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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



JUI,Y 15. 



special Notices by A. I. Root. 



SEEDS AND PLANTS SUITABLE FOR JULY PLANTING. 



Wax beans will be all right for table use, and with 

 favorable weather they may produce ripe beans. The 

 best prices we can make at present are 20 cts. a quart; 

 York State and white kidney beans, 1.5 cts. a quart. 

 The above prices are above those given in our price 

 list, owing to the scarcity of good seed. 



WINTER OR EGYPTIAN ONION-SETS. 



These are now ready to begin to set out ; in fact, this 

 is the best season of the year to put them out. in my 

 opinion. Price, quart, 10 cts.; 50 cts. a peck; bushel, 

 81.50. We have both large-sized and small-sized sets. 

 The small ones will, c f course, give you a greater 

 number of onions; but the large ones will give you 

 stronger plants. This kind of onion never fails to 

 grow, is never winter-killed, so far as I can learn, and 

 it will hold its own year after year, almost in spite of 

 weeds or any thing else. 



WHITE AND YELLOW MULTIPLIERS. 



These never run up to seed, but simply divide and 

 multiply. The yellow ones are sometimes called po- 

 tato onions. Quart, 20 cts ; peck, SI .00; bushel, S3.50. 

 These are for the small ones ; large .size, one-half the 

 above prices. Either kind may be planted in the fall. 



TOP OR ACORN ONION SETS. 



These are also now ready to harvest : but I believe 

 that, as a rule, they are not set out till spring. One 

 reason for purchasing now is that they are almost 

 always sold out before spring, and we have grown 

 only a limited quantity this season. Prices, same as 

 for the multiplier sets. 



TURNIPS. 



Now is the time to put in all kinds of turnips. We 

 have Yellow Aberdeen, White Egg, Breadstone, and 

 purple white-top Globe. Any of them, 5 rts. per 

 ounce ; 30 cts. per pound ; 5 pounds for SI. 25. 



CRIMSON OR SCARLET CLOVER. 



From now on, for the next 60 days, is the best time 

 to put in crimson clover. Where put in in good 

 ground at this seasjn of the year, with buckwheat or 

 by itself, it rarely fails to winter over. Prices : Bush- 

 el, S5.50; half bushel, S3.00; peck, SI. 75; 1 lb., 10 cts.; 

 1 lb., by mail, 20 cts. 



BUCKWHEAT. 



From now on till a month later is just the time to 

 put in buckwheat. We have a fine lot of Japanese at 

 SI. 10 per bushel, or two bushels or more at an even 

 dollar a bushel, sacks included. We have also suc- 

 ceeded in getting seven bushels of silverhull buck- 

 wheat. For several years past we have had calls for 

 this, and could not furnish it. The largest yield per 

 acre we ever secured was with the silverhull. The 

 price is the same as for the Japanese. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE. 



This is also just the season for the above. We have 

 a nice stock of seed at 10 cts. per lb.; .50 lbs. or more, 

 9 cts.; 100 lbs. or more, 8 cts. per lb. We can mail a 

 leaflet in regard to its cultivation, on application. 



POTTED STRAWBERRY'-PLANTS. 



So far as I can learn we are the only strawberry- 

 growers in the world who send out potted strawberry- 

 plants by mail postpaid. We do it, as I have frequently 

 explained, by potting them in jadoo fiber. We expect 

 the plants to reach you just as bright and fresh as 

 they are when first taken out of the garden; and if 

 put out in good soil they should take right hold and 

 grow at once, put out new runners, and give you a 

 nice crop of beautiful fruit next season. Of course, 

 the ground must be rich, and you must keep the weeds 

 away. The sooner you get them, the more chance 

 they will have to grow this fall. 



They are now ready to send out at 3 cts. each, or 25 

 cts. for 10, by express ; or 5 cts. each, 40 cts. for 10, by 

 mail. The following is our list of standard varieties : 



OLD STANDARD VAKIBTIES. 



Jessie. 



Haverland (Imp.). 

 Bubach (Imp.). 

 Warfleld (Imp.). 

 Sharpless. 

 Parker Earle. 



NEWER VARIETIES. 



Rio. 



Marshall. 

 Wm. Belt. 

 Margaret. 

 Nick; Ohmer. 

 Brandywine. 



The new berry called New York will be double the 

 above prices. This is much like the Sharpless, fully 

 as sweet, and of rather better shape. 



K^P|£!^'!Ss-^ 



DELAYED IN STARTING. 



" The best laid plans o' mice and men gang aft 

 aglee." 



Owing to the big fire in Hoboken at the docks of the 

 North German I,loyd S. S. Co , June .30, in which the 

 Saale was burned, my starting for Europe has been 

 delayed fifteen days. I go now on the " New Eng- 

 land," of the Dominion Line, sailing July 18 at 2.30 

 from Boston to Liverpool, and hope, before returning, 

 to attend the international bee congress in Paris in 

 September. 



WANTED, COMB AND EXTRACTED HONEY. 



We can use large quantities of comb and extracted 

 honey, and should be pleased to have our subscribers 

 advise us bj' return mail how much they have to offer. 

 In writing us, please observe the following : Do not 

 mix this up with any other matter j'ou may be writing 

 about. Tell us about how many pounds of each grade 

 of comb and extracted you have, and from what source 

 or sources gathered. 



What size shipping-cases' do you use? What pack- 

 ages for extracted honey ? Send sample of extracted 

 by mail. At what price do you hold it ? Name price 

 delivered at Medina if you can. Let us hear from you 

 promptly. If we can not use your honey we will refer 

 you to some one else if possible. Parties who have 

 not secured sufficient honey for their home market 

 will do well to write us. Often we can refer you to 

 some one near you who has honey to sell, or make you 

 a shipment direct from some of our customers near 

 you. 



KIND WORDS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. 



PLAIN SECTIONS COME TO STAY. 



The Corneil smoker is a dandy. Your extra thin 

 foundation is beautiful, but my bees cut it down bad- 

 ly ; but it may be owing to the poor season. I think I 

 prefer a little heavier side wall. I am trying the plain 

 sections and fences, and think they have come to stay. 

 I have about 2000 partly filled sections, none finished ; 

 but I am master of the situation, and will have them 

 all finished off in a short time. J. E. Hand. 



Wakeman, O., July 9. 



[We do not recommend the extra thin foundation, 

 for the very reason that bees are liable to gnaw it 

 down. Still we furnish it, because many will have no 

 other. In a good flow it will not be gnawed ; but one 

 never knows whether the season will be good or bad. 

 -Ed.] 



our book on strawberry culture. 



It is SO seldom we hear direct from our old friend T. 

 B. Terry I am sure our friends will be interested in 

 the following, even if it was not intended for print : 



Dear Mr. Root . — Allow me to inclose one of the 

 many kind letters I receive. We are jointly interest- 

 ed in this one. I met this young friend, and tried to 

 wake him up a little. I want to thank you most 

 heartily for the chance you gave me to reach thou- 

 sands of friends and enthuse them a little, thus mak- 

 ing their lives more full. I've just returned from six 

 weeks in Minnesota, at institutes. T. B. Terry. 



Hudson, O., June 28. 



The letter he incloses and alludes to we give below : 



My dear friend Mr. Terry: — You remember the last 

 time I was with you was at the institute at Clifton 

 Springs Sanitarium. Now, that institution has been 

 taking our large fine-flavored strawberries and paying 

 me my own price, 13 to 15 cts. a quart. We live 11 

 miles from there, and I am up at 4 o'clock and am 

 there at 7, and before breakfast, and am back home 

 by 10. I go along the road past our neighbors before 

 they are up. Your little strawberry book has been 

 worth hundreds of dollars to me. I can not begin to 

 supply them, as they use 10 crates or bushels a day. I 

 could get a good job there just growing fine strawber- 

 ries for them, but am busy, and have a good job now 

 working for my own interest. I will write and tell 

 you about our crops later on. Our berries bring us 

 about SUO a day in the beginning. 



AUoway, N. Y., June 21. Chas. Vanderbilt. 



