1899 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



15? 



1^J|JlJ-4^b!-_- businessman 



CATALOGS. 



We are sending off catalogs as fast as our press can 

 turn them off, and hope to complete the list before 

 the end of March. Just as we go to press we are print- 

 ing our wholesale lists Fur dealers and jobbers. If 

 any who are entitled to these do not receive one be- 

 fore March 1st let us hear from you. The wholesale 

 list is only for those who keep supplies for sale, and 

 the first order must be for at least $50.00 worth or over. 



CARLOAD SHIPMENTS. 



Since our report a month ago we have shipped fif- 

 teen carloads as follows : One car to our Northeastern 

 branch at Mechanic Kails, Me.; one to Chicago: one 

 to Philadelphia, and one to Syracuse. N. Y.: a second 

 car to W. S. Ponder, Indianapolis; one to Jno. Nebel & 

 Son, High Hill, Mo ; one to Jos Nysewander, Des 

 Moines, Iowa; one to D. M. Edwards, Uvalde, Tex is; 

 one to M. H. Hunt & Son, Bell Branch. Mich.; and five 

 more cars for export, besides a car of boxes. Within 

 the next month we expect to ship fifteen cars more, 

 orders for which are already entered. 



KREDTZINGER'S ENTRANCE-CLOSER. 



This device was recently illustrated and described 

 by the inventor in the American Bee Journal It is 

 made of zinc having '/s-inch perforations bound with 

 tin; is adjust ible fiom 11% to 14^ inches long for 8, 9, 

 or 10 frame hives, and for entrances from ?g to 1 inch 

 deep: is firmlv attached to the hive by tightening two 

 screws, which can generally be done with the fingers. 

 The entrance closer is used for moving bees or keep- 



ing out mice, or for any other purpose you wish to 

 shut the bees in, and still leave ventilation. Pi ice 25c 

 each, postpaid, or 20c with other goods; 81. S3 for 10; 

 $17.50 per 100. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



FRESH INVOICE OF NEW SEEDS, ETC. 



YORK STATE MARROW BEANS. 



Notwithstanding the scarcity of seed beans, I found 

 six bushels of very nice ones, grown by a neighbor, 

 fri m seed from our own furnishing. Quart, 10 cts.; 

 peck, 65 cts.; bushel, $2.25. 



ROCKY FORD MTJSKMEXON. 



We have just received 10 lbs. of the finest strain of 

 seed, direct from one of the best melon-growers in 

 Colorado, guaranteed to be all right. Price: Packet, 

 Sets.: ounce, 10 cts.; 1 lb., $1.40. If wanted by mail, 

 add 10 cts. per lb. extra 



ALSIKE CLOVER. 



First, we have just bought 47 bushels of about the 

 handsomest alsike clover we ever got hold of — remark- 

 ably clean, and free from any seed of any other sort ; 

 bought direct from ihe grower; and yet we are en- 

 abled to make the lowest price we ever sold alsike as 

 follows: 1 lb. by mail, postpaid. 20 cts.: by express or 

 freight, lib., 12 cts.; peck, 81.40: half-bushel, $2 75; 

 bushel, $5.25. The above price includes sack to ship 



SEED CORN. 



Grown especially for us. Four bushels of Kendel's 

 Giant. Quart, 15 cts.; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.50. We 

 have al.-o a good stock of Ford's Early, Stowell's 

 Evergreen; L,ate Mammoth Sugar, and Improved 

 Shoepeg, hy the same grower as above. Quart, 12 cts.; 

 peck, 75 cts.; bushel, $2.75. All the atove seeds may 

 be fairly called " home grown." I know who grew 

 them, and that they are of last year's growth. Where 



we get clear out, and are obliged to go to the whole- 

 sale >eedsmen in the great cities, we do not know so 

 well what we are getting as when the stuff is grown 

 in our own neighborhood. 



H. A. MARCH'S SNOWBALL CAULIFLOWER AND JERSEY 

 WAKEFIELD CABBAGE. 



There is just now a big call for March's justly cele- 

 brated strain of Snow >all cauliflower and Jersey 

 Wakefield cabbage. Friend March has sold out, and 

 will not have any more till another season. We have 

 just 2 lbs. of the cauliflower seed. Price, / 8 oz. 25 cts.; 

 Vi oz., 40 cts.; oz., $1.50. We have (i lbs. of the Wake- 

 field cabbage, stock seed; oz., 20 cts ; 1 lb., $2.50. If 

 you want the II. A. March strain, and no other, you 

 had better order soon, before it is gone. 



BEST OF ALL BEANS. 



We have about two barrels of these, raised two years 

 ago, that we did not intend to offer for seed; but as 

 new ones are so exceedingly scarce, and as these ger- 

 minate quite fairly when tested in the greenhouse, we 

 offer them at about V 2 the market price as follows: 

 quart, 8 cts.; peck, 50 cts.; bushel, $1.75. Perhaps I 

 might explain that this is a green-podded wax bean 

 — one of the staple varieties in Florida. There is 

 some complaint that it does not suit as well here in 

 the North; but we like them very much, both as a 

 string bean and as a shell bean. They are worth 

 what we ask for them, for table use. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



Your seeds are much below others', except in qual- 

 ity, which is A No. 1. A. C. Bugbee. 

 I,ochiel, Ind. 



Gleanings is a help to me in many ways — as a bee- 

 keeper, a gardener, a farmer, and a Christian. 

 Atco, N. J. C. E. Varnum. 



I find the A B C of Bee Culture to be a first-class bee- 

 book. I regret there is no Spanish edition of it. 

 San Francisco, Chile. A. E. Cox. 



I am much pleased with the hives. I wonder how 

 you can do so much first class work for so little money. 

 North Weare, N. H. J. A. Woodbury. " 



Persons who see my circulars say The A. I. Root Co. 

 shall have their jobwork in the "printing line here- 

 after. T. H. Cook, M. D. 



Scio, O. 



It would be impossible to produce any thing in the 

 shape of foundation to excel the samples of the new 

 Weed. J. a. Golden. 



Reinersville, O. 



The septum in the comb drawn out from the new- 

 process foundation is tougher than that made in the 

 old way. Iames L,. Hoyal. 



Spring City, Tenn. 



Every thing in my order checked out exactly. So 

 accurately are they cut that a wayfaring man need 

 not have any trouble in putting them together. 



Palmy, Texas. W. B. Barbee. 



The 500 cards were O. K. We appreciate your inter- 

 est in our church work in doing it with such prompt- 

 ness and at such satisfactorv prices 



Grafton, O. (Rev.) W. A. Leary. 



I inclose fifty cents in full of vour bill for ad't in 

 Gleanings. My honey sold so "fast that it was all 

 gone before I realized it. Emil J. Baxter. 



Nauvoo, 111., Dec. 19, 1898. 



Your sample of Weed new-process foundation is 

 received. It is certainly the most beautiful and most 

 nearly perfect I have ever seen. It i* as clear as glass. 

 To say that I will use it regularly will be superfluous. 



Augusta. Ga., Nov. 19, 1898. H. J. Twiggs. 



The Corneil smoker possesses the qualities of good 

 size, good draft, gives large volume of smoke with lit- 

 tle attention: simplicity, strength, easy access to fire- 

 barrel; lightness; good" shape, and is" sold at a low 

 price. W. S. Hart. 



Hawks Park, Fla. 



