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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 1. 



SPECIAb^NOT.iCES BY ^^ 



*'• *'^" BUSINESS MANAGER 



EXTRACTED HONEY. 



We are entire Ij- sold out of California honey, both 

 water-white and light amber. We have choice Wis- 

 con.sin clover and ha.s.swood mixed, in (iO-lb cans, at 

 $9.0() per case of 120 lbs.; in gallon cans at SI. 00 per 

 gallon; 6 gallons for 15.70. We have aLso southern 

 amber honey in 60-lb. cans, at S7.20 per case of 120 lbs. 

 Samples free to intending purchasers. 



FACTORY IMPROVEMENTS. 



The delivery of our new engine has been delayed 

 till the middle of October, .so that we shall not shut 

 down tiy then, and it is likely to be toward the middle 

 of November before we start the new engine^ We ex- 

 pect to continue one of our present engines driving a 

 part of the niachiner}i^ in the wood-working building 

 during most of the time when the changes are being 

 made. If in need of any odd sizes or special work be- 

 fore December, let us hear from you promptly. 



THE DANZENBAKER HIVE. 



Mr. Danzenbaker brings us many favorable reports 

 and suggestions relating to his hives and plain sec- 

 tions, from tho.se who have been using them from one 

 to three years. His hives may be furnished with 

 open end, or reversible style of Hoffman brood-frames, 

 being supported with iron lugs at the center of the 

 end-bars. As many orders for his hives could not be 

 filled in time during the rush this past season, he will 

 consider it a special favor if those intending to use 

 them for 189il will write to him their preference for 

 style of brood-frames, and the number of hives they 

 may need, that a full stock may be ready when 

 ■wanted. 



He has also a few hundred copies of " Facts about 

 Bees," for 18!tS, on hand, that may be had for a 2 cent 

 stamp of The A. I. Root Co., or F. Danzenbaker, Box 

 66, Washington, D. C. 



HONEY MARKET. 



We are having a brisk demand for honey, and it is 

 not an easy matter to find sufficient choice honey to 

 supply the demand. We now have a number of un- 

 filled orders on hand, and no honey to .'upply them. 

 We have quite a little honey engaged, but it is slow in 

 arriving. We hope to have soon a supply from the 

 West. Visiting the Cleveland market recently I found 

 it bare of honey, and dealers there have been taking 

 of us every available lot. Inquiries and orders from 

 other Ohio' cities show a scarcity of honey. Much of 

 the honey we do get is somewhat inferior in quality. 

 All the .sources from which we get information show 

 a short crop, and the demand should stiffen up prices 

 to a greater extent than many of the market reports 

 are yet showing. We should like to hear from those 

 having choice comb honey in excess of their require- 

 ments for the home market. Give description, and 

 state price at which you offer it. We could place two 

 or three carloads to'good advantage in this State, if 

 the parties are not supplied soon from some other 

 source. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



POTATOES FOR SEED OR T.4BLE USE. 



We can now furnish very fair New Queen, State of 

 Maine, and Rural New-Yorker potatoes at 7.5 cts. per 

 bushel or $2.00 per barrel. Other kinds may be equal- 

 ly low later on. 



ALSIKE CLOVER SEED WANTED. 



Will the friends who have new .seed for sale please 

 mail us samples, and tell what they want for it ? I be- 

 lieve the market is at present a little unsettled, and 

 will be until the new crop is more fully on the mar- 

 ket. 



THE NEW TOMATO, FANCY FORDHOOK. 



Just now we are getting a magnificent crop of large- 

 sized, bright-red, smooth handsome tomatoes from 

 the Fancy Fordhook. Thej-, too, were put on exceed- 



ingly rich ground, but they bore an immense crop of 

 fruit instead of running up to vines, as many of the 

 varieties would under the circujn.stances. My im- 

 pres.sion is now that the new tomato has come to stay 

 It is very much like the Dwarf Champion, only the 

 vines .stand up better, and the tomatoes are larger. 



THE RENOVATOR COW PEAS. 



,So many have asked for a few seeds of the.se that 

 we have decided to send them out in five-cent pack- 

 ages. In each package will be a section of the pod, to 

 .show you how they grow. As I am not much ac- 

 quainted with the various kinds of cow peas, I am not 

 prepared to say how far this one differs from others 

 that may be in the market. But this thing is certain- 

 ly true: It ripens seed, in our locality, even when 

 planted late in June, and it makes an enormous 

 amount of foliage. In our next we will give an arti- 

 cle on cow peas in various localities, both north and 

 south, by J. W. Day, of Crystal Springs, Miss., author 

 of the Tomato Book. These cow peas are enormously 

 prolific. Friend Day tells us of one single vine that 

 grew over a peach-tree, and produced the enormous 

 number of between 200 and 300 pods. 



BURPEE'S BUSH LIMA BEANS. 



My impression is that W. Atlee Burpee has never re- 

 ceived the expression of gratitude from the whole wide 

 world that he ought to have for the favor he conferred 

 on humanity when he gave us the bu.sh lima bean. At 

 the time it fir.st came out, there were some complaints 

 to the effect that it still per.sisted in sending out vines; 

 and I ni} self expressed the opinion, not more than one 

 year ago, that it needed a dry season to perfect the pods 

 down so near the ground. Last spring we neglected to 

 plant ours at the proper time, and so it was put off till 

 there was no ground available except some of our very 

 riche.st strawberry ground, and then we had room for 

 only two long rows. I was going to tell the boys to put 

 them a good piece apart, as the ground was so exceed- 

 ingly rich ; but before I knew it they had planted four 

 seeds in a hill, and the hills were not more than 2 feet 

 apart. But they were in single rows, between rows of 

 other stuff that was all out of the way by the time the 

 beans were ready to bear, so the sun could get on each 

 side of the row. Well, the rows at present look like a 

 hedge fence ; and although we have had extremely wet 

 and hot weather during August and September, there 

 is the greate.st crop of lima beans on that small area I 

 ever saw, even on poles, and the quality is surely equal 

 to that of any other lima bean ever grown. It is true, 

 some of them sent out vines, perhaps a j'ard or so long; 

 but these did not seem to do any harm. We have been 

 having lima beans for dinner almost every day for al- 

 most a month, if not more, and yet nobody seems tired 

 of them. My opinion just now is that every family in 

 the land should have a row or two of bush lima beans; 

 and, judging from this season's experience, I will say 

 you need not be a bit afraid of getting the ground too 

 rich. 



A BEE-KEEPER WHO GROWS MELONS, AND A MELON- 

 GROWER WHO KEEPS BEES. 



On p. 737 Ernest speaks briefly of the feast of mel- 

 ons. May I enlarge a little on the subject? The mel- 

 ons we sampled were grown at Rocky Ford, Colorado. 

 I had been eating a good deal of trash about that time, 

 and I concluded I would not dare to even taste of the 

 melons ; but when I saw the rest having such a " pic- 

 nic " I concluded I would just " .sample" them, sick or 

 no sick ; and they were so exceedingly delicious that I 

 really could not find a stopping-place, and, to my great 

 and agreeable surprise, I was not sick a bit. Well, we 

 made the melon-grower " .stand up" and answer ques- 

 tions. We were especially interested in hearing him 

 tell that he never succeeded in growing nice melons 

 until he put bees enough in his melon-patch to fertil- 

 ize all the blossoms. Now, may be I have made right 

 here an awful mistake. If so, somebody will correct 

 me ; but, if I remember correctly, he .said he had four 

 hundred aires of melons, and that it takes at least 400 

 colonies of bees to fertilize them properly, and that it 

 is now pretty clearly settled that you could not grow a 

 large crop of nice melons without having bees in the 

 melon-patch, say a good colony to every acre of mel- 

 ons. If you have never tasted a Rocky Ford melon, 

 get one the very fir.st chance you have, and agree with 

 your old friend A. I. Root that there is not a nicer fruit 

 on the face of the earth. I do not know why somebody 

 did not think to get a Kodak view of the convention 

 while the members were all having " rest and refresh- 

 ment" with tho.se crates of melons. After we had had 

 all we wanted, the remnants were given to the Indi- 



