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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 1. 



plant will never become pot-honnd, becatise the roots 

 will push off inti- the soil as soou as they have gone all 

 through the jadoo fiber. In a week or ten days, 

 loosen the soil around your plant with a trowel, and 

 then you can lift the plant right out, taking the jadoo 

 fiber along with it. Send it off by mail or express, or 

 plant in your own ground as you plea^e. For u.-e we 

 mix the Jadoo lil er in water until it is a .sort of mush. 

 You can ladle into the holes in the ground with a 

 large-sized table-spoon. By this means you have no 

 pots to 1 other with, and the plants are never pot-bound, 

 and yet they have feitility enough attached to the 

 roots tu give them a nice statt in "housekeeping," 

 when they aie put out in the field. Very likely .some 

 other maferial or compo.st might an.swer as well as 

 the jadio fiber, but we have never found it. If you 

 want to -ee what jadoo looks like, just order one" of 

 our .strawbeny-plants by mail, or we can furnish the 

 material at the following prices, which have been 

 fixed bv the manufacturers : 5 lbs., 30 cts.; 10 lbs., .50 

 cts.; 2>ib. box, 51.10; sack, 120 to 130 lbs., 3 ct.s. per lb. 

 It may be shipped either from here or Philadelphia, 

 Pa. The material is so light that a single pound goes 

 a good way. 



We are prepared to ship promptly by mail or express, 

 charges prepaid, any of the plants mentioned on pages 

 .573, M, of our issue for Augu.st 1. 



Below is one of the many reports from one who has 

 tried some of our " new "process " strawberry-plants 

 which he received by mail : 



The plants arrived in excellent .shape, and were set 

 out the .same evening. At this writing seven hive 

 runners, which I have potted ; the other three p'ant.s, 

 runners, are just visible. Albert M. Cole. 



Providence, R. I. Aug. 19. 



THE IMPROVED AMERICAN COFFEE-BERRY. 



In our price li.st I have told you that this is some- 

 thing quite different from the .^oja bean, which it 

 very much resembles. The objection to the soja bean 

 for coffee is that it has a di.sagreeable flavor of beans 

 or peas. Well, the coffee-berrv- we had la.^t vear had 

 something of this flavor .still" which made "it objec- 

 tionable to many people. A short time ago, however, 

 a sample was sent me of a smaller-sized coffee-berry, 

 .saying it was a variety that matured so quickly that 

 three crops could be grown in one season in Missouri; 

 and. furthermore, that I would find b^- test that it was 

 harder to detect from the genuinethan anv thing 

 her«t 'fore offered. This I find true, and, in" fact, I 

 .should pronounce it excellent coffee. I do not think 

 I could tell one from the other — or, at least, the coffee- 

 bern,' would be fully as plea.sant and agreeable to me 

 as the genuine coffee. I have obtained coffee berries 

 from different seed.smeji, and we are growilig them in 

 our te.st-grounds. There are at lea.st half a dozen dif- 

 ferent kinds. I was, however, so well pleased with 

 this latter small kind that matures so quickly I at 

 once made a purchase of two bushels like the sample, 

 and we shall offer only this for .sale, throwing away 

 the kind we sent out last sea.son. I am sorry for this ; 

 but the new smaller .seed is so great an improvement 

 that it will pay us all to do this. As to whether it is 

 equal to real coffee or not, I think you h'ad better all 

 decide the matter for yourselves, aiid you can easily 

 do it with a five-cent package. The price of the im- 

 proved quick-growing coffee-berrj' is 10 cts. per Vi 

 pint ; pint, 1.5 cts.; quart, 2.5 cts.; peck, $1.75. If want- 

 ed by mail, add 10 cts. per quart extra for packing and 

 postage. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Every time I order goods I am more and more 

 pleased. Next year I intend to purchase more foun- 

 dation, and use it entire in boxes, and al.so in some 

 frames. Xavier Picquet. 



Sainte Marie, Ills., July 27. 



The foundation is wonderful, and it is hardly po.ssi- 

 ble to believe it was made by machiner\-. I hope you 

 will send me the .strips soon. H. J."Bromwich. 



Angola, Erie Co., N. Y. 



I had no income from my bees from 1893 until this 

 year, and even now the drouth has ruined mv berrv 

 crop. But the fact is, I can not afford to part com- 

 pany with a man who has such a real love for turnips. 



Beloit, Wis., Aug. 4, 1897. P. E. Marston. 



The samples of drawn comb are at hand. Thanks. 

 I am much plea.sed with their appearance, aiid can 

 see no reason why this article .should not prove to be 

 all vou claim for it. B. Walker. 



Evart, Mich., July 31, 1897. 



Your brood foundation and starters for sections, 

 shipped June 2, are of excellent quality, and cut to 

 good advantage. Goods received all right. Thanks 

 to the A. I. Root Co. Alfred Jackson. 



Jackson, Ohio, June 22. 



Since I have been in the bee business I have bought 

 over $100 worth of goods from you for my.self and 

 others, and I have always found your goods to be the 

 best and cheapest in the long run. Joe C. Moore. 



Globe, N. C, June 14. 



The queen came to me the 17th of May in good con- 

 dition, and is a perfect beauty. She ha's to-day, June 

 2(), the hive full of beautiful Italian bees, and I am 

 well plea.sed. A. Barney. 



Seattle, Wash., June 26. 



The goods I ordered this spring came to hand in due 

 time, and are very satisfactory. The extra-thin sur- 

 plus foundation is very fine. The bees take to it 

 promptly. The Corneil'smoker is ju.st doss of the bees. 

 The cream .sections are al.so very good. Please accept 

 thanks. Green R. Shirer. 



Green, Iowa, June 26. 



Mr. Root: — I wrote you, night before last, that I had 

 received the .sti-awberry-plants, and to-day I received 

 a statement and ten ceiits in stamps. You certainly 

 conduct your business honestly, and give every one 

 his due. I did not expect you to take all that trouble 

 to return that little, and, in fact, did not know that I 

 had sent too much. The plants are growing right 

 along; have never drooped, and two of them are put- 

 ting out runners. Joe L,. Cooper. 



Nashville, Tenn.. July 17. 



I am a voung bee-keeper, and am desirous of trj-ing 

 the new foundation, .so I have ordered a small sample. 

 Mv year's supplies, ordered from your branch office at 

 Mechanic Falls, I think the best' I have .seen. The 

 Weed foundation is perfection. I wish I could afford 

 to iLse full sheets on everv frame in mv new hives. 



I must .=ay a good ^yord for Gleanings. I read 

 every word in it. and wish there were more. In prac- 

 tical hints it has been worth more than Jo .since I 

 began to read it. Emery D. Bickmore. 



Stockton .Spring, Me., June 7. 



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\VANTED.— To sell 100 colonies of bees; ten-frame 

 *' simplicity hives, mostly wired frames, combs all 

 built on foundation, equipi^ed for coniV) and extracted 

 honey, every thing fixed for migratoiy work, can load 

 30 hives on rack and go any time, every thing on the 

 mo.st modern improved A." I. Root plaii, well put up 

 and painted. Bees scarce around here. White clover 

 enough for .5000 colonies.. Best of range for out-apiary. 

 I have got to .sell on account of climate. 



B. Sandtord & 5on, Nokomis, III. 



Qv^N^v/N^s^%<'VN Untested queens, 50c each; te.sted, 

 IIPPI1C 75c; Breeders, $2. Either leather 

 *J^^''^« or golden. My golden breeders 

 '■'■^'^"'■^''^'^'^'^ breed all 5-ban"ded bees. 



W. H. LAWS, = Lavaca. Ark. 



Central Pennsylvania Bee-keepers! 



Buy Root's supplies near home at catalog 

 prices. Ob.servatonv- hives, winter ca.se.s, 

 etc. Al.so send for catalogs. 

 Prothero & Arnold, Du Bols, Pa. 



