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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



May 1 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



PRPMIUM QUEENS. 



Gleanings one year and untested Italian queens, 

 (from our Southern breeders) only $100. Order early. 

 Supply limited. We are mailing these queens within 

 two or three days after receiot of order. 



WANTED — SEED OF THE CHAPMAN HONEY-PL.\NT. 



If anybody has any of the above seed even if only 

 a little,' I wish he would let us know. I am ashamed 

 to say that we neglected sowing any seed before we 

 were sold out. 



WAX BEANS — ADVANCE IN PRICE. 



The Davis wax bean is worth just double what we 

 have been offering it for in our catalog. We have 

 sold out all of our own growing, and have been 

 obliged to purchase seed to fill orders; therefore fu- 

 ture prices will be: Pint, lo cts.; quart. 25 cts ; peck, 

 $1.90; bushel, $7.50 To save ourselves trom loss we 

 shall be obliged to give customers their money's 

 worth, instead of q\iantity mentioned in our catalog'. 



HIGH PRICES ON VARIOUS GARDEN SEEDS. 



It is true, there are certain places where you can buy, 

 for instance cucumbers, sweet corn, wax beans, etc , 

 at less prices than we have quoted you. But when you 

 get the lower prices you should bear in mind that you 

 get oW seeds. We have frequent offers of old seeds, 

 with the statement that they will germinate 50, 60, or 

 even 70 per cent. Now, the reliable wholesale i ealers 

 will tell this when they offer them for .sale. The retail 

 dealer who sells in small quantities is not so particular. 

 Our cucumber seed was grown expressly for us, and 

 we know it is fresh; the same way with our sweet corn 

 what we have left If von b»iy cheap seeds, look out. 



SHALLOTS, ONIONS. ONION-SETS, ETC. 



Even though every thing in the onion line is cheap- 

 er now than it has been for years. I think it will be a 

 miftake to let up on planting onions. Prices are likely 

 to be away up a year from this time. The shallots 

 mentiotipd in our last i.'sue have not gone off very 

 well ; therefore we will reduce the price to 10 cents a 

 quart, or 20 cents if sent by mail. Shallots furnish 

 the first bunching oni ns, and perhaps the best; and 

 it is the best-keeping onion of any thing in the onion 

 line. The large ones will keep hard and firm in the 

 spring when everything else is gone; Hnd the small 

 ones always sell for about the price of onion-sets, and 

 they are ever so much easier to raise. Yi u can plant 

 them any time in May Better try a quart, even if 

 you are not acquaint<-d with them. 



cow PEAb — PRICES REDUCED. 



We can furnish the Wonderful cow pea at 10 cts. 

 per quart; same bv mail, 25 cts ; peck. 60 cts.; 'Yi bush- 

 el. 11.10: bushel, $2.00. The Wonderful probably fur- 

 nishes more feed than and other but in nur locality, 

 unless the season i-; very favorable it will not ripen 

 many of the i ods. We are obliged to send south for 

 our seed. The extra-earlv Blackeve will be 15 cts per 

 quart; by mail, 30 cts ; pe'ck, S' 00;' bushel, $:-t..50. This 

 is. perhaps, as early as any variety of cow peas, and 

 will ripen seed almost all through the North. Al- 

 though it does not produce the amount of hay or feed, 

 it is preferred by many, because they can raise their 

 own seed. A leaflet telling about cow peas, how to 

 sow them, and what they are good for, will be mailed 

 on application. They can be planted at any time dur- 

 ing May and June. 



CRIMSON-CLOVER SEED LOWER. 



The way clover seeds of all kinds have been march- 

 ing up for the past year or two. it is a little refreshing 

 to find one of them going down, and especially just a 

 little before the time to .sow it We can furni.'-h crim- 

 son clover seed now at a dollar a bushel less than our 

 last quotation : Bushel, $\ 50 ; half-bushel. fl.90 ; peck, 

 $1 (X); 1 lb , 10 cts.; by mail, 20 cts.; 8 lbs. 50 cts. Prob- 

 ably the best time to sow crimson clover is in July, 

 just a>>out the time you sow buckwheat ; and it does 

 tiptop when put in 7uith buckwheat ; at least every ex- 

 periment we have made of that kind is a success. If 

 you can not get it .'own in July, any time during Au- 

 gust will do as well, or nearly so. With every thing 

 favoraV)le it may also stand the winter nicely on good 

 rich ground if sown in September. I would not ad\'ise 

 trying it as late a- October. On our ground we have 

 never failed in getting a good stand and have it win- 

 er nicely when put in as above. 



SEED POTATOES FOR PLANTING ; PRICES REDUCED. 



In order to close out the remainder of our northern- 

 grown seed-potatoes we make the following lo'»' prices: 

 Lee's Favorite, Maule's Commercial, 



Red Bliss Triumph, State c f Maine, 



Whitton's White Mammoth. 

 All the above will be 65 cts. per bushel; seconds, 40 

 cts. per bushel. The above are all late potatoes ex- 

 cept the Bliss Triumph ; this is the earliest potato 

 known. 



Russet, Eirly Trumbull, 



New Queen, Twentieth Century, 



King of Michigan, Early Ohio, 



Early Michigan, Freeman, 



Craig. 

 All of the above will be 75 cts. per bushel for firsts, 

 50 cts per bus'-el for seconds. 



A full description of all these new and valuable va- 

 rieties will be found on page 265. March 15. If \ou 

 want them better order quickly or the kind you want 

 may be gone. 



WHITTON'S WHITE MAMMOTH POTATO AT 86.50 A 

 BUSHEL. 



We clip the following from John I,ewis Childs' cata- 

 log for vmv. 



^_WHITE MAMMOTH POTATO 



A mammoth seedling of great promise. It is an unusually 

 strong grower, great drouth and bug resister, and sure crop- 

 per ; tubers extra large, white, oblong, tlattened ; few e.ves, 

 and those on the surface, and a beautiful skin. In quality 

 it Is one of the best, and an enormous cropper. In keeping 

 qmlities it is par excellence, remaining hard and brittle un- 

 til very late spring. Season, medium late — a variety which 

 is sure to be a money-maker ; and for a general-crop variety 

 we think it will prove to Vie the best yet introduced. Fine 

 tubers, 1.5 cts. each ; 3 for 311 cts ; 12 for $1.00, postpaid. Peck, 

 by express, $2.00 ; bushel, .*6.50. 



I may add just here that this potato was originated 

 right near Medina, and is probably all or nearly all 

 that is claimed for it. Please notice his price is J6.50 

 a bushel; ours is 65 cents 



ALFALFA — ITS ADAPr Alii LI 1 V TO DIFFERENT LOCA- 

 TIONS. 



Dear Mr. .^oo/:— Through >our kindness last season 

 I sent out among readers of Gleanin(,s a quantity of 

 very choice alfalfa seed for trial. It was grown in 

 the high altitudes of Nevada and supposed to be n uch 

 better acclimated for trial n the colder sections of the 

 Northwest. I sent with e ch lot directioi s for sowing 

 and ho* to manage it, requesting that reports be sent 

 me, but at the present time few hiive replied. I am 

 very anxious to have these reports, and am able to 

 reach these people only through Gleanings, as in 

 some way the names have been destroyed. You 

 would, thert fore, greatly oblige an old subscriber if 

 you would kindly make some mention of this in the 

 proper department. 



Again, this season I have a small lot of very choice 

 seed that can be shared among those wishing to give 

 alfalfa a fair trial, if they will share the cost of seed 

 and postag . say 25 cts. silver (no stam])s), and I will 

 venture to promise each one enough to plant a plot 50 

 to 100 feet square, if handled according to the direc- 

 tions I shall -end. 



There is nothing in this for me except my trouble, 

 but I am wil ing to help our brother bee-keepers to 

 know some of the wonders of alfalfa, and you will 

 likelv help some one in making mention of my offers. 

 Alfalfa can be successfully sown up to June 15th in 

 almost evt rv section. William C. Aiken. 



Angwiu, Napa Co., Cal. 



[We give place to the above, r ven though it comes a 

 little in the line of free advertising. From reading 

 the different agricultural papers I am satisfied that 

 alfalfa can lie made a great bo )n to farmers through- 

 out almost all the Northern States. It is succeeding 

 here in Ohio; and as an adjunct to the grains for feed- 

 ing all domestic animals it takes a place that nothing 

 el.se can fill. There is an especially great need of 

 seed that has been grown in colder regions. Will 

 those who tested friend Aikin's samples last season 

 send a brief report to us that we may give it in 

 Gleanings?] 



Couvention Notices. 



The spring meeting of the eastern part of the North- 

 ern Illinois Bee-keepers' Association will be held at 

 the residence of James Taylor, in Harlem, Winnebago 

 Co., 111., Mav 19 1903 All' interested in bees are cor- 

 dially invited to attend. B. Kennedy, Sec. 



Ch'errv Valley, 111. 



