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We  want  everyone  who  raises  any  veg¬ 
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this  coming  summer.  This  variety  (NOR¬ 
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U.  S.  Bulletin  No.  1015—1922). 
12.000  home  gardeners  planted  Stark’i*' Blight- 
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714-716  Che.tnut  Street 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
You,  Too,  Can  Grow 
This  Wonderful 
ASPARAGUS 
Think  of  putting  in  a  big 
bed  of  giant  WASHINGTON 
ASPARAGUS  for  SI. 00. 
WASHINGTON 
ASPARAGUS 
is  rust-resistant,  insuring 
heavy  yields  of  stalks  from 
one  to  two  inches  in  diam¬ 
eter.  Growth  is  clean  and 
straight.  The  shoots  are 
dark  green  with  a  heavy 
purple  tinge.  The  bud  does 
not  branch  until  well  above 
the  cutting  height. 
WASHINGTON  ASPARAGUS  is  the  most 
palatable  and  tender  variety  known.  It 
was  developed  by  the  U.  S.  Department 
of  Agriculture,  by  whom  we  are  listed 
as  approved  growers. 
A  packet  of  seeds,  or  50  roots,  will  plant 
three  rows  each  50  feet  long,  more  than 
sufficient  for  the  average  family  require¬ 
ments,  and  will  produce  for  twelve  years. 
Send  $1.00  for  a  packet  of  selected  seeds, 
or,  if  you  prefer,  $5.00  for  50  roots,  or  $3.00 
for  25  roots.— Postpaid  anywhere  in  the 
United  States;  complete  cultural  instruc¬ 
tions  with  each  order.  Prompt  ordering 
is  suggested  as  our  supply  is  limited. 
We  have  an  attractive  proposition 
for  the  large  commercial  grower. 
RIVERVIEW  FARMS 
Lock  Box  524  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey 
Getting  a  Start  with  Bees 
I  want  to  start  with  one  or  two  stands 
of  bees  this  Spring.  I  know  nothing 
about  bees,  and  I  would  like  to  know  how 
to  proceed,  what  equipment  and  supplies 
I  would  need.  I  have  been  advised  to 
buy  a  3-1'b.  package  of  bees  to  start  with 
about  the  first  week  in  May.  H.  F. 
Adamston,  W.  Va. 
There  are  several  ways  of  getting  a 
start  with  bees,  the  classical  one  being  to 
find  on  some  June  afternoon  a  swarm  of 
black  bees  clinging  to  a  limb  in  your  or¬ 
chard,  and  to  rush  for  a  neighbor  said  to 
be  skilled  in  hiving  stray  swarms,  while 
your  wife  beats  with  a  rolling-pin  upon 
the  family  dishpan  to  charm  the  insects 
with  melody  and  keep  them  from  again 
taking  wing.  If  the  neighbor  is  at  home 
and  well  disposed,  and  an  empty  nail  keg 
can  be  quickly  secured,  the  swarm  will 
be  duly  transferred  from  the  limb  to  the 
keg,  and  you  will  find  yourself  a  full- 
fledged  apiarist.  From  this  small  and  in¬ 
voluntary  start  there  is  no  reason  why 
you  cannot,  within  a  few  years,  become 
the  leading  beekeeper  of  your  section. 
There  are  few  things,  except  troubles, 
that  will  increase  as  rapidly  as  a  'Skill¬ 
fully  manipulated  swarm  of  bees;  they 
may  multiply  by  nature  and  be  divided 
by  man,  all  with  the  effect  of  increasing 
the  size  of  the  apiary. 
Should  you  not  care  to  wait  for  a  stray 
swarm  to  stop  in  one  of  your  cherry  trees 
or  rest  for  a  half-hour  in  the  crabapple 
by  the  garden  fence  before  continuing  its 
flight  to  the  woods,  you  may  deliberately 
set  about  the  acquirement  of  bees  by  pur¬ 
chase.  As  you  must  ultimately  keep  your 
bees  in  a  modern  movable  frame  hive, 
one  or  more  of  these  should  be  procured, 
fitted  with  frames  and  foundation,  and 
held  in  readiness.  If  you  really  contem¬ 
plate  becoming  a  beekeeper,  purchase  ouly 
standard  10-frame  hives,  all  fittings  for 
which  are  interchangeable.  You  will  learn 
the  value  of  standardization  and  uni¬ 
formity  later.  With  the  hive,  or  hives, 
you  will  need  the  upper  stories,  or  supers, 
in  which  the  surplus  honey  is  to  be  stored, 
and  these  must  be  fitted  with  frames  for 
extracted  honey  or  sections  for  that  to  be 
stored  in  combs.  Frames  or  sections,  too, 
must  have  artificial  comb  “starters.” 
In  addition,  you  will  need  a  smoker,  a 
beekeeper’s  veil  and  a  pair  of  gloves 
Gloves  of  light,  flexible  leather  will  give 
you  a  feeling  of  security  at  first ;  later 
they  may  be  discarded  for  fingerless  gloves 
of  cotton.  Until  you  have  learned  that 
bees  may  be  handled  with  only  an  occa¬ 
sional  sting,  however,  protect  your  hands 
and  face  thoroughly,  and  tie  the  bottoms 
of  your  trouser  legs  to  the  tops  of  your 
shoes  with  wool  twine.  No  one  can  handle 
bees  if  nervous,  and  nothing  subdues 
nervousness  like  the  feeling  that  all  your 
vulnerable  parts  are  covered.  If  your 
ancestral  halls  chance  to  contain  a  full 
suit  of  chain  armor,  worn  by  some  an¬ 
cient  crusader,  don’t  hesitate  to  don  if 
helmet,  gauntlets  and  all.  The  first  time 
that  you  open  an  occupied  hive  you  will 
be  glad  that  there  is  a  wall  of  impene- 
table  steel  between  you  and  the  lances 
carried  by  the  small  but  thoroughly  ef¬ 
ficient  guardians  of  that  hive’s  stores. 
There  are  several  good  ways  of  getting 
a  colony  of  bees  into  your  fully  fitted 
hive.  One  is  to  take  it  to  a  beekeeper 
and  bargain  for  a  first  swarm  to  be  in¬ 
stalled  in  it.  After  this  swarm  has  be¬ 
come  thoroughly  settled  in  its  new  quar¬ 
ters,  you  may  stop  up  all  exits  and  move 
the  hive  to  your  own  premises  some  night. 
A  “first  swarm”  is  the  first  swarm  cast 
from  an  old  colony  in  the  early  Summer, 
larger,  stronger  and  more  valuable  than 
later  swarms  from  the  same  colony.  The 
chief  objection  to  this  plan  is  that  you 
will  probably  have  to  be  content  with 
black  or  hybrid  bees,  which,  later  you 
will  want  to  change  to  pure  Italians. 
This  change  can  be  readily  made,  how¬ 
ever,  by  re-queening  your  colony  with  a 
purebred  Italian  queen  ;  a  feat  which  you 
will  have  to  learn  to  do,  anyway. 
<  Another  method  of  populating  your 
hive  is  by  purchase  of  a  two  or  three- 
frame  nucleus,  with  an  Italian  queen.  A 
nucleus  is  simply  one  or  more  frames, 
such  as  you  will  already  have  in  your 
hive,  containing  baby  bees  and  stores,  and 
covered  by  worker  bees,  with  or  without 
their  queen.  These  frames  are  set  into 
your  hive  and  the  bees  with  them  proceed 
to  build  up  the  colony.  The  nucleus  must 
have  a  queen,  and  a  queen  purchased  with 
it  will  be  of  the  race  that  you  want. 
Another  method  is  to  purchase  stocks 
of  bees  in  old-fashioned  box  hives,  and  to 
transfer  the  colonies  to  your  movable 
frame  hives.  In  dealing  with  such  old 
stocks  yoa  are  apt  to  run  into  foul  brood 
or  other  bee  diseases,  however,  and  it  is 
safer  to  purchase  new  swarms  or  nuclei. 
As  you  have  been  told,  early  May  or  dur¬ 
ing  fruit  bloom  is  the  best  season  of  the  ] 
year  to  begin  your  operations.  Stores 
are  coming  in  then  and  the  bees  have 
nothing  to  do  but  work  and  build  up  their 
colonies.  They  will  be  better  satisfied 
and  more  docile  when  they  feel  that  they 
are  prospering  and  the  season  is  before 
them. 
There  is  much  that  cannot  be  told  in  a 
few  paragraphs,  hut  a  beekeeper’s  sup¬ 
plies  catalogue  will  be  a  mine  of  infor¬ 
mation  to  you,  and  there  are  excellent 
beekeeping  journals  and  text  books  at 
your  disposal.  Having  once  started,  you 
will  learn  as  you  go  along,  and  the  bees 
themselves  will  not  hesitate  to  give  you 
pointers  from  time  to  time.  M.  B.  D. 
METCALF’S  QUALITY  SEEDS 
Red  Clover 
Per  Bushel 
of  60  Lbs. 
Metcalf's  Recleaned,  Medium .  .$16.00 
Metcalf’s  Recieaned,  Mammoth 
(Genuine)  .  16.50 
Indiana  Grown 
Alfalfa 
of  IK)  Lbs. 
Metcalf’s  Recieaned . $15.00 
Grimm  Alfalfa,  Certified .  30.00 
Our  alfalfa  comes  direct  from  the 
Western  Seed  Growers  Marketing  Co., 
Salt  Uake  City.  Utah. 
Alsike 
Per  Bushel 
of  60  Lbs. 
Metcalf’s  Recieaned . $13.00 
Sweet  Clover 
Per  Bushel 
of  (K)  Lbs. 
Metcalf’s  Recieaned  White  Blos¬ 
som,  Scarified . $  9.50 
Timothy 
Per  Bushel 
of  40  Lbs. 
Metcalf’s  Recieaned . $  4.00 
Timothy  &  Alsike  Mixed  Per  Bushel 
J  of  45  Lbs. 
Metcalf's  Recieaned . $  4.50 
20%  Alsike 
Metcalf’s  Seed  Oats  Pe/ 
of  32  Lbs. 
Alberta  Cluster . $  1.35 
Metcalf’s  Seed  Wheat  Per  Bushel 
of  60  Lbs. 
Marquis  Type  Spring  Wheat.. $  2.50 
Peas 
Per  Bushel 
of  56  Lbs. 
Thomas  Baxton — Best  Grown. $  7.50 
Telephone — 
Alderman —  “  “ 
Gradus —  “  “ 
Canada  Field  Peas,  per  60  lbs. 
>0 
>0 
»0 
4.00 
Metcalf’s  Seed  Corn  Per  BlI8hel 
Metcalf’s  Perfect  Ensilage.  ...$  3.50 
Luce’s  Favorite .  3.50 
Improved  Learning .  2.00 
Pride  of  the  North .  2.00 
Iowa  Gold  Mine .  2.00 
Sweepstakes  .  3.00 
Virginia  Late  Eureka .  2.75 
Early  Mastodon .  2.25 
90  Day  Golden  Dent .  2.25 
White  Cap  Yellow  Dent .  2.25 
Canada  Smut  Nose .  2.50 
Longfellow’s  Yellow  Flint .  2.50 
Miscellaneous 
Red  Top.  Heavy  'Seed . 
Best  Orchard  Grass . 
Fancy  Kentucky  Blue  Grass. 
Canada  Blue  Grass . 
Sudan  Grass . 
Winter  Hairy  Vetch . . 
Per  Lb. 
.26 
.21 
.35 
.28 
.25 
.20 
Barley 
2  Row . .  . 
6  Row .  .  . 
Per  Bushel 
of  48  Lbs. 
...$  1.75 
. . .  1.65 
Spring  Rye 
Western  Grown . .$  2.75 
All  Bags  Free.  Freight  prepaid  on  200-lb.  shipments,  or  over. 
Our  ambition  is  to  see  how  cheap  we  can  sell  the  best  SEED  obtainable. 
B.  F.  METCALF  &  SON,  Inc.,  216-216^  West  Genesee  St.,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
Do  You  Know  Beans? 
l  ew  garden  crops  yield  so  liberally  with  so  little  care.  Few,  too, 
afford  such  a  great  variety  in  form,  flavor  and  methods  of  cooking. 
Beans  should  be  one  of  the  staple  crops  in  every  home  garden. 
VVe  have  the  leading  varieties  for  every  purpose:  Dwarf  Green  and  Wax  Beans 
tor  string  beans;  Marrow  and  Kidney  Beans  for  baking;  Bush  and  Pole  Limas 
for  succotash  and  shelling. 
Dollar  Bean  Collection  Offer 
Bountiful  Green  Bean  has  yellow  seed,  flat  pod;  a  stringless  bean  of  fine  quality. 
„  a  heavy  yielder. 
Mrtngiess  Refugee  Wax  Bean  has  round  pod,  4V2  to  5  inches  long.  Finely  grained 
and  excellent  quality.  Vigorous  and  productive, 
rordnook  Bush  Lima  is  the  best  Bush  Lima.  Large  thick  pods  hang  In  clusters 
i/i  «  .1  five  large  beans  to  the  pod.  Surpasses  all  others  in  quality. 
King  ol  the  Garden  Pole  Lima  bears  lots  of  long  pods,  filled  with  large  white  Beans. 
Medium  early. 
We  will  send  one  pint  of  each  of  the]above  varieties,  postpaid,  for  only  $1.  Order  today,  enclos¬ 
ing  a  dollar  bill.  In  a  few  days  the  postman  will  bring  you  a  better  collection  of  Beans  than 
you  have  ever'.planted. 
1923  Seed  Catalogue— FREE 
Our  1923  Catalogue  will  start  any  home  or  market  gardener  on  a  successful  year.  Il  will  guide 
him  to  varieties  of  proven  worth  and  Woodruff’s  Prime  Seeds,  mostly  grown  on  our  own  farms, 
are  unexcelled  for  vigor,  hardiness  and  vitality.  Write  for  this  Catalogue  today.  It’s  Ireel 
F.  H.  WOODRUFF  &  SONS.  19  Railroad  Ave..  Milford,  Conn.  _ 
When  you  think  of  Seed,  think  of  Woodruff  of  Milford. 
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GRIMM  ALFALFA 
GUARANTEED  not  to  winter-kill 
THE  following  is  taken  from  the 
special  article  on  Grimm  which  ap¬ 
pears  in  our  Field  Seed  Book: 
“We  guarantee  it  for  the  purpose  of  dissipating  what¬ 
ever  doubt  there  may  be  in  the  minds  of  prospective 
customers  concerning  seed  purchased  in  a  section  dis¬ 
tant  from  the  place  where  first  grown.  This  guarantee 
is  designed  to  give  sowers  the  necessary  confidence  not 
only  in  our  GRIMM,  but  in  the  GRIMM  strain  as  9 
safe  and  profitable  crop.” 
The  seed  of  ordinary  alfalfa  and  Grimm  can¬ 
not  be  distinguished.  So  the  only  proof  of 
genuineness  is  hardiness. 
This  year  the  reasonable  price  makes  Grimm  a  better  value  than  the 
ordinary  strain.  Let  ussend  quotationsand  Scott’ s  Field  Seed  Book. 
It  is  an  unusual  revelation  of  facts  about  seed  buying. 
O.  M.  SCOTT  &  SONS  CO.,  42  Seventh  Street,  Marysville,  Ohio 
The  Most  Successful  Gardeners  use  HARRIS’  SEEDS 
That’s  one  reason  they  are  successful.  Another  Is  that,  to  succeed,  a  gardener  must  he  a 
sbiewd  man  and  one  who  knows  where  to  buy  seeds  to  the  best  advantage.  Harris’  seeds  are 
grown  in  the  north  and  produce  earlier  and  better  crops  than  seeds  grown  further  south. 
They  are  raised  according  to  modern  scientific  methods  of  breeding  which  keeps  them  up  to 
the  highest  possible  standard  as  to  quality  and  yield. 
Harris’  seeds  are  sold  direct  from  our  farm  to  gardeners  at  wholesale  prices.  We  do  not 
sell  to  dealers  at  a  lower  price.  There  is  a  label  on  every  lot  of’  seeds  telling  just  how  many 
seeds  out  of  100  germinated  in  our  test.  We  raise  Vegetable  seeds,  Flower  seeds  and  Farm 
seeds,  all  of  the  very  highest  quality.  Catalogue  free.  If  you  raise  vegetables  for  market 
ask  for  our  Market  Gardeners’  price  list  also. 
JOSEPH  HARRIS  CO.,  Box  23,  Coldwater,  N.  Y. 
