SEEB-TSME AH© HARVEST. 
Coch.-auton Pa . Oct. 21,1884. 
Ed Sb*d-Time and Harvest; My i»on, 
Wlio lives about one half mile out of town, has 
•been acting on my suggestion of uniting bee¬ 
keeping with small fruit raising. I will report 
his success this season. He had about 1$ acres 
hi strawberries, from which he picked aboui 
120 busln-1-; sold th^m readily at 9 and 10 cents 
per quart; gave 1} cents per quart for picking. 
Hi had nine colonies of bet s in the spring. From 
ittven of these he took 500 pounds of honey m 
small boxes. Th s brought 15 c<nts per poui d 
at wholesale, making in all about $375 profit. 
He b just commencing the business?. Expects u 
keep 30 or 40 swarms of bees and have frum 2 to 
a-res iu berries. 
I think this is not a bad report and I would 
•till suggest that those who go int> berry rabin* 
to unite bee-keeping with it and I think the re 
■ult will be very satisfactory. 
Truly Yours, N. N. Shfpard. 
Wilanana, Pa , Sept. 19, 1884. 
I. F. Tillingha&t; Sir, I nave a problem which 
I would like to h»ve solved. Will you be kind 
enough to give your opinion through your mag 
tame? I hsve a piece of ground of about i mre 
(on a side hill which slopes to the south west 
and is »beltered on the south and west by woods) 
which I intend to set with berries next nprinv. 
What kind Will be likely to succeed be*t ? AUo 
what variety? Tae soil is a dark loam and is 
generally moist. Yours Respectfully, 
L. W. Me ELWAINj 
Answer; Our individual experience in tier 
ry culture is not v^ry extensive. We are sitting 
more of all kinds this fall than ever bef re. Will 
•omeof our practical sm ll fruit growers please 
give thtir views on the above? 
Ionia, M ch., July 16, 1884. 
Friend Tillinghast; I h*ve sold about 90,000 
Cabbage and 25 000 Celery Plants. I could bavt 
•old as many again had it not been for the long 
continued dry weather. Several parties ha • 
•pokm f r large qualities, but, d d not d ire t- 
tet them out, and I could not persuade them 
that the plants would live in spite of the dry- 
weather. Aliwho have sowed your s ed this 
year say they never had any more promising 
looking vegetables. I *h&ll work up an interest 
in y mr seeds at our agricultural fair this Is I, 
for I expect to have vegetables to show there 
that will open the eyes of all visitors. I want u> 
make it known from whence the seeds e«me, and 
from whom they can be obtained another jear. 
I have a field cf Fott er’i and Flat Dutch oi 
which any market gardener in the land might 
be proud. Two of my neighbor gardeners who 
purchased some of ydur onion seed, say they 
never had such a crop of uniform onions—not a 
'•eullion to V-e seen. I' is more especially a rec¬ 
ommends! ion, as their land has had the fame of 
producing haidly any hinsr but “scullions.” I 
feel greatly eucon raged, as I am sure I can con¬ 
fidently recoromeud your seeds. I have sent 
home to Afferent market gardeners in Sweden, 
and if they prove a success there, I think I shall 
get quhe a trade f om them. I hare thought of 
having a catalogue made out in the Swedish 
language in a condensed form. I shall not re¬ 
gret the day I formed business acquaintance 
with you. Very Respectfully, 
M. Wettkrling. 
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