was crippled. Will some one who has tried 

 this, inform me if the fact that the bees 

 were given brood and were rearing a queen 

 would make the difference, or was my first 

 attempt just "happy circumstance?" 



I trust that this flour method will be a 

 success, for if it is it will solve to a certain 

 extent an easy way of introducing. I should 

 be glad to hear through the columns of the 

 American Bee Journal of any one who has 

 tried it, and with what success. 



A. F. Nelson. 



Benson, Minn., May 15. 



Peirce Service 



AND 



Root Quality 



Always Win 



Here are two instances out of several 

 thousand. 



Grafton. W. Va., April L'y, :yo'.t. 



Mr. E. W. Pfiro' 



The bee-3upplies are at hand. I am more than 

 pleased with them. I would rather have the 

 frames you sent me than the kind I meant to or- 

 der, because the foundation is more easilv put in 

 them. FRED BAILEY. 



Martinsburg, O., March 26. 

 Mr. E. ^y. P^irc 



The goods at hand; everything in ^ood condi- 

 tion. All parts fit nicely tog-ether. I like to order 

 goods from vou, Mr. Peirce, because vou are so 

 prompt in making shipment. PAUL GILMOR. 



Join the happy company of which Messrs. 

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\ DAY for snare lime. Business light, 

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GIANT RADISH 

 from JAPAN 



Grows 1^ Feet Long — Seeds FREE to Our Readers 



What do you thinlc of a variety of radish 

 that weighs thirty pounds, which is often 

 a foot and a half long and more than 

 eifrht inches through, which is as tender 

 and sweet during the hottest July weather 

 as the earliest spring radishes, and which, 

 notwithstanding its immense size, never 

 becomes hot or pithy; which can be eaten 

 raw like an apple, can be cooked like tur- 

 nips, and when pulled late in fall will 

 keep late into winter as sweet and crisp 

 as when pulled. Add to this the fact that 

 the tops, which grow to be two to three 

 feet long, make fine "greens," and you 

 have a pretty good description of the giant 

 radish. Sakurajima. a recent introduction 

 from Japan. 



The Fruit-Grower has secured practi- 

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 in America, and I want you to have a 

 package for planting this season. There is 

 plenty of time to plant, for this is a hot- 

 weather radish, and must be planted late. 



This splendid new radish was first called 

 to my attention by one of our readers on 

 [^on<.; Island. He has grown Sakurajima 

 radi.sh for two seasons, and says that last 

 \ear thf^-y averaged fifteen pounds In 

 weight and every radish was tender and 

 swff't. and did not get hot at any time. 



Hon. W. J. Bryan, seeing our advertise- 

 ment, writes: "Vou are thf man I am look- 

 ing fof. I s!iw the Oiant Radishes in 

 •litpnn, and want Home seed. I saw rad- 



ishes 15 to IS inches long, and the flavor 

 is good. I have been intending to send to 

 Japan for seed, Now, I will buy them "f 

 >ou, or subscribe for your paper — in fact, 

 yi.u can trade with, me on your own 

 terms." 



These Seeds are Free with a Trial 



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Here is the way to get the seeds: Send 

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 Regular rate $1.00 a year. 



The Fruit-Grower is the leading' fruit 

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 no whisky or medicine advertisements. 

 Ask the editor of this paper about The 

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JAMES M. IR\TNE, Editor The Fruit-Grower, Box S, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Some manufacturers of Bee-Keepers* Supplies burn New Mill Dam with Fifty Feet Water Poicer. 



A Car-load of Coal a Day 



The cost of the coal must be added to the cost i;f the material and the labor and all other expenses, and the Con- 

 Humer pays (he Bill. 



Who makes your bee-keepers' supplies ? It will pay you to look into this matter. You have long been wondering 

 why your Supplies cost so much. Better investigate. 



The above is a photograph of the Kinnickinnich at the site of the Power plant of the Bee-Supply factory of 

 W. H. Putnam, of River Falls, Wisconsin. .Send 10 cents for "See-Talk."' and experience an agreeable .surprise in prices. 



W. H. Putnam. River Falls, Wis. 



