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from being so extensive. It does not 

 contain everything used in the apiary, 

 neither does it profess to. I shall not 

 attempt any description of the exhibit — 

 that vv^ouid take up more space than is 

 at my command. Suffice it to state that 

 surmounting the exhibit is a straw hive, 

 the first one I ever saw in this State. 

 There is a large frame holding 21 one- 

 pound sections filled with honey, and a 

 single gigantic frame about 48 inches 

 long and 12 inches wide containing a 

 single comb of white honey with the 

 word "HONEY" in large embossed 

 Roman letters in the center of the comb; 

 the letters being part of the comb and 

 honey that make up the entire frame. 

 Some of these honied letters have not 

 been brought out with that prominence 

 that the "artist" hoped for. There are 

 quite a number of small sections of 

 honey, as well as a lot of jars of ex- 

 tracted honey. 



The honey-knives, smokers, etc., are 

 of Eastern make ; the foundation, I be- 

 lieve, is Mercer's. He has a large frame 

 of it so arranged that it makes a sign to 

 announce to the observer that it is 

 Mercer's. The letters are nicely cut out 

 of foundation of a darker color than the 

 foundation that forms the background 

 of the "sign." 



In the Shaster corner of the Northern 

 California Building I found a case of 

 very inviting-looking honey in one-pound 

 sections. This honey was produced in 

 Shaster county, near the northern limits 

 of the State, and shows that the north 

 end of the State can produce as fine 

 looking honey as the southern portion 

 can. Whether its flavor is as nice as 

 that of the honey gathered in Southern 

 California I cannot say, as I did not 

 have a chance to sample it. 



Two years ago the whitest and clear- 

 est honey I saw in the San Francisco 

 honey market came from Monterey 

 county, something like 150 miles south 

 of the city named. I had hoped to see 

 some of this honey in the main honey 

 exhibit of the Fair. It was not there, 

 however. This, as well as other things 

 1 have mentioned in previous letters, 

 shows how poorly the honey exhibit was 

 managed. Of this management I shall 

 have more to say at the close of this 

 letter. 



Well, the last honey that I came 

 across in my wanderings up and down 

 the B'air was some from Monterey 

 county. It is in the Monterey county 

 building, close to the " Streets of Cairo." 

 The entire exhibit made by tliis county, 

 is a very creditable one. The honey is 

 tastefully displayed in a case by itself, 



and is from the apiaries of Mr. Swenson 

 and William Littlejohn, of San Maguel. 



I understand that some additional 

 California honey of this year's crop is 

 to be sent to the Fair next week, so that 

 it will be in time to be judged for a 

 premium. It is to come from Alameda 

 county. 



The awards on honey, etc., are to be 

 made at the close of next week, or early 

 in the week following. 



The prize honey shown at the Fair 

 under consideration, is that from Ne- 

 vada. It is some that did duty at the 

 Columbian Pair. In this respect it is 

 ancient, like that of Mr. Archer's, al- 

 ready noticed. I am not so sure that 

 this honey was at the Chicago Fair, but 

 one would be led to believe so, for the 

 exhibitor has attached to it a badge of 

 reward that he received for his honey at 

 the Columbian Fair. If this honey did 

 not take a premium at the White City it 

 deserved to, any way. It is about the 

 finest comb honey I have seen at the 

 Midwinter Fair. The sections are bet- 

 ter filled out than any of the California 

 honey that 1 have noticed, and I ob- 

 served pretty closely to see if all the 

 honey from this State was well filled out 

 to the edges of the sections. Those who 

 sent honey to the Fair were evidently 

 negligent in selecting their honey, for I 

 am sure that they could have picked out 

 sections that could be truthfully called 

 "prize section honey." 



I do not know whether the Nevada 

 honey that I have been referring to will 

 be in competition with our California 

 product or not, but if it should, and 

 should it be awarded first prize, our bee- 

 keepers shall have no one to blame but 

 themselves. They should have selected 

 well-filled combs. As for whiteness of 

 comb and clearness of honey, I am con- 

 fident that no honey can compare with 

 our own California product. 



The "prize" honey mentioned is from 

 the apiary of E. A. Moore, of Reno. I 

 suppose it is alfalfa honey. J. T. Aiken, 

 of the same place, also exhibits some of 

 this fine comb and extracted honey in 

 the same case. I^did not notice any 

 other honey from the State of Nevada. 

 What is shown speaks volumes for the 

 honey from the Sage Brush State. Cali- 

 fornians should be glad to know that 

 such fine honey is produced in that part j 

 of Nevada, for the time may not be far 

 distant when the western half of the 

 War or Sage Brush or Silver State will 

 be annexed to California, and then will ] 

 the reputation of this State for beautiful j 

 honey be raised another notch. 



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