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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1. 





Double-pointed tacks, 20c per lb.; 10 lbs., S1.80. 



Wire-cloth staples, 20c per lb. 



Crate-staples, 15c per lb. 



End-space staples, 1.5c per lb. 



Paraffine wax, 20c per lb.; 10 or 12 lb. cakes, 16c. 



MAPLE SYRUP. 



We have a choice lot of maple syrup in gallon cans, 

 which we oiTer at Sl.OO per gallon, 10 gallons, S9.00. 

 This is cheaper than honey, and our supply ought not 

 to last long at these prices. We have no maple sugar 

 -at present to offer at any price. 



We have very little comb honey to offer at present 

 •writing. What little we secure goes out about as fast 

 as it comes in, at good prices. We could sell a lot 

 more of fancy white honey if we could secure it. 



We are also having a good trade in extracted. We 

 bought a carload of basswood honey in barrels in 

 Wisconsin, of which we have already sold a half. 

 We have also a car of amber California honey on the 

 way here, of which about half is sold for delivery on 

 arrival. We shall be pleaved to hear from any desir- 

 ing honey. 



PRICES ON SUPPLIES FOR NEXT SEASON. 



We have decided to continue the prices in effect last 

 season on hives and sections for the coming season, 

 •or until conditions warrant a further change. While 

 the cost of lumber would warrant the advance pro- 

 posed two months ago, we have concluded not to 

 make it, but to be content with a narrower margin of 

 profit. Bee-keepers have had two quite unfavorable 

 years, which we have also felt in a reduced demand 

 for supplies. We trust that, with the high prices pre- 

 vailing for honey, and the favorable outlook for a 

 clover crop the coming year, the demand will increase, 

 and we shall be rewarded by increa.sed business at the 

 old price. The wax market is such that we shall have 

 to advance comb foundation 2 cents a pound above 

 la.st season's price. We are able to make lower prices 

 on some other items. The changes in price from last 

 season's catalog are given in the following tables. 

 There may be a few other unimportant changes before 

 our 1901 catalog is issued. 



Flint for hives, price per gal., $1.85; half -gal., 95c; 

 ■qt , 50c; pint, 30c. 



TINNED WIRE. — Page 13. 



Sizes furnished. 



^-oz. spools No. 30 tinned wire.. 

 J^-lb. spools No. 30 tinned wire.. 

 H-lb. spools No. 30 tinned wire.. 

 1 - lb. spools No. 30 tinned wire.. 

 5-lb. coils No. 30 tinned wire 



Price Post, 

 each I doz. each. 



COMB FOUNDATION —Page 16. 



Name of Grade. 



Medium brood . 



Ivight brood 



Thin super 



Extra thin 



Size, and sheets , In lots of 



per pound. 



6^x15% 9 to 10 



6Kxl5K 11 to 12 

 4VsxU^A 25 

 iVaxUVi 29 



50 



10 



25 



Root zinc strips, 1 row holes, fxlSto 19J, per 100, 51.00. 

 Tinker zinc strips, 2 rows holes, ^gxlS to 20, 100, 81.50. 

 Cut pieces of Root zinc, 10c a ft.; Tinker zinc, 15c a ft. 

 Root zinc sheets, 28x96 inches, each SI. 50. 

 Tinker zinc sheets, 24x40 inches, each 75c. 



PRICE LIST OF HONEY BOARDS. — Page 21. 



Manum's swarm-catcher, with pole, 81.10. 

 " " without pole, 80c. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



GOSPEL HYMNS. 



The Gospel Hymns offered on p. 904 will be sold, till 

 closed out, at one-third less the advertised prices. 



DAVIS wax beans. 



We have just received from Eugene Davis, the orig- 

 inator of the wax b^ans, his entire crop for the past 

 season. So far as I can tell at present writing, the 

 prices will be the same as last season : Pint, 1.5 cts. ; 

 quart, 25 cts.; 4 quarts, 90 cts. ; peck, 81.75. I do not 

 see why it is somebody does not go to work and grow 

 beans for seed, and do one of two things — either get 

 rich or bring the prices down a notch or two. 



THE new bush BEAN, THl! PRIZE WINNER — SEE 

 PAGE 930. 



This new extra-early bush bean, we understand 

 from F. B. Mills, has been named the Prize Winner. 

 It is claimed they have yielded as high as 40 bushels 

 per acre. If they are'always loaded with pods as ours 

 have been, I can readily believe it. We seem to be 

 the first to have demonstrated that two crops can be 

 grown in a season on ihe same ground — that is. in our 

 locality. We are now prepared to furnish them in 

 five-cent packets, and will be able to make a price on 

 quantities later. 



JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT — OLD PRICES ONCE MORE. 



This is good news to those who want to buy, but not 

 so good for those who want to sell. We can now fur- 

 nish a trial packet of 4 ounces, postpaid by mail, for 

 5 cts ; 1 lb. by mail, postpaid. 15 cts.; 1 peck, by freight, 

 25 cts.; ^ bushel, 45 cts.; bushel, 85; 2-bushel bag, 

 $1..50. The above prices include bag to ship in. Ten 

 or more bushels, purchaser paying for the sacks, 70 

 cts. per lushel. Some of the buckwheat that we offer 

 at the above prices cost us 90 cts. spot cash, ba^s extra. 

 But this is a part of the seed business. Prices may go 

 up again, so you had better send your order now for 

 what you want next year, and then you will be sure 

 to have it when you need it. 



PRICES OF ALSIKE CLOVER AND OTHER SEEDS FOR 

 ANOTHER SEASON. 



The prices are good on alsike, beans, etc., for the 

 groiver, but a little bad for the purchaser. Never 

 mind. More of us will have to go to growing seeds 

 again. The new crop of alsike seems to be scarce. 

 We have, however, secured 13 bushels of very nice 

 new seed, but we can not make prices less than 1 lb., 

 by mail, .30 cts.; by express or freight, 1 lb., 20 cts.; 

 peck. 82 25; Vz bushel, 84.25; bushel, $8 00. White 

 Dutch clover, same price as alsike. We can now 

 furnish sweet clover at our old prices — 1 lb. by 

 mail, 18 cts.; by express or freight, 10 lbs. at 6 cts. per 

 lb.; 100 lbs., 5 cts. per lb. Prices maybe higher late 

 in the season, just as it was last season ; therefore if 

 you want any, it might be a safe thing to buy it now. 



Beans of all kinds are going to be away up again; 

 but we have not received quotations sufficient yet to 

 give the price. All other seeds will run about as last 

 year, so far as we can tell. 



THE NEW SCAB-PROOF RUSSET POTATO. 



We have just received from Wilbur Fenn, the grov»'- 

 er, 100 bushels of carefully selected new Russet pota- 

 toes for seed. After having seen the potato growing 

 in Michigan and in different parts of Ohio, I am glad 

 to be able to say that it is practically scab-proof. I 

 have not found a bit of scab in field culture, and only 

 a very little in an old garden badly infested with scab. 

 I confess I never expected to find a potato so nearly 

 perfect in this respect as the Russet. Another thing, 

 the quality — at least the quality of those grown by 

 Wilbur Fenn — is about equal to any potato we have — 

 not even excepting the P'reeman, for either baking or 

 boiling. They are snowy white, and dry and floury. 

 You may remember I offered 81000 for a single barrel 

 of potatoes that were scab-proof, and equal to some of 

 our best in other respects. The Russets would bring 

 the 81000 fairly and squarely if the yield were only 

 equal to Carman No. 3 or the Rural New-Yorker and 

 other standard varieties. On Mr. Fenn's farm he 

 finds the yield about equal to any other variety ; but 



