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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15 



Gleanings in Bee Culture 



[Established in 1873.] 



Devoted to Bees, Honey, and Home Interests. 



Published Semi-monthly by 



The A. I. Root Co., - - Medina, Ohio. 



A. I. ROOT, Editor of Home and Gardening Dep'ts. 



E. R. ROOT, Editor of Apicultural Dept. 



J. T. CALVERT. Bus. Mgr. 



A. L. BOYDEN, Sec. 



TERMS. $1.00 per annum : two years, $1.50; three 

 years, $2.00; five years, $3.00, in advance; or two copies 

 to one address, $1.50 ; three copies, $2.00 ; five copies, 

 ^.75. The terms apply to the United States, Canada, 

 •nd Mexico. To all other countries 48 cents per year 

 extra for postage. 



The National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. 



Objects of The Association : 



To promote and protect the interests of its members. 

 To prevent the adulteration of honej-. 



Annual Membership, $1.00. 



Send dues to the Treasurer. 



Officers : 



W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Mich., President. 



J. XJ. H.-^RRis, Grand Junction, Col., Vice president. 



George W. York, Chicago, 111., Secretary. 



N. E. France, Platteville, Wis., Gen. Mgr. and Treas. 



Board of Directors: 



E. "Whitcomb, Friend, Nebraska. 

 W. Z. Hutchinson, Flint, Michigan. 

 W. A. Selser, 10 Vine St., Phildadelphia, Pa. 

 R. C. AiKiN, Loveland, Colorado. 

 P. H. Elwood, Starkville. N. Y. 

 E. R. Root, Medina, Ohio. 

 17 DO Toepperwei.n, San Antonio, Texas. 

 G. M. Doolittle. Borodino, N. Y. 

 W. F. Marks, Chapinville, N. Y. 

 J. M. Hamb.-\ugh, Escondido, Cal. 

 C. A. Hatch. Richland Center. Wis. 

 C. C. Miller, Marengo, Illinois. 



Special Notices by A. I. Root. 



the crown that is just over our heads, and 



WITHIN OUR reach. 



When I spoke about my Bible-reading, on page 969, 

 I had lost my list of references Since then it has un- 

 expec edly come to light, and I submit here the reaa- 

 in.gs for those who maj- care to know what the Bible 

 saj'S of Bunvan's figure of the man with the rake : 



I. Cor 9 : 2.5 ; II Tim, 4:7; Tames 1 : 12 ; I. Peter 5 : 2 

 —4 ; Rev 2 : 7, 10. 20 ; Rev. 3 :"5, 12. 21. 



It will be noticed the passages from Revelation do 

 not all refer to the crown, hut they speak of the prom- 

 ise " to him that overcometh." 



W.-VNTED— seed OF THE C.ALIFORNI.\ S.AGE. 



If any of the friends in California can furnish us a 

 pound or two, or even les-:, of either the white or black 

 sage that bears honey in California we shall be vtrj- 

 glad to get it. If you can not get us a pound, send us 

 an ounce of one or both kinds, and we will try to pay 

 j'ou for your time and trouble. 



D.A.VIS W.\X BEANS, ETC. 



Last season we at one time paid $6. .50 a bushel for 

 Davis VI ax beans to fill orders. About this time I dis- 

 covered many of our potatoes were not coming up. in 

 consequence of the protracted cold wet weather just 



about the time they were planted. In about two hours 

 one of our bo.\s with a hand planter put a hill of beans 

 wherever a hill of potatoes was missing. Well, I pull- 

 ed and dried and thrashed them all, and got about lour 

 bushels of nice beans, I thought btst to mention it for 

 fear some of the friends might think I am not much of 

 a farmer after all, if it took me three weeks to har- 

 vest two acres of potatoes and five acres of buckwheat, 

 even if I did have to do it almost alone. I do not know 

 now what wax beans are going to be worth for seed 

 for ne.xt year. Of course, they were cultivated when 

 we cultivated the potatoes ; but we could just as well 

 cultivate some hills of beans as to keep cultivating all 

 through the season around "' nothing at all." 



SEED POTATOES FOR 1904. 



Instead of having 1000 bushels to sell, as I had a year 

 ago, I have scarcelj' 100. I have not seen any other 

 prices quoted by any other seedsman; but there will 

 probably not be very much variation from the prices 

 given below, the same as we slarted out with last year: 



TABLE OF PRICES. 



NAME. 

 Varieties are In order 

 as regards time of ma- 

 turing ; earlie.«t first, 

 next earliest second, 

 and so on. 



Red Bliss Triumph 



Six Weeks 



Early Michigan 



Early Trumbull 



Bovee 



New Queen 



Freeman 



Lee's Favorite 



Twentieth Century 



State of Maine 



Carman No. 3 



King of Michigan 



California Russet 



New Craig 



Whitton's White Mam. 



Seconds, while we have them, will be half price. 



A barrel can be made up of as many varieties as you 

 choose, and they will be at barrel prices if you have a 

 w'lole barrel or mere 



In addition to the kinds mentioned in the table, I 

 planted as a test one peck each of several varieties all 

 highly recommended by our OhioExpeiiment Station. 

 They are mostly early or extra early. The prices will be 

 the same as the earli'es in the table They are as fol- 

 lows: Admiral Dewey, Early Norwood, Early Fortune, 

 Hammond's .Sensation, Imes' Blight-proof Early Ohio, 

 Baker's F'xtra Early Quick Crop, and Northern 

 Beauty. This last gave the highest yield (321 bushels 

 per acre) of any potato early or late, tested at the 

 Ohio Experiment .Station. 



We hardly think it safe to ship potatoes after the 

 first of December unless they are going somewhere 

 south. In fact, we have successfully shipped potatoes 

 all winter for many years past to the Southern States 

 by packing them in dry sawdust and lining the bar- 

 rels with heavy paper. We can ship as above, or we 

 will keep them safely in our potato-cellars until next 

 April, or later if you prefer. A: our crop is very 

 limited this year, if \ ou want any of the above veri- 

 ties jou had better send in j'our order at once. 



THE SPED .\ND PLANT BUSINESS OF THE .4. I. ROOT CO. 



After having sold vegetable seeds and plants for al- 

 most twenty years, I reluctantly announce that I am 

 about to give it up. In fact, our seed department has 

 already been sold to E, C. Green & Son, of this place. 

 Many of you are somewhat acquainted with Mr, Green 

 from his writings in GleanIings and other agricul- 

 tural pipers. He was for many years connected with 

 the Ohio Experiment Station, and had charge of the 

 department for testing new vegetables. He is also the 

 originator of Burpee's tomato. Fordhook Fancy; also 

 several varieties that are offered bj' Livingston, In 

 fact, he hns all his life been connected more or less 

 with orisinating new plants and vegetables. The son 

 is now in our employ, where he can have daily consul- 

 tation with me in regard to getting hold of the minu- 

 tiae of our seed business I confess it makes me feel 

 sad, however, to think of dropping the very pleasant 

 acquaintance of those who have for years p^st entrust- 

 ed us with their orders for seeds; but with the recent 

 enlarging and development of our apiarian business 

 we have found it absolutely necessary to drop all side 



