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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



GARDENING FOR OCTOBER. 



Well, friends, gardening in the open air is 

 pretty much over unless it is late-sown wheat 

 and rye; but this is farming rather than gar- 

 dening. Spinach, dwarf Essex rape, and a 

 few other hardv vegetables, may be put out 

 yet, but it is a Tittle unsafe. Onion-sets have 

 sometimes done very well, especially the Ear- 

 ly Pearl when planted early in October. A 

 good many growers recommend putting out 

 strawberry-plants during this month; but un- 

 less you have learned the trade, and take 

 some special precaution not to have them 

 thrown out by the frost, you will waste }'Our 

 time and plants. If j-ou have a soil that nev- 

 er throws plants out by freezing, or if you 

 cover your plants with mulch, and do it just 

 right, you may not lose many. If 3'ou have 

 some sashes to put over your plants set out in 

 beds, of course you can go on pushing them 

 through October and perhaps November. As- 

 paragus-roots may be planted, but I believe 

 most people have decided to put it off till 

 spring. Raspberries, blackberries, and all 

 kinds of fruits do as well as, and many times 

 a great deal better than, when planted in the 

 spring. Horseradish-roots will always grow 

 if planted at any time when the ground is not 

 frozen. Fix up your hot-l)eds, greenhouses, 

 and cold-frames, if you have them; and if you 

 have not, and love gardening, I would advise 

 you to get a sash or two, and see what won- 

 derful things can be done by a little protec- 

 tion. Try a few first; and if it requires more 

 care than you are willing to give during the 

 sudden changes of weather, then do not invest 

 any further. Better gather your crops if you 

 have not done so, then slick up the garden 

 and sow it to rye; or if j-ou do not care to do 

 that, ridge up at least a part of it, and get 

 ready to plant early stuff on the top of the 

 ridges the first thing in the spring. 



THP; CRAND.\LL CURR.\NT. 



We come to the conclusion that the Crandall cur- 

 rant is good for pies, jelly, etc., the same as the com- 

 mon currant, but the skiii is rather tough. I^ast year 

 we made a drink which was right good. We hiade it 

 like wine, only we did not let it ferment. We canned 

 it like fruit, and it kept nice and sweet. 



Berkeley .Springs, W. Va., Aug. 1. H. I,. Wise. 



MAKING A BRKED WEEDER OUT OF A GARDEN-PLOW. 



Friend A. /.. — Last year I bought a garden-plow, a 

 one-wheeled affair; but the wheel is larger than those 

 seen in the market, and is .so arranged that pressing 

 on the handles tends to shoot the plow forward. I had 

 a scufBe-hoe, made after the description given in 

 Gleanings about a year ago, but I longed for one of 

 those Z. Breed weeders. I wrote the company that I 

 thought I could fasten the weeder part on my one- 

 wheeled plow, and that I preferred one wheel to 

 two, as they have it arranged. I paid them $4..5() for 

 the fingers and head pieces, and fastened them on my 

 plow with a .single bolt. I have ju.st plowed my peas, 

 .six inches high, with the weeder, and it did not clisturb 

 a single pea. If the weeder is used at the right time 

 it is one of the be.st tools ever invented. 



I am using a Breed weeder No. il for .sweet potatoes. 



Don't you think we could arrange to publi.sh a .small 

 book on sweet potatoes ? I think I have it down to 

 perfection. J. Q. Mulford. 



L,ebanon, O,, June 16. 



Special Notices in tlie Line of Gardening, etc. 



By A. I. Root. 



REPORT on potatoes FOR 1S!)7. 



At present writing, prices of potatoes for table u.se 

 are from 7.5 cts. to $1.00; and in a good many places 

 in the United .States you can not get nice potatoes at 

 the groceries for les.s than about Jl 00 a bu.shel, and 

 they are worth from .50 to 7.5 cts. at wholesale. 



Somewhat to our surprise, the Freeman this year 

 has given us not only our handsomest and be.st-eating 

 potatoes, but the yield has been almost as great as the 

 Thoroughbreds, and the Freemans are tiie cleanest 

 and nicest-looking potatoes of any thing we have test- 

 ed. Quite a few have found fault because Terry and 

 Maule gave the Freeman such a boom. My opinion 

 is that these two friends of ours de.serve the "thanks of 

 the whole wide world for thoroughly disseminating so 

 vaUiable a potato. The New Queen is (}uite a little 

 earlier than the Freeman. Indeed, it gives potatoes 

 of fair .size for table u.se about as early as any potato I 

 know of, unless it be the White Bliss" Triuniph. The 

 latter has not done so well with us this season as 

 last. A great many of our potatoes have been scabby 

 — that is, here on our own grounds— probably owing 

 to the large amount of stable manure we have'used on 

 our soil. The potatoes grown for us, however, by 

 Wilbur Fenn and others in .Summit Co., are free from 

 scab, and beautiful in shape, and fully up to their 

 usual standard, although perhaps not" as large as 

 u.sual. The Sir William is medium early, but too 

 prongy to please the average market. It certainly 

 can not compare in looks with the Freeman; but it has 

 again shown the peculiarity of being dry and mealy, 

 even when dug when half grown. The Monroe Seed- 

 ling, when grown by Wilbur Fenn. is almost as hand- 

 some in shape as the Freeman, and conies pretty 

 close to it in quality. Manum's Enormous outyielded 

 every thing by far (Thoroughbred next), and the 

 quality is verj' good for .so large a potato. It is also 

 one of the ven,' best keepers known, while the New 

 Queen is perhaps the poorest keeper of all, because it 

 will sprout when it is spriiig:time, no matter where 

 you put it. The New Craig is not yet ready to dig. 



COMB FOUNDATION AT A DISCOUNT. 



In order to reduce .stock of comb foundation in the 

 hands of dealers and branch offices, we offer, for the 

 month of October only, per cent discount from our 

 prices of foundation, both wholesale and retail. You 

 can order from St. Paul, Minn., office at 1024 Miss. St., 

 or Chicago office at US Michigan St., or Syracuse, N. 

 Y., office at 1(85 West Genesee .St. Tho.se on the 

 north Pacific coast can also secure foundation from 

 Buell Lambenson, ISO, 182 Front .St., Portland, Oreg., 

 at the same reduction from his prices. Remember, 

 this offer is only for orders received during October 

 which call attention to this offer, and for present 

 .stock while it lasts, and not on foundation made to 

 order. Price of foundation will be no lower next sea- 

 .son. If you know pretty nearly what you will need, 

 here is an opportunity to .save .some money by order- 

 ing now. 



HONEY MARKET. 



With the coming of cooler weather our honey trade 

 has taken quite a start, and orders for both comb and 

 extracted are coming in freely. We offer in tiO-lb. 

 cans, 2 in a case, water-white California honey, or clo- 

 ver and bas.swood, or willow-herb, at 6J4c per lb.; 

 light amber California honey at 6c. Any of the above 

 in .5-ca.se lots, V^c per lb. less. Two barrels of tupelo 

 honey still on hand at 6c. Barrels hold about :?.50 lbs. 

 each." 



