked about, and they have given the 

 number of ounces produced by one dozen plants 

 —that is, one dozen plants were put out and al- 

 lowed to make a matted row, and the berries 

 were gathered and weighed the next season. 

 Now, can you guess which plant gave the larg- 

 est number of ounces in the whole 121?" 



My remarks were made to Mr. E. C. Green, 

 who was formerly connected with our Ohio Ex- 

 perimental Farm. As I spoke he smiled good- 

 naturedly, tipped his head a little to one side, 

 and said: 



"The largest yield? Let me see. Why, I 

 shouldn't wonder if our old friend WarfleldhSiS 

 found a place oretty near to, if not quite at the 

 head of the list." 



Then I had a big laugh. As sure as you live, 

 Warfield heads the list of the whole 12i, with a 

 yield of 294 ounces. Edgar Queen comes third, 

 with 244. Haverland falls in line as No. 10, 

 with 205 oz. You may be sure I felt a little 

 pleased to find at least three that we have held 

 on to for many years standing so near the head. 

 Bubach comes along as No. 18, with a yield of 

 185 oz. Michel's Early is 48, 140 oz. I have not 

 retained this because of its large yield, by any 

 means, but because it was earlier than any 

 thing else, Jessie comes in 66 in the line, with 

 105 oz. On our grounds I think it would do 

 rather better than this, although it does not do 

 tiptop except during an occasional season. I 

 was a little disappointed to see the Marshall 

 put just one ahead of Jessie, and I was still 

 more surprised to find Parker Earle No. 91, at 

 only .56 oz. The truth is. the Parker Earle 

 wanted richer ground and larger quantities of 

 manure. 



Now, what do you suppose was the poorest in 

 the lot? Why, it is the Alpine Everbearing; 

 and it would hardly be worth while to give the 

 Alpine a place at all were it not that it fur- 

 nishes a few berries all summer long, and these 

 few have that wonderfully delicious musky 

 flavor. 



Let me now go back to No. 1. It has been 

 one of my favorites for a good many years, and 

 I feel like petting it a little, as below: 



" Dear little Warfield. it rejoices my heart to 

 see my faithful little friend given such ahigh 

 post of honor. Your berries are not as large as 

 the Bubach. Sharpless, and some of the newer 

 varieties, it is true; but not one of them all has 

 that beautiful rich garnet that makes it shine 

 like a gem, as you do down among the green 

 foliage. And there is no humbug about your 

 shining, either, dear little friend;"for whenever 

 one utters an exclamation of surprise at your 

 beauty— beauty in shape and beauty in color- 

 he gives place to a still more joyful expression 



of pleasure when he tastes that delicious tart- 

 ness; and I suspect, little friend, that if you 

 had plenty of room, rich soil, and had the run- 

 ners taken off, as we do with some of the newer 

 kinds, you would show us some wonders in the 

 way «f size thai you can not when everybody 

 lets you set the plants so thickly that it makes 

 me think of a family of children so large that 

 the good mother can hardly find food for them 

 all." 



CRIMSON CLOVER. 



Our crimson clover is now in full bloom, and 

 it is a sight indeed I learn from Prof. Thorne, 

 of the Ohio Experiment Station, that they also 

 have succeeded during this last winter in win- 

 tering it over. A neighbor was in here a few 

 hours ago, who says he has ten acres. It was 

 sown among corn at the last cultivating. He 

 thinks the stand was almost as good as mine. 

 He plowed it under, and is now going to grow 

 corn again on the same ground. From reports 

 received it seems to be succeeding well through 

 Northern Ohio, especially along near the lake, 

 and several reports have come of successful 

 wintering in York 8tate. 



POTATO-BUGS ON TOMATO-VINES. 



If you plant tomatoes on ground that pota- 

 toes have occupied the year before, you will be 

 sure to be troubled with bugs; and if you do 

 not look out they will eat up your tomato-vines 

 entirely. Dust them with Paris green, just as 

 you do potato-vines. Any of the dust-distrib- 

 uting machines we advertise will do it to a dot. 

 A very little of the Paris green suffices, and it 

 lays them out almost instantly. 



THE GLEANINGS CONTRIBUTION FOR THE STARV- 

 ING PEOPLE IN INDIA. 



We did not expect to open a subscription-list 

 in Gleanings for this purpose, but I do not see 

 but we shall be compelled to do so. See below: 



A. I. Root:— I read to day in your journal of the 

 f amlDPStricken people in India. Inclosed find $3.00 

 which I wish to send to them. I knew of no place to 

 send the money, so I thought you would see that it 

 reached them. Lydia Wagner. 



Calamus, Iowa, May 21. 



Mr. Root:— A woman in Kansas sent me this flve- 

 doUar bill, to liave me put a white wreath on a 

 friend's srave next Sunday morning'. I will put 

 the wreath on the grave, as she desires, but it 

 seems too bad for so little good. I will send it to 

 you, to send the quickest way to help some of those 

 famishing children in that land of darkness and 

 drouth. May the Lord's blessing go with it. 

 p'^ Pleasant Hill, Mo., May 26. _:_ Geo. M. Kellogg. f3 



Wei'wlll add S25.00 to the above, from the 

 A. I. Root Co., and forward the whole to Sec'y 

 Judson Smith, D. D.. Congregational House, 

 Boston. To save time I would advise contribu- 

 tors to remit oirect as above. You can, at the 

 same time, inform us what amount you sent, 

 and we will publish your letters, if brief, in this 

 department of (^leanings. God will surely 

 bless those who make a sacrifice to relieve 

 starvation and suffering. 



THE AIR- SHIP. 



I am told there is an air-ship, after all, and 

 they have it at the National Exposition at 

 Nashville. I am very well aware that they 

 have a balloon there that they call an air-ship: 

 but a balloon that goes wherever the wind hap- 

 pens to blow it is quite a different affair, dear 

 friends, from a ship that sails through the air 

 wherever one wants to go, as a steamship goes 

 over the water to its destination. 



