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honey reaches 160° F. it may be poured into freshly 

 scalded cans or bottles and sealed, air-tight. If 

 bottles are used, the corks should have paraffine 

 poured over them so as to make sure of excluding 

 the air. 



PACKAGES FOR EXTRACTED HONEY. (Plate XXI.) 



Mason fruit jars are extensively used for this as 

 they are practical, cheap and useful afterward. The 

 No. 25 honey-jar, somewhat resembling the Mason 

 can, is made purposely for putting up honey, and is 

 attractive in appearance. The Muth bottles are 

 made in four sizes for extracted honey; the largest 

 holding two pounds, and the smallest a quarter 

 of a pound. These bottles are decorated with a 

 design of an old straw skep, and bear the prophetic 

 inscription "pure honey" moulded into the glass. 

 Jelly-glasses are often used and paraffined paper is 

 placed over the honey, just as it is placed over jelly 

 to exclude the air before the tin cover is put on. 

 Glass packages are by all means the most attractive 

 for extracted honey in small quantities. However, 

 tin pails of various sizes are in use, and may be ser- 

 viceable for a cheap and inferior grade of honey, 

 which is thus made ready for the consumer who is 

 willing to buy "aside unseen." But a fine quality 

 of honey rejoices in the light of day and in the 

 scrutiny of eyes which may look at it first critically 

 and then longingly. 



The most practical packages for shipping honey 

 in quantity are the large, square cans in common use 



