790 FOODS AND FOOD ADULTERANTS. 



ANALYSES BY W. C. STUBBS. 



Of the 50 samples examined the following were adulterated with glu- 

 cose, viz : Nos. 2, 5, 6, 11, 18, 21, 24, 26, 27, 30, 33, 35, 37, 38, 45, 46, and 

 49, in all 17 samples, or 34 per cent. 



The following were adulterated with sucrose, viz : Nos. 2, 8, 16, and 

 27. Of this list No. 2 is found in the first category, leaving 3 additional 

 samples to be placed in the adulterated column, making a total of 20 

 samples, equivalent to 40 per cent. 



The following samples would indicate that the honey was part ob- 

 tained from the honeydew of pine forests, viz : Nos. 12, 13, 15, 23, 41, 

 and 50. This statement rests upon the belief that there are no genu- 

 ine right-handed honeys which do not have their origin in the honey- 

 dew mentioned, the properties of which are given in another part of 

 this report. 



The peculiarly favorable facilities which the bees in Louisiana have 

 of access to cane sugar would probably explain the abnormally high 

 percentage of this substance in some of the samples, leading to their 

 classification with the adulterated articles. 



The water, as in the case of the Omaha samples, is abnormally high, 

 but this may be due to the fact that the humidity of the air in Louisi- 

 ana is usually very high and the sweets to which the bees have access 

 are consequently richer in water than in a dry climate, such as, for in- 

 stance, that of California. 



ANALYSES BY SHIPPEN WALLACE. 



Of the whole number examined Mr. Wallace only gives 10 as pure, 

 equivalent to an adulteration of 80 per cent. I would, however, add to 

 the list of honeys probably pure No. 9, which he regards as adulterated 

 with glucose and cane sugar, and all of those classified by him as 

 adulterated with inverted sucrose. The reasons for this transfer are 

 those already stated, viz : The difficulty at the present time of deciding 

 definitely in regard to added inverted sucrose. This emendation of the 

 classification would add 11 samples to the list of probably pure honeys, 

 and reduce the percentage of adulteration to 58. 



Our old friends " Pure Honey," " Pure California Honey," and " Geo. 

 K. McMechen & Son's Pure Old Virginia Honey," are found, as usual, 

 decorating the adulterated columns. 



