788 FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 



No. 20, labeled " Pure Extracted Honey," contains apparently from 20 

 to 30 per cent of glucose. 



No. 23 contains from 50 to 60 per cent of glucose. 



No. 27 contains from GO to 70 per cent of glucose. 



No. 65, labeled "Pure San Diego Honey, bottled expressly for family 

 use," contains from 75 to 85 per cent of glucose. It grew chiefly in tlie 

 corn belt of the Northwest, and not in the flowers of southern Cali- 

 fornia. 



No. 140 is pure glucose, with probably only enough honey added to 

 give it a little flavor. 



The content of water in the samples is quite in contrast with the 

 quantities found in the honeys purchased in the vicinity of Omaha. 

 The latter, as has already been stated, contain water in abnormal quan- 

 tities, while the California samples all fall within the limits set for pure 

 honeys. 



ANALYSES BY M. A. SCOVELL. 



Sample 101 is adulterated with a heavy confectioners' glucose about 

 40 per cent, or with glucose containing a large quantity of dextrose, 

 about 60 to 70 per cent. Its low content of water would indicate the 

 former method of adulteration. 



The capacity of" Old Virginia" to produce honey would seem to be 

 equal to that of California, judging from the frequency with which 

 George K. McMechen & Son's goods are found on the market. Al- 

 though warranted " absolutely pure," it is evident that this firm de- 

 pend on the glucose factory rather than the petals of the flower for 

 their chief stock in trade. 



No. 103, labeled "Choice Comb Honey" is another instance of the sale 

 of comb honey which is a mechanical mixture of the comb with glucose. 



No. 104 " Pure Machine-Extracted Honey " from the Italian apiary of 

 Charles F. Muth, contains fully 50 per cent of adulterant. The machine 

 alluded to in the label is doubtless the converter in which corn starch is 

 changed into glucose in Buffalo and other places. 



No. 110 is a further proof of the freedom with which the good name 

 of California is prostituted in the fabrication of false wares. It is at 



least two-thirds glucose. 



No. 116 belongs in the same category as the, foregoing. 



No. 126, labeled " Muth's California Honey," is almost pure glucose. 



No. 127 is "Warranted Pure Honey," put up by C. F. Muth & Son, 

 is nearly half glucose. 



No. 135 is another spurious comb honey, manufactured by Githens 

 & Rexsamer, Philadelphia. 



No. 136 is another of the fraudulent preparations of McMechen's Old 

 Virginia brand. 



No. 137 is a doubtful sample. Judged by the other samples of pure 

 California honey, it is adulterated with cane sugar ; the extent of the 



