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Spraying Grapes. — At the late meet- 

 ing of the Ohio Horticultural Society, 

 President Campbell road an essay on 

 new grapes. Following this, was an essay 

 by Mr. Geo. W. High, a successful grape 

 grower on the spraying of vines, to pre- 

 vent mildew or rot, applying it just after 

 blossoming, or when fruit is set, and two 

 or three times more between then and 

 the ripening of the grapes. The mix- 

 ture consists of one pound of sulphate of 

 copper, dissolved in three gallons of hot 

 water, and, when cold, add one pint of 

 the spirits of ammonia, then 22 to 25 

 gallons of water. He uses the Nixon 

 spraying machine for the work. 



Prof. Weed, of the Ohio Experimental 

 Station, at Columbus, also recommended 

 the spraying of fruit and other trees, with 

 highly-diluted poisoned water (4: ounces 

 of London purple or Paris green, to 50 

 gallons of water), for the destruction of 

 insects injurious to fruit or foliage. He 

 found it efficacious in the destruction (or 

 driving away) of the curculio, as well as 

 killing, without doubt, the codling moth, 

 canker worm, and caterpillars. 



Let it b(; remembered, however, that 

 the spraying must not be done while in 

 bloom, or it will be very harmful to the 

 bees or other insects, while they are 

 fertilizing the flowers, and thus increas- 

 ing the quantity and quality of fruit. 



We Acknowledge a call from Mr. D. 

 A. Fuller, the efficient Secretary of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion. Mr. F. fully intended to be pres- 

 ent at Springfield last week, but a sick 

 wife prevented. Mr. F. is a brother to 

 the Chairman of one of the Steering 

 Committees of the Legislature, and the 

 latter will aid our State Association to 

 obtain the necessary appropriation for 

 the Columbian Fair. Mr. D. A. Fuller 

 has two more acquaintances in the Leg- 

 islature, upon whom we can count for 

 aid — making five in all, as a nucleus to 

 sustain our claim for a respectable 

 appropriation in order to make a grand 

 exhibit at the World's Columbian Fair. 



The Christian Woman, of Philadel- 

 phia, is an excellent home paper, and 

 well deserves the patronage of all who 

 desire to elevate the moral and intellect- 

 ual standard of the human race. In its 

 last issue we notice the following for 

 which we make our best bow : 



The American Bee Journal for 1891 

 is improved in size, enlarged in the num- 

 ber of its pages, and is stored with infor- 

 mation as good as the best honey, the 

 cultivation of which its industrious edi- 

 tor is zealous to secure. No one can 

 read this standard journal (the oldest 

 publication of its kind) and not wish he 

 could keep a colony of bees. But who- 

 ever tries to carry wishes into effect 

 must make up his mind to be as indus- 

 trious and persevering as the bees are. 



The employment is carried on success- 

 fully by women, and in many cases with 

 great enthusiasm and delight. The 

 reader will be surprised to see how large, 

 important and increasing the honey- 

 producing industry is. When we find 

 apiarists talking of car-loads and tons of 

 honey, we must try to comprehend mill- 

 ions of bees, miles and square miles of 

 hives, and vast areas of flowers. 



Locomotives will jump the tracks, 

 ocean-racers will collide, live electric 

 wires will kill the handlers, ^^nd bees 

 will sting ; but all can be managed, and 

 all will pay. The Bee Journal tells 

 how the management in its specialty can 

 be secured. 



Among the Telegraphic News in the 

 daily papers, last Friday, we found the 

 following item, in the list of corporations 

 licensed at Springfield, on Feb. 27, 

 1891, to commence business under the 

 laws of the State of Illinois : 



The Illinois State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation, at Springfield ; to promote bee- 

 culture ; without capital stock ; incor- 

 porators, P. J. England, J. A. Stone and 

 A. N. Draper. 



We drew up the incorporation papers 

 before leaving the Convention hall, and 

 this shows that the incorporators at- 

 tended to the business ; and the State 

 Association is now born, and fully recog- 

 nized by law. 



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