GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



July 15. 



Special Notices in the Line of Gardening, etc. 



By A. I. Root. 



THE THREE NEW STRAWBERRIES— CARRIE, DARLING, 

 AND EARLIEST. 



When I gave prices on page .502, last Issue, on 

 these three plants, I overlooked the fact that, when 

 I purchased them from Thompson & Sons, Rio 

 Vista, Va.. I was restrictec;, in offering- them, to 

 their prices. The Darling was a present to me, and 

 under the circumstances it would ill become me to 

 offer them for sale at less than their prices. In 

 view of this, our prices for the future will be $2 00 

 per dozen for Carrie :nid Earliest; S:3 00 per dozen 

 for Darling. At the above price you may have 

 potted plants by express or layer plants postpaid 

 by mail. Earliest and Darling show such wonder- 

 ful vigor th;it tliey have gone right through our 

 severe drouth without any watering up to date, 

 July 9; and we have, from our original half-dozen 

 plants in September last, something like 100 fairly 

 well-rooted. Of course, I can not tell how the 

 Darling and Earliest may turn out with a more ex- 

 tended trial out in the field; but I am s tlsfied that, 

 for extra early, thev are going to be of great value. 

 Carrie has bijea already sufficiently tested to war- 

 rant it a place, and the testimonials in its favor 

 from our Obio Experiment Sta'ion are enough to 

 induce all strawberry-growers to give it a trial. 



SOLD OUT. 



We are sorry to say that, at present writing, we 

 are sold out of both Carrie and Nick Ohmer. We 

 are going to try hard, liy the use of water and shad- 

 ing, to increase our stock so we can offer them 

 again later, but we can not tell you how we shall 

 succeed. We can furnish you all the rest men- 

 tioned on page 502 of our previous issue. 



PRICES OF GARDEN PRODUCTS, JULY 15. 



Wax beans are bringing 8 cts. per ^t., all we can 

 pick; early beets, .'. cts. per bunch weighing a 

 pound, and the demand is greater than the supply. 

 Early cabbage is 5 cts. per lb. ; cauliflower the same; 

 lettuce the same, demand good. Bunch onions, 

 American Pearl. 5 cts. al-lb. bunch; demand beyond 

 the supply; White IMultiplier, ditto. American 

 Wonder and Gem peas bring 5 cts. per quart; Strat- 

 agem, 8 cts Ra' isht'S, when we have any, 5 cts. 

 per buneii. Tomatoes. 5 cts. a qt. These are just 

 beginning to ripen in our greenhouses. New po- 

 tatoes are $1.00 per bushel, and the demand is be- 

 yond the supply. The above are all retail prices, 

 where things are taken around to the houses every 

 morning. Black raspberries bring 10 cts. per qt. ; 

 red ones biing from 12 to 14; currants, $1.00 per X 

 bushel; gooseberries, 5 cts. a quart— slow sale. 



NEW-CROP SEEDS AND PLANTS FOR SALE JULY 15. 



First we have crimson clover of our own growing; 

 but as the supply is lirjiited and the demand large it 

 will probably soon be gone; but we have engaged 

 a large stock of home-grown new crop, and expect 

 to be able to ship promptly during the whole sea- 

 son. 



We have a great lot of strawberries getting root- 

 ed: but they are hardly sufficiently established to 

 send (lut just now— at least not very many of them. 



Winter onion-sets are just ready to gather, ana 

 now is the best time to plant them. Price 5 cts. per 

 qt.; peck, 35 cts.; bush., $1.00. Whittaker onions, 

 large size, qt., 10 cts.; peck, 75 cts.; bush., $2. .50; 

 small ones, qt., 18 cts.; peck, $1.25; bush., $4.00. This 

 is the only onion that I know of that never sends up 

 a seed-stalk. It really does not know how, and I 

 am greatly in hopes it will never learn. The onions 

 are great whoppers, and will keep better tban any 

 other onion I know of, unless it is the White Multi- 

 plier 



We have White Multipliers now, quite hard and 

 firm, that were h;irvested a year ago; but this onion 

 has for the first time this summer sent up seed- 

 stalks. We have carefuly "rogued" our onions 

 that tried to send up a seed-stalk, and the?e are to 

 be cooked (not sold for seed) so as to discourage 

 this trait. White Multiplier is the same price as 

 the Whittaker. 1 can think of no reason why our 

 White Mhltipliers have sent up seed-stalks this sea- 

 son unless it is that they were planted rather earlier 

 last season, and made quite a growth before winter. 

 You know the season was very wet, and hence we 



had an unusual fall growth. Our American Pearl 

 onion-sets will be ready to gather by the first of 

 August. The price will be 20 cts. a quart; peck, 

 fl.tO; bushel, $350 If somebody else otfers genu- 

 ine American Pearl sets, true to name, any cheaper, 

 we will make lower prices, and we will also make a 

 rebate to an J body wlio has paid us a larger price. 

 All of these onions are to be plauted out in Sep- 

 tember. Witli plenty of wet the Multipliers may 

 be planted now, and they can be taken up and di- 

 vided and set again in September or October. I do 

 not know why these beautiful Multipliers and po- 

 tato onions are not more extensively used for the 

 table. They are certainly easy to grow and easy to 

 keep— at least in our locality. 



TIME TO sow BUCKWHEAT. 



Please note our very low j) rices ihis season— a two- 

 bushel bag fur only $1 10. Sow from half a bushel 

 to three pecks per acre If the ground is good, half 

 a bushel is plenty. The later the crop the better 

 the yield, providing it does not get nipped by the 

 frost. The heads ail much better in cold weather 

 than in hot. In most localities it is usually safe if 

 sown any time before the first of August. 



When potatoes are bringing a dollar a bushel, 

 don't let the bugs eat up the vines. Get up at day- 

 light, when the dew is on, and dust them with a 

 very little Paris green. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



Mr. Editor : 

 St:Ues Bec-ki't-i 

 ton's Bn-iiu— 

 lo.X Y...',,mii 



■ ention of tlie United 

 in the main hall of Ca- 

 and Huron Sts.. Buffa- 

 . August 21t.h next, and 



Aikiii '. ' 

 G. W 1 : - '.■ 

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 dress; and 

 may have s 

 The prog 

 Secretary. 



rofrrani 



^ad hv W Z. Hutchinson. R. V. Holter- 

 lon. R. L. Tavh)r. Mrs. L. Harrison. R. C. 

 Dr. J. P. H. Brown. H..n Kut.'ene Secor, 

 Holmes. A K Mannm. E Kretchmer, 

 wbi<-i, u-ill he ad.lfd the President's Ad- 

 ,1 (,. i,ir:>l :M:inaf?er and the Secretary 

 ! ; I :.i-,-t to ]iresent. 



: 11(1 ,iiid are in the hands ot the 

 M\ iHH k-Ht|iprs' sonprs. with music, in 

 nciaiK'e ot time is allotted to the discus- 

 ion' ot'all papers, and for the asking and answering of ques- 

 tions. 



Any one not a member of the Union can have a progratii sent 

 him bv mail on receipt of 5 cents in stamps, by the Secretary. 

 Several of oui- well-known bee-keeijers. such as A. I. Root. 

 Dr. Miller, S. T. Pettit. and others, who are not on the pro- 

 gram, will be present to help make the convention interesting 

 and instructive. 



It is |i...>,oM" tl'at sne-e-estinns will he made at this conven- 

 tion in •!.. '.u..' ,>: ■ .. ..Ill I'll. 1 1 II L' 1 li. c,.ii~titution of the Union 

 as tM ' .■ I !■ lull!.. ; :i:'i I c- ,i ml .add such other 



pro\ i-!"'- I ~ 11 a ■cin ilr-ii .ililc; ,(11 ! ^iiLj^c-tions in this line 

 livilKi- • .1.. i..- :it till- c.(in-ciiii.,ii can be sent to the 

 Seci.t iiLiht I'clure it. Some susjtrestions have al- 



ready I i ! V tic Secretary, and Others have been 



made I • ' i ' ' 'I-. 



Tic . -■ ii .(,11V ciifion should buy round-trip tickets 

 to tl!( \ : : li l;( iiiililic encampment 'not to the 

 Unii. I - , , , .11 , which meets in Buffa- 

 lo dill . Tjic i.i. .^. R. have secured 



anil. ', I II 1 lie territory of the Cen- 



tral I':. I (i.liidcd by Toronto, Can- 



. ii ,11, ,i, Jlich.; all of the southern 

 1^... r. (.lia. andQuincy. 111.; St. Lou- 

 11(1 Pittsl.iirff. Fa. The Western Pas- 

 il(. Trunk Line Association make a 

 ((II lid trip in their territory, to places 

 r Association, from which points the 

 fare will be one cent a mile each way ; but tickets must be pur 

 chased to Buffalo from the starting-point. Inquire of your 

 ticket or station agent in all territory outside of those named 

 above for rates and the time the tickets are good for, for I 

 have been unable to it-arn the rates in such territory, but pre- 

 those of the Western Passenger 

 1 ; but be sure to inquire ot your 



( ~ charge of arrangements 

 ttter of hotel rates. Mr. H. 



iiiiiiodations in private fam- 



r such to hotels." Members 



(> hotel rates by applying to 



•ting. If known in time, ho- 



leriodicals. 



, Sec, Station B. Toledo, O. 



For Sale.== Bees and Queens. 



Queens .")0 cts.; nucleus, two-frame, 

 with (lueen, $1 50; one-frame, $1.00; 

 three-frame, $3.00. 



Mrs. A. A. Simpson, Swarts, Pa. 



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