1898 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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spectiveh' six and almost seven) "wabbled" 

 considerably; the only wa}- they could keep 

 on the pavement was to have their respective 

 papas run behind them and guide their erring 

 — not footsteps — but wabbles. Once in a 

 while when it was going down hill they would 

 go a rod or two cvitlioiit any gentle touch to 

 keep them on the path. vSometimes one of 

 them would run off the walk and tumble in 

 the grass along at either side, and then there 

 would be shouts of laughter. The boys laugh- 

 ed, their papas laughed, and grandpa, who 

 was looking on, perhaps laughed loudest of 

 all. And 1 gathered a moral right there. 

 These boys need a father's touch once in a 

 while to keep them in bounds. If that touch 

 is given with love and care as they progress, 

 it is needed less and less frequently ; and by 

 and by they will go alone, even if papa is not 

 around. Yes, they will not only go alone, 

 but they will help others and teach others to 

 keep in the straight and narrow path, swerv- 

 ing neither to the right nor to ilie left, snd 

 avoiding the pitfalls on either hand. May 

 God bless the juveniles, and also the papas 

 who are adminisiering the gentle touch of the 

 guiding hand that is needed a great many 

 times before they are able to go alone. Even 

 if their papas do get out of breath, may they 

 have grace not to be weary in well doing ; and 

 may the grandpapas also have grace to give a 

 little help and encouragement out of the larg- 

 er and longer experience that they have gath- 

 ered through life ; and may they always go 

 along lovingly together. 



A friend sends the following clipping taken 

 from some newspaper : 



A genius of ill omen has invented a machine that 

 will make 400 cigarettes in a minute. It is suggesteo 

 that he should next invent a machine that will make 

 two coffins per minute, as 200 cigarettes are sufficient 

 to kill an able-bodied boy. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



POTATOES AS PREMIUMS. 



Quite a few are making inquiries in regard to pota- 

 toes as premiums tor subscriptions. While it is bad 

 for you, friends, it is a little lucky for us that potatoes 

 are worth too much, at least a. present, to be given 

 away, especially where we make a sub.scriber a pres- 

 ent of a whole barrel of potatoes as we did in the 

 spring of 1896 and 'i>7. We will, however, do this 

 much : Any person who sends us Sl.OO for Gleanings 

 one year, without asking for any other premium, may 

 have i") cents' worth of potatoes according to the list 

 in last issue. But let us have it distinctly understood 

 that, if wanted by mail, you must pay all postage, at 

 the rate of 10 cents per p'ound. for pj.stage and pack- 

 ing. If you can order them sent by express or freight 

 with other goods, all right; but we can not very well 

 give postage-stamps away. The margin of profit on 

 them is very narrow. " See? " 



BURPEE'S FORDHOOK FANCY TOMATO. 



About a year ago Mr. E. C. Green, formerly of the 

 Ohio lixperiment Station, sent me some tomato .-^eeds 

 to be planted in the greenhouse. He .said it was the 

 result of some of his experiments in making crosses. 

 As soon as the plants were up they showed by their 

 foliage that they were different from any other toma- 

 to. For the use of our greenhouse he gave us about 

 half a dozen plants. Ttiey are not only remarkable- 

 looking, but the plant is almost as handsome as 

 .some of the ornamental foliage plants. In fact, it will 



be a very pretty thing for a flower-garden or a lawn. 

 The bright green is very marked, and the foliage is .so 

 unlike a tomato that, when I .saw a row of them 

 trained to a single stem at friend Green's home, I 

 actually did not know what he had till he told me 

 they were the m":v tomatoes. Here is what Burpee 

 says in regard to it in his 1898 catalog: 



Tlie fi'uit is of large size, very solid, w ith but few seeds, of a 

 rii'li rubv-red culor and delicious Havor. The handsome, 

 siiiootli fi uit.-i are liorne in chi>tei's of thi et' and four, at every 

 OTHER JOINT; aud. as the ,j..int^a'e <»lo>e tui;x-tlifr. tiie plant 

 ))iesent^ a veiy ciowde, I appearance Small jilants pinned to 

 a .-iiiKle .^tem only, two and a half feet hitili. liavc jnoduced 

 fonr to tiveponndsof fruit The plant Ie^enlllle.- tliat of a 

 potato— in fact, it miK:ht be called Tne Potato-leat Bush Toma- 

 to. It is so compact and eiect ill trrowtli that no stakes aie 

 leqniieil. Even the .-i.le branches firow np!i,ifht, and hence 

 more plants can be fet to a Hiven aieatlianof any other va- 

 riety. maKiiig: it easily the most PKOUUOTIVE GOOD T0M.\TOIN 

 < I'LTiVATio.N". The Kordliook Fancy "ill Lieconie imineu-ely 

 popular, both in the home garden and tor shijjpiiig to market. 

 Tiie large, solid fruits are always smooth and handsome, 

 while the skin is not easil.y broken. In fine ipiality, compact, 

 busliy growth, and immense pioductiveiie.ss, it lai' surpasses 

 the Dwarf Champion and Uwarf Akistocuat, and will prove 

 valuable also lor torcing. 



I may remark, b}' the way, that friend Green has 

 sold all his right and title to Burpee. While we have 

 not tested the plan) enough to fully indor.se all Burpee 

 claims, I think it will pay our readers to give the new 

 tomato a trial, as an ornamental plant if nothing 

 more, and we therefore make the following announce- 

 ment: 



Any one who paj's for Gleanings in advance, or 

 who has already paid up in advance, nia3- have a 

 packet of ten seeds of the new tomato for the asking. 

 They are not for .sale at any price this year, as we do 

 not want to conflict with friend Burpee. We simply 

 give them to our subscribers. 





THICK- TOP FRAMES. 



We have at Taylor, Texas, 500 thick-top frames, sent 

 there bv mistake. Including the freight there these 

 would be worth «9.00. We offer them f. o. b. at Tay- 

 lor for .^.00. 



'facts ABOUT BEES." 



New edition of Mr. Danzenbaker's booklet, " Facts 

 about Bees," has just come from the press, and will be 

 sent free- from this office to all who applj' with 2 cts. 

 to pay postage. This booklet embodie.., all of Mr. D.'s 

 latest ideas, including the Danzy seciion, double cleat- 

 ed separators, etc. The little work as a whole has 

 moie of real value in it than many of the high-priced 

 books. 



M.-\PI.E SUGAR AND SYRUP. 



We have already received a small lot of new sugar, 

 and within a week shall probably have plenty of sugar 

 and syrup. We have on hand now about :!U gallons 

 choice '97 syrup at 85c per gal., or in 10-gal. lots at 80c; 

 also some '97 maple sugar. No. 2 grade, at be per lb.; 

 No. o grade .5c per lb. We can probably furnish new 

 syrup, first run, at 90c per gal.; 10-gal. lots ; t 85c; new 

 sugar at 9, 8, and 7c respectively, for first, second, and 

 third grades; ^c per lb. less in .50-lb. lots; Ic less in 

 barrel lots of about 200 lbs. 



BUSINESS AT THIS DATE. 



We have increa.'ed our working time, and are ship- 

 ping three to four full carloads a week besides the 

 nuiiierous small orders; yet we are losing ground, and 

 shall be compelled very soon to put on a double turn of 

 men, and run night and day. We have orders booked, 

 not yet shipped, for nine carloads of goods for export 

 besides seven carloads for different points in this 

 countrj'. We are filling less than carload orders with 

 reasonable promptness, and carload orders as fast as 

 we can get them out. So early in the season a little 

 delay is not so serious as it will be later. We hope be- 

 fore the end of March to be closer up on orders, ready 

 to move the goods off promptly. 



