LABELS OF CORN SAMPLES. 1123 



No. 10017. Royal brand sugar corn. Northern Maine Packing Company, Dexter, Me. 

 This sample was bought from John P. Love, 1534 Fourteenth street, and 

 cost 15 ceuts. The label reads : " Royal brand, finest sugar corn; first 

 quality. Packed at Dexter, Peuobscot Co., Me., by the Northern Maine 

 Packing Co." 



The can was corroded. The corn was fresh and sweet. No preserv- 

 ative could be identified. Lead was present (55.2 mg per kilo) possi- 

 bly as solder, but there was no zinc. 



No. 10918. Kornlet. [ForesMlle Canning Co.] Forestville, N. Y. This sample was 

 bought from A. O. Wright, 1632 Fourteenth street, and cost 25 cents a 

 can. The label reads: "Korulet; the choicest extract of green corn 

 after the Forestville process. Fancy quality. Packed at Forestville, 

 Chautauqua Co., N. Y., U. S. A." 



The can was corroded. The corn was fresh and sweet. Sulphurous 

 acid was present. No zinc was found, but there was a trace of lead. 



No. 10919. Gaiety brand sugar corn. W. L. James, Hagerstown, Md. This sample 

 was bought from H. Kengla, corner of Rhode Island avenue and Tenth 

 street NW., and cost 7 cents a can. The label was: "Gaiety brand 

 dry packed sugar corn. Grown in high latitudes from selected seed. 

 Packed near Hagerstown, Washington Co., Md., by W. L. James." 



The can was corroded. The corn was fresh and sweet. No preserv- 

 ative could be certainly identified. Zinc to the extent of 3.2 mg per 

 kilo was present, and lead (28.8 mg) was also found. The latter, how- 

 ever, may have been present as solder. 



No. 10920. Egyptian sugar corn. T. J. Mycr $ Co., Baltimore, Md. This sample 

 was bought from J. H. Hungerford, 1334 Ninth street NW., at a cost of 

 10 cents. It was labeled : " Egyptian sugar corn; first quality. Packed 

 by Thos. J. Myer & Co., at Baltimore, Md." 



The can was corroded. The corn was fresh and sweet. Salicylic 

 acid was detected. There was a trace of lead, but no zinc. 



No. 10921. Boiling Brook sugar corn. C. K. Harrison, Upperville, Va. This sam- 

 ple was bought from J. H. Hungerford, 1334 Ninth street NW., and 

 cost 10 cents. The label read: "Boiling Brook sugar corn. Chas. K. 

 Harrison, Upperville, Va. Packed by the grower with much care, espe- 

 cially for family use." 



The can was corroded. The corn was sweet and fresh. Both sali- 

 cylic and sulphurous acids were found to be present, but neither lead 

 nor zinc. 



No. 10922. Honey-drop sugar corn. Davis, Baxter fy Co., Portland, Me. This sample 

 was bought from J. F. Russell, 730 Ninth street NW., and cost 15 

 cents. The label read: "Honey-drop sugar corn. Packed expressly 

 for city trade by Davis, Baxter & Co., Portland, Me. New seed honey- 

 drop. This corn is grown from seed selected and improved with the 

 greatest care, and when it reaches the proper stage for picking it is cut 

 from the cob and immediately sealed air-tight in its own milk. First 

 quality. Packed at Winthrop, Kennebec County, Maine, U. S. A. See 

 that label bears this signature: Davis, Baxter & Co." 



The can was corroded. The corn was sweet and fresh. Both sali- 

 cylic and sulphurous acids were detected. Lead (51.2 mg per kilo) 

 was present, possibly in the shape of solder. No zinc was found. 



