DETAILS CONCERNING HONEY 113 



as white, amber, buckwheat and dark, and these 

 need no explanation. Thus honey is listed perhaps 

 as "fancy white," or "fancy buckwheat"; in each 

 case it is the best of its kind. 



SHIPPING-CASES 



These should be ordered rather than made, as a 

 good-looking shipping-case adds materially to the 

 value of the honey. These cases come in different 

 sizes, and have one side made of glass so that the 

 handlers may see that the contents are fragile, and 

 therefore may possibly be persuaded to deal with 

 them gently; the cases come in flats and are easily 

 put together. For anything that looks so well put 

 up as honey sealed in its perfect cells, it has a most 

 amazing capacity for leaking. Once, in the enthu- 

 siasm of girlhood and inexperience, I carried some 

 honey carefully packed in a box in my trunk, hoping 

 to give a friend a treat. Needless to say that honey 

 was "linked sweetness long drawn out," by the time 

 I arrived at my destination; and all the clothes that 

 I carried in my trunk were literally "too sweet for 

 any use." 



Shipping comb-honey to market is likely to be a 

 disastrous performance at best, since it is almost 

 impossible to guard against careless handling. Some 

 ship in glass-covered sections which protect the 

 comb, and make a very attractive appearing pro- 

 duct. 



Shipping the sections in cartons is winning its way 

 now for fancy grades. A carton is a pasteboard 



