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All the sugars, however, reducing copper were classed as glucose. lu general, the 



total quantities of such sugars were greater than the sucrose present. In the flower 



of the red clover the glucose was three times as much as the sucrose. Since in pure 



honey there is very little sucrose, it follows that the chief change which the nectar 



undergoes before it appears as honey is in the inversion of sucrose. 

 During the last year I have had examined by the division of chemistry of the 



Department of Agriculture a large number of honeys, some of which were known to 



be genuine and others of unknown origin. 

 Following is a description of the various samples examined : 



No. 1. Choice Golden-Rod Honey, from William Thompson, Wayno County, N. Y. ; 

 price, 25 cents per pound. 



No. 2. Choice Comb Honey, from Githeus & Rexnier, Philadelphia, Pa. ; price, 25 

 cents per pound. 



No. 3. Same as No. 2. 



No. 4. Same as No. 2. 



No. 5. Strained Honey; marked C. O. Perrine, Indiana; price, 20 cents per pound. 



No. 6. A very Dark Honey ; exhibited at Indiana Beekeepers' Association. 



No. 7. Choice Clover Honey, from Charles Israel, New York ; 25 cents per pound. 



No. 8. Pure White Clover Honey; 30 cents per pound; marked G. R. X. X., Penn- 

 sylvania. 



No. 9. Honey in comb ; 30 cents per pound ; locality not given. 



No. 10. California Comb Honey ; bought in La Fayette, Ind. ; 20 cents per pound. 



No. 11. Same as No. 5. 



No. 12. Eagle Brand Honey (in comb); Cayuga, County, N. Y. ; bought in open mar- 

 ket, La Fayette Ind. ; price, 25 cents per pound. 



No. 13. White Clover Honey, from C. W. Hutchinsou, Acton, Marion County, lud. 



No. 14. Sample from Louisiana ; C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



No. 15. Basswood or Linn Honey, from Illinois; C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



No. 16. Mangrove Honey, from Florida ; C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



No. 17. Mangrove Honey, from Florida ; C. F. Muth, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



No. 18. Pure White Clover Honey, apiary M. B. Shaw, 378 Union street, Indianapolis, 

 Ind. ; price, 30 cents per pound. 



No. 19. Strained Honey, from choice selected white clover ; 40 cents per pound. 



No. 20. Pure Extracted Honey (crystallized) ; 20 cents per pound; from R. F. Weir, 

 South River, Md. 



No. 21. Pure Extracted Honey (liquid) ; 20 cents per pound ; from R. F. Weir, South 

 River, Md. 



No. 22. No brand, from J. Hepsberger, Maryland ; 25 cents per pound. 



No. 23. Comb Honey ; made in Tippecanoe County, Ind. ; price, 20 cents per pound. 



No. 24. Strained Honey ; bought in bulk ; 20 cents per pound. 



No. 25. Comb Honey; bought in open market, Indianapolis, lud. ; from II. K. Thur- 

 ber, New York ; 25 cents per pound. 



No. 26. Pure Machine-Extracted Honey, Italian apiary, F. W. Abbott, Indianapolis, 

 Ind. ; 30 cents per pound. 



No. 27. Sample marked B. F. Davis, North Salem, Heudrieks County, Ind. 



No. 28. White Clover and Basswood Honey (comb), Linden Place Apiary, Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind., Pugh & Dougherty. 



No. 29. Choice Extracted Honey ; strictly pure ; 25 cents per pound ; from McCaul & 

 Hilclreth, New York. 



No. 30. No brand, from Charles S. Duvall, Spencerville, Md. ; 20 cents per pound. 



No. 31. Comb Honey, made in Tippecanoe County, Ind. ; 25 cents per pound. 



No. 32. Comb Honey, from Chicago, 111. ; 20 cents per pound. 



No. 33. Comb Honey, made in California; 20 cents per pound. 



No. 34. Strained Honey, marked White Clover XXG & R, 30 cents per pound. 



No. 35. Comb Honey ; bought in open market, Indianapolis, lud. ; 25 cents per pound. 



