. Manual of the apiary. Bees. 242 MANUAL OF THE APIARY. uncut in spring will bloom in June—so delectable for the table, and so elegant for trimming table meats and for ban- quets in autumn, come now to offer their nectarian gifts. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER PLANTS. The cultivated buckwheat, Fagopyrurii esculentum, (Fig. 98), usually blooms in August, as it is sown the first of July —three pecks per acre is the amount to sow—but by sowing the first of June, it may be made to bloom the middle of Fig. 9%.— July, when there is generally, in most localities, an absence of nectar-secreting flow
. Manual of the apiary. Bees. 242 MANUAL OF THE APIARY. uncut in spring will bloom in June—so delectable for the table, and so elegant for trimming table meats and for ban- quets in autumn, come now to offer their nectarian gifts. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER PLANTS. The cultivated buckwheat, Fagopyrurii esculentum, (Fig. 98), usually blooms in August, as it is sown the first of July —three pecks per acre is the amount to sow—but by sowing the first of June, it may be made to bloom the middle of Fig. 9%.— July, when there is generally, in most localities, an absence of nectar-secreting flowers. The honey is inferior in color and flavor, though some people prefer this to all other honey. The silver-leaf buckwheat blooms longer, has more numerous flowers, and thus yields more grain than the common variety. Now, too, come the numerous golden-rods. The species of this genus, P^nlklagn (Fig. 99), in the Eastern United States, number nearly two-score, and occupy all kinds of soils, and are at home on upland, prairie and morass. They yield abundantly of rich, golden honey, with flavor that is unsurpassed by any other. Fortunate the apiarist who can boast of a thicket of Solidagoes in his Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , T. G. Newman
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