224 FOODS AND FOOD ADULTEKANTS. 



Iii the cheaper forms of ground cloves, where from the price it is evident 

 that adulteration has been practiced, the common substitutes, which are 

 added as diluents to all the spices, must be sought for and require no 

 further experience beyond what has been obtained in the examination 

 of pepper. 



In most of the samples which were examined during the preparation 

 of this report the microscope revealed nothing foreign, and for a de- 

 cision as to their quality it was necessary to have recourse to chemical 

 analysis. Two specimens from Baltimore of the same low grade as 

 several of the spices previously mentioned were found, however, to be 

 mixtures of all sorts of cheap material, containing mineral coloring 

 matter, roasted shells or charcoal, corn, and hulls of seeds. 



The sources of the cloves examined were as follows, being largely the 

 ordinary article for sale at grocers : 



SOURCES OF CLOVES. 



4504. Whole cloves, guaranteed, Washington. 



4903. Amboyna cloves, whole, direct from importers. 



4904. Singapore cloves, whole, direct from importers. 



4905. Clove sterns, whole, direct from importers. 

 4G41. Whole cloves, druggists', 10 cents per ounce. 

 4042. Whole cloves, druggists', 10 cents per ounce. 

 4643. Whole cloves, druggists', 10 cents per ounce. 



4505. Ground cloves, guaranteed, Washington. 

 4520. Ground gloves, ground in Washington. 



4540. Ground cloves, genuine Amboyna, 30 cents per - pound ; English brand, 

 4548. Ground cloves, Washington grocers, second class, 26 cents per ^ pound. 



4629. Ground cloves, Washington grocers, second class, 20 cents per pound. 



4630. Ground clones, Washington grocers, 30 cents per pound. 



4631. Ground cloves, " strictly pure," 40 cents per pound. 



4632. Ground cloves, Washington grocers, second class, 30 cents per pound. 



4633. Ground cloves, Washington grocers, second class, 30 cents per pound. 



4873. Ground cloves, Baltimore Spice Mills ; "pure." 



4874. Ground cloves, Baltimore Spice Mills ; " best." 



The results of the analyses are as follows: 



