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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 15. 



this fall for Hgyplian onion-sets. We are entirely sold 

 out of top iets. but we have a great abundance of bot- 

 tom sets, or onions that have split up. These are just 

 as good for planting, and some people think better, 

 than sets. Price $1.00 per bushel. See price of onion- 

 sets, page Gil, .Sept. 1st issue. 



Radishes put in good rich ground in the open air 

 will u.sually tnake a nice crop before freezing weather; 

 and the best variety for this purpose is the Chinese 

 Rose Winter. And now is the time to put in spinach 

 for wintering over, in most localities. 



Now is the time to sow seven-top turnip-seed for 

 plants that will winter over. But these make no root, 

 but fnnii'-h yrctii^ in the spring, and, a little later, 

 almost till- !>: t lilM--.Mms for honey. It comes in be- 

 tween fi iiit-1ilii>--(iin> and clover. If you are going to 

 try it, it .sliuuld be put in at once, 



SEED POTATOES FOR 1898. 



At present writing Sept. 1-5, nobody can tell defi- 

 nitely ju.st what potatoes are going to be worth: but I 

 have taken the liberty of offering all the varieties 

 mentioned below, except Manum's Enormous, at an 

 even dollar a bushel, or $>.H) a barrel; and as they are 

 worth this much in many localities for table use at 

 the present time. I think our prices are very fair. The 

 second size of any of these, until they are .sold out. 

 will be ju.st half the amount. As we always run short 

 of these second size long before spring, 'it might be 

 well for you to put in your order now if 30U want 

 them. I "have just examined the potatoes raised by T. 

 B Terry, Wilbur Fenn, and others in their neighbor- 

 hood, and I am very glad to tell j'ou they are nice and 

 clean, and, .so far as I could learn, not a rotten potato 

 has j'et made its appearance anywhere in this local- 

 ity. ' We should be pleased to send you samples by 

 mail at prices given in the table, if you want to see 

 them before buying. 



Name 

 I 

 Varieties are in order as 

 regards time of matur- 

 ing; earliest first, next 

 earliest second.and so on. 



Wliite Bliss Triinnph ....« 1.5 



E. Thoro'bred, Maule's.. 15 



Early Ohio W 



Early Norther l.i 



Burpef's Extra Early 15 



Freeman 15 



New Queen 15 



Monroe Seedling 15 



Rural New-Yorker No. 2. . 15 



Sir William 15 



Carman No. 1 15 



Carman No. 3 15 



Koshkonong 15 



Manum's Enormous 30 



New Craig 15 



We have now a few Danzenbaker hives in the flat, 

 and made up and painted, ready for bees, for those 

 who will order at once. Some may desire to transfer 

 colonies from other hives so as to be ready for next 

 season. Mr. D. says he expects to transfer oO colonies 

 this fall into his new hive ; and another party is going 

 to transfer as many more. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We are having a very fair demand for honey, both 

 comb and extracted. We have a good .supply of comb 

 on hand and engaged, both fancy and No.'l grades; 

 are also prepared to furnish buckwheat comb honey. 

 In 100-lb. lots and upwards, in original crates, we ask 

 13 cts. per lb. for fancy, and 12 cts. for No. 1; 11 cts. for 

 fancy buckwheat, and 10 cts. for No. 1. Earge lots for 

 direct shipment quoted on application. We have a 

 variety of extracted honey to offer. Willow-herb hon- 

 ey was almost a failure this year. We have .secured 

 nearly a ton of it, somewhat mixed with clover, which 

 is still in Michigan. We offer this in 5-case lots (120 

 lbs. to a case) at 6 cts.; can supply water-white Cali- 

 fornia honey or clover at the same price. Eight am- 

 ber California at 0% cts. in .Vcase lots; smaller lots at 



1-2 ct. more. 'W'e have also two barrels of the Florida 

 tupelo honey, which is very fine; shall be plea.sed to 

 hear from those in want of honey. 



GLEANINGS FOUR MONTHS FREE. 



We wish to extend our subscription-list by several 

 thousand names during the next few months. As a 

 help toward that end we offer the remainder of the 

 year 1897 for 25 cts. To those who .send early we will 

 mail the two August numbe/s, as long as we have a 

 supply, as well as the remaining four months of this 

 year. Will not many of our readers bring this offer to 

 the attention of their neighbor bee-keepers who are 

 not taking Gi.EANiNGS? As an inducement to you to 

 do so we make the following liberal offer : 



ROOT a HO.MI-: REPAIRING OUTFIT NO. Z. 



We .sold this outfit for years at S2.00, and that is still 

 the list price, and price at which it is usually .sold. 

 About a year and a half ago we reduced the price to 

 J1..50, and again last spring we made it $1.35. We have 

 quite a number of these outfits on hand which we 

 desire to get into your hands where you can make 

 them valuable in various kinds of mending. We will 

 furnish one of these outfits, together with Gleanings 

 for the re.st of this year, for the price of the outfit 

 alone — $1.35. Now, if" you can induce your neighbor 

 to accept the offer above, put $1.10 with the 25 cents he 

 gives you, and send to us and we will ship you one of 

 the outfits. If you wi.sh to renevr your o^vn subscrip- 

 tion at the same time, .send us $"2.25 for Gleanings 

 one year, to your.self the re.st of this j-ear (-1 or 5 

 months) to a new subscriber, and the No. 2 repairing 

 outfit. Or if you can not secure the new name we will 

 send the outfit, with Gle.-vnings one vear, for $2.00, 

 the price you would ordinarily pay for the outfit 

 alone. Please remember that, if you "are in arrears on 

 your subscription, all arrears should be .sent in addi- 

 tion, as this special offer is made for subscriptions 

 paid fullv in advance. 



CONVENTION NOTICE. 



The Southeastern Tennessee Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold its annual .session at Cookson's Creek, 

 on Friday, October Ist. 1S!17, beginning at 9 o'clock 

 A.M. Bee-keepers are earnestly requested to be pres- 

 ent. The program fore.shadows entertainment for 

 the most fa.stidious. W. J. Copeland, Sec. 



Fetzerton, Tenn., .Sept. 3. 



THE gleanings contribt:tion for the st.^rving 

 people of ifdia. 



.Since our last report we have received from Will 

 Ellis, St. David's, Ont., Can., $1; J. W. Margrave, Hia- 

 watha, Kan., $1, which has been forwarded as per fol- 

 lowing receipts: 



Boston, July 3. 



The American Board of Commis.sioners for Foreign 

 Mi.s.sions acknowledges the receipt from Chas. Booth, 

 $.5; Albert Eckennan, $1, and Will Ellis, $1. 



Also, July 2, the American Board of Commis.sioners 

 of Foreign Missions acknowledges receipt of $1 from 

 J. W. Margrave, Hiawatha, Kan. 



We have al.so received from C. A. Bunch, Nye, Ind., J3. 



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The .strawberry plants I received of 5-011 are doing 

 well. East year, from 20 rods of ground I sold $30.00 

 worth, gave' awav $11.00 worth, used in family $16.00 

 worth, making $()0.00— very good. They were "Haver- 

 land, Warfield, Sharpless, Crescent, and Parker Earle. 



West Hoosick, N. Y., Sept. -I. Wm. P. Abbott. 



The Weed foundation is the nicest I have ever u.sed^ 

 It seems to be very tough, even at a temperature of 85 

 degrees — .something I have never noticed in any other 

 foundation 1 have ever u.sed. J. E. Motter, Jr. 



West Alexandria, O., June 16. 



