1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



629 



DWARF PROI.IFIC GERMAN BLACK SEEDED 

 WAX BEANS. 



Some time in the spring D. M. Ferry & Co., 

 of Detroit, sent us a packet of the above sort 

 of wax beans. I do not know why they sent 

 them, for if I am not mistaken this is an old 

 and comparatively well - known variety, al- 

 though I do not remember that we have ever 

 tested them on our grounds. But it was a sur- 

 prise to me to find them earlier than the Davis 

 wax beans, more prolific, and very much more 

 crisp and tender. In fact, when we found 

 they were so superior to any other wax beans 

 we had ever got hold of before, I purposely 

 let some of them mature to see how long they 

 would be good without getting tough or 

 stringy. Well, we have been picking them 

 from the same row for nearly if not quite a 

 month ; and although they are good-sized 

 beans inside of the pods, the pods are just as 

 crisp and tender as at first. I do not know 

 whether this is an improved variety, or what 

 is the matter ; but I do know that 10 cents' 

 worth of seed has furnished beans almost daily 

 for a large family, and we have had some to 

 give away to the neighbors. I never saw any 

 wax beans yield so well, and I never saw any 

 before so excellent in quality, besides being 

 exceedingly early. We shall most assuredly 

 put them in our catalog next season. Of 

 course, the ground was very rich, and there 

 was a good " dust mulch " cultivation. They 

 are certainly an improvement on wax beans 

 in general. Oh, yes ! just one thing more. 

 There has never been a rusty pod in the patch. 



THE COTTON OR BOI.I, WORM. 



What can we do for corn that has worms in the end 

 of the ear, among the silk, eating and spoiling the 

 ear? I have never seen it mentioned, yet X know it's 

 quite a common trouble. Mrs. Julia S. Carman. 



Granville, C, July 2, 1900. 



The above was submitted to our Experi- 

 ment Station, Wooster ; and, in the absence 

 of the entomologist, Prof. Green writes as 

 follows : 



Mr. A. I. Root: — I do not think any thing can be 

 done to prevent it. I have frequently seen this worm 

 on corn. It is known as the boll worm, and in the 

 South infests the cotton as well as the corn. 



Wooster, O., July 11, 1900. W. J. Green. 



In addition to the above. Prof. Webster 

 •writes : 



The A. I. Root Co.: — The insect is the corn or boll 

 worm, which works in the corn in the North and in 

 the cotton-bolls in the South. They are not likely to 

 do very much damage here in the North, and this 

 largely to corn grown for culinary purposes. 



Wooster, C, July 12, 1900. F. M Webster. 



While we have the thing in mind, perhaps 

 I might give also the following from a recent 

 number of the Rural New- Yorker: 



F. B., Albany, Ga. — What remedy can I use on to- 

 mato-vines to prevent the worm which bores into the 

 tomato, -and at what stage should the remedy be ap- 

 plied? 



Ans. — There is no satisfactory method of checking 



the ravages of this cotton-boll worm, or corn worm, 

 when it works in tomatoes ; the only thing that can 

 be done is to hand-pick and destroy the infested 

 fruits. Some think that thorough cultivation of the 

 soil in the fall will kill some of them in their hiber- 

 nating stage in the soil. Perhaps they might be in- 

 duced first to attack very early corn planted among 

 the tomatoes. M. V. Slingerland. 



Permit me to add also from Bulletin No. 9G, 

 of the Ohio Experiment Station, the following: 



The insect Ins been known in Ohio since 1815, and 

 it is not likely to become much more destructive than 

 it is at the present time. It is much more abundant 

 some years than others. 



Serious trouble has been reported among those who 

 grow tomatoes in considerable areas, because of the 

 larvce eating into and destroying the green and ripen- 

 ing fruit. 1 n such cases it is" always best not to plant 

 tomatoes close to coru, but, when possible, on ground 

 that has been fall or winter plowed. 



I may add, also, on my own hook, that our 

 tomato-book recommends that those who grow 

 tomatoes largely for canning-factories should 

 keep a flock of young turkeys, and train them 

 to g-) through the toma'o fi Ids regularly, for 

 they will "gobble up" all sorts of large green 

 worms that eat both the vine and fruit. 



Humbugs and Swindles. 



OFFICE OF 



VOLUNTARY METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVER, 



n. S. WEATHER BUREAU. 



Mr. Root: — Here is another humbug ad't for you. 

 You will confer a great favor iip-in your readers by 

 airing it, as you so often do such things. 



Ozark, Ark . July 2, 1900. W W. AdamS. 



A CH\NCR TO MAKE MONEY. 



1 h»ve berries giape-i and peaflie-: a vptf o'd. fresh as 

 when picked. I used the California Co'il Prore-is. Do not 

 heat or eal the fniit jvi-t put it up i-'old. keeps perfeetlv fre h. 

 and costs almost nothinpr; can put up a Viu hel in ten minnte-i. 

 Last ye ir I sol I directions to over 1 JO fanii ies in one week; 

 any onf- will pay aiioHav for directions when he sees the 

 tjeautiful samples of frnit. A< there are many peip'e poor 

 lilve myself. 1 ■ on.-ider it my tinty to ^ive mv e.^perience to 

 snch, and frel ''oulident any one can make one or two h'ln red 

 dollars .aronMil liome in a tew davs. Twill mail i s.ainple of 

 fruitand liill (liiections to any of yon'' realer,-, for nini'teen 

 two cent stamps which is only the actnal cost of tlie samples, 

 postai'e. etc. P\niculars free. Mrs. M Baikd, '^J."):) Lac'e.le 

 Ave., .St. Louis. Mo. 



[I at once sent the stamps, and received the follow- 

 ing :] 



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 yon can sret your start. I think von can make bier money by 

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 Wishing: you all success and assurinsr you that I will g-iadly 

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St. Louis. Mo. , 



[Here is the great secret :] 



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DIRKCTIONS FOR PRESERVING 

 Fruits. Vegetables, and Liquids, by C ilitornia Cold Process. — 

 .As soon as convenli-nt after picking, take fruit that is sound 

 and clean (wash it it ne 'essary). and p.ack it in ja-s or what- 

 ever ves-el you wish to use. Put it in as closely as you can 

 without injiUing the fruit, as the more compact it is picked 

 the less liquid it will tak • to cover it Tlien take one two- 

 ounce package Co pound E.Ktraet of .Sal.y.x and fourteen 

 lioundsof si'g.ir icoflee O is the best) ant dissolve the salyx 

 and ^^lgal■ in tiirce and a half gallons of hot water. See that 

 it is nil perlfctly dissolved, then let it get cold, strain thi-ough 

 Manuel (doth, and pour on enough liquid to cover the fiuit. 

 You do not have to heal the fruii ; it is simply f re-h fiuit kept 

 fresh on scientiti'- prin iples, without niechHnical assistance. 

 In the above manner you can keep all kinds of Perries, cur- 

 rants, gmpes, peaches, pears an i pie-pl.ant. or any thing in 

 the fruit line. Currants and giapes you can jiut vip without 



