1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



69 



RHUBARB. 



Myatt's Victoria. Oz. 5c; lb. 75c. 

 RADISHES. 

 Early Scarlet Globe. Pkt. 5c; oz. 5c; lb. 40c. 

 Wood's Early Frame. Oz. 5c; lb 35c. 

 Beckert's Chartier. Oz. 5c; lb. 30c. 

 Chinese Rose Winter. Ox. 5c; lb. :55c. 



SALSIFY, OR OYSTER PLANT. 

 New nammoth. Oz. Sc; lb. 7.5c. 

 SPINACH. 

 Bloomsdale Extra Curled. Oz. 5c; lb. 20c; 5 lbs. 75c; 

 10 lbs. 11.25. 



SQUASH. 

 Giant Summer Crookneck. Oz. 5c; lb. 40c. 

 Hubbard. Oz. 5c; lb. 30c; 5 lbs. 11.25; 10 lbs. $2.25. 



TOHATO. 

 Golden Queen. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; lb. $2.00. 

 Ignotum Tomato. Vi oz. 8c; oz. 15c; 11). 11.50. 

 Livingston's Beauty. Oz. 10c; lb. $1.75. 

 Earliest=in=the=worId Tomato. s /a oz. 10c; % ox. 15c; 



l /2 ox. 20c; oz. 50c. 

 Fordhook First. Oz. 35c; lb $4 50. 

 Dwarf Champion, oz. 10c; lb. $1.25. 

 Buckeye State. Oz. 10c; lb. $1.25. 

 Livingston's New Stone Tomato. 

 Trophy Tomato. Oz. 10c; 11). 75c. 

 Pear=shaped Tomatoes. Oz. 20c; 



TURNIP. 

 Yellow Aberdeen. <>z 5c; lb. 25c 

 White Egg. Oz. 5c; lb. 25c. 

 Breadstone. Oz. 5c; lb. 30c. 

 Purple-top Whits=globe. Oz. 5c 



Oz. 10c; lb. : 

 lb. $2.50. 



lb. 25c; 5 lbs. $1.00. 



New Vegetables that I have Tested and Found 



Worthy of Mention for 1899. 

 Fancy Fordhook Tomato. See description and cut 

 on p. 412, 1898. Pkt. 5c; % ox. 20c; oz. 75c. 



Rocky Ford Canteloupe Muskmelon. The same that 

 so many people enjoved at the Omaha exposition. 

 Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; 1 lb. '$1 .50. 



Acorn, or Top Onion=sets, either Red or Yellow. 



These ate the' old-fashioned onion seta that many of us re- 

 memberseeinK in childhood. They srow on top of the stalks, 

 and they make the best onions to keep of any I ever (jot hold 

 of. Both onions and sets keep, without the least bit of sprout- 

 ing, clear on into June without any trouble. On this account, 

 if for no other, they are more desirable than any other onion 

 You do not have a great lot to sort over, nor to throw away 

 the sprouted ones when spring comes. We can furnish the. e 

 top sets, either red or yellow, at 20 cts. a quart; peck, II 00; 

 bushel, $:t. 50. As our stock of sets is limited, you had better 

 order soon if you want them. 1 may say that all the. sets are 

 of our own growing-; and we have also grown, during the past 

 season, about 25 bushels of this variety of onions. Thete are 

 just right to plant out to grow sets. Many of you had expe- 

 rience in getting quite a lot of pocket money when you were 

 children, in growing these old-fashioned onion sets. If you 

 wish to try it again we will furnish >ou the onions for 75 cts a 

 peck, or $2 50 a bushel. We have about 25 bushels of the 

 onions. You can sell the sets, all you can raise, at any coiner 

 grocery. 



Benson's Renovator Cow Pea. 



This is a luxuriant-growing cow pea that ripens the 

 seed perfectly here in the North. Whether it is so 

 much superior to some of the earlier cow peas already 

 well known in the South, I am unable to tell. As our 

 stock of seed is limited, we offer it for sale only in 

 5-cent packages. Each package contains a leaflet in 

 regard to this particular cow pea, and another in re- 

 gard to cow peas in general. 



PRICES OF HONEY=PLANT SEEDS. 



There will be no change in alsike clover, medium, 

 white Dutch, or mammoth red clover; the same with 

 alfalfa, crimson clover, sweet clover, and dwarf Essex 

 rape. Japanese buckwheat will be, however, 1 lb., by 

 mail, 15 cts.; by freight or express, 45 cts. per % bush- 

 el: bushel, 85 cts.; 2 bushels or more, at 75 cts. per 

 bushel. Sack is included with above; 10 or more 

 bushels, purchaser paying for the sack. 70 cts. per 

 bushel. For prices of the clovers see our regular cat- 

 alog, mailed on application. 



Potato=bugs and Other Insects for 1899; the 

 Faultless Sprayer. 



Few little inventions make the stir and do the amount of good that the little tin spray-pumps did that 

 were so extensively introduced last season. Although we have a machine for spraying potatoes, that cost $25, 

 we let it stand in the tool house, and spra3'ed a great many acres of potatoes with a little spray-pump similar to 

 the one pictured here. It did the work easier and cheaper and better. A boy with some packages of Paris 

 green (a large spoonful in each paper) in his pocket, and in his hand a spray-pump weighing only about a 

 pound, will do the whole job in a very little time; in fact, one boy takes his hoe along and does the hoeing and 

 spraying both, without any machine to lug back and forth, nor any chance of said machine getting out of 

 order. As soon as we began to offer them for sale others seemed to discover their advantages : and although 

 we ordered pumps from the factory at several different times, we were sold out in spite of us when we wanted 

 them most. 



Well, we have now a tremendously big stock of some that are considerablj' improved over the ones we 

 had last year, and the price is even lower. These pumps are so perfect that the spray looks like steam out of 

 the nose of a tea-kettle; in fact, you can fill the air in a room with vapor with one of these machines. The 

 price of the new improved machines is only (>0 cts.; 3 for $1.50; Yz dozen, $2.50; dozen, $1.50. You can have the 

 same thing made of bra s s for only 25 cts. more on each sprayer. As the brass can not rust, they are good for a 

 lifetime. We can send the tin ones by mail for 20 cts extra to cover postage As the brass ones are somewhat 

 heavier the postage on them will be 25 cts. each. We have two or three dozen of the old-style, such as we sold 

 last year, on hand, which we offer, while they last, at 40 cts. each. Now do not say you can not afford a sprayer 

 to keep the potato-bugs out of sight, for the great advantage of this little apparatus is that it is so little work to 

 use it you can kill the bugs when they first start, and keep them down before vour potatoes are injured at all. 

 Thousands of people lost their potatoes last season iust because it was too much work to fight the bugs. 



With every machine is a stout linen tag, with full directions how to use the sprayer for all kinds of insects. 

 Yes, this machine will answer for fruit-trees all right, but you would have to get up on a high stool, or climb a 

 ladder, to get the spray all over a tree of any size. For spraying orchards a larger and more expensive 

 machine is needed. 



The A. I. Root Co., Medina, O. 



