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Pres. York — That is, after the honey 

 is in liquid form, I suppose, to prevent 

 granulation. 



Mr. Arndi — After honey commences 

 to granulate, you cannot keep it from 

 granulating; you will have to keep it 

 in a temperature of much over 100 de- 

 grees after it starts. 



Mr. Wilcox — If that question had 

 been simplified a little by leaving off 

 the first part, and asking what temp- 

 erature honey may be kept to prevent 

 granulation, my answer to that would 

 be 80 degrees is perfectly safe. I base 

 that opinion upon my experience in 

 storing comb honey. I have comb 

 honey stored 3 and 4 years' in my din- 

 ing room on top the cupboard, without 

 any signs of granulation. The tem- 

 perature remains all the year around 

 as warm as the upper part of a living 

 room would naturally be. 



Mr. Arnd — Is it not true that ex- 

 tracted honey will granulate more 

 readily than comb honey? 



A member — What kind of 'honey? 



Mr. Wilcox — This that I have was 

 clover honey. There is quite a differ- 

 ence between clover and basswood; 

 a very great difference. 



Mr. Arnd — Alfalfa will granulate 

 still more quickly. 



Mr. Wbitney — I was going to ask 

 that question: Does different kinds of 

 honey granulate in different tempera- 

 tures? 



Mr. Kannenberg — Mr. Wilcox says 

 says that his honey did not granulate 

 in 80 degrees temperature. I have 

 honey that I put away in 1907, and I 

 have it standing in my shop, and in the 

 winter, if you have water standing 

 there, I suppose you could skate in 

 there, and in the summer when it is 

 very hot, you could almost die In there 

 on account of the heat, and that honey 

 has not granulated yet. It stands both 

 the heat and the cold. 



Mr. Arnd' — Mr. Kannenberg bad that 

 honey at one of the conventions, years 

 ago. 



Mr. Wilcox ^I would like to know, 

 has it ever granulated since you have 

 had it? 



Mr. Kannenberg — No. 



Mr. Wilcox — I have some honey that 

 I have had since the World's Fair, 

 that has not granulated — some samples 

 — but they were once granulated. 



Mr. Whitney — ^I have some honey in 

 the comb that I kept in a glass jar 4 or 



5 years, and it was uncappedi, and the 

 jar was not sealed, either, and that 

 honey didn't granulate ait all; it was in 

 all sorts of weather. I suppose it is, 

 perhaps, because of the kind of honey, 

 and it was so thoroughly ripened that 

 the particles didn't move. 



Mrs. Holbrook — We have on our la- 

 bels: "When this hon€y granulates it 

 is a sure test that it is pure honey." 

 The question arises in my mind: Shall 

 we educate the people to granulated 

 honey, or to clear honey in a liquefied 

 form; in other words, shall we try to 

 keep the honey before them in liquid 

 form or granulated? 



Mr. Kannenberg — Both. Educate 

 them to both. 



Mrs. Holbrook — ^In other words, 

 should the groceryman keep his honey 

 liquefied? I find the grocer con- 

 stantly liquefying honey to keeip it in 

 that state on the shelves, and by the 

 time spring comes you would be 

 ashamed to say that was your honey. 

 They cannot watch it closely enough 

 in heating it to prevent its coloring. 

 It seems to me we might as well let 

 the people see the honey in the granu- 

 lated form; if they come to believe it 

 is pure honey from its granulated 

 state, rather than sacrifice the color 

 and ^avor. of your honey to keep it 

 liquefied. 



Mr. Arnd — In my place of business 

 I usually have honey both liquefied 

 and granulated. I have a little note 

 •on the granulated, "pure granulated 

 honey," so they will realize that is 

 pure honey just as well as the other. 



Mr. Niver — I don't like to suggest to 

 people that honey is anything but 

 pure. I never say to a man "impure 

 honey," unless they ask me about it. 

 Everything that I print and in my talk 

 has no reference whatever to pure or 

 impure honey. I believe that question, 

 that there is such a thing as impure 

 honey, is hurtful. 



Mr. Niver — I have been talking all 

 the while that pure honey generally 

 granulates in our Northern climate, 

 there is only one honey but that does 

 granulate here in our Northern clim- 

 ate — and that is the honey from 

 Florida. If my customers keep honey 

 any length of time I tell them they 

 must expect it to granulate. I believe 

 that it is the way we should do — teach 

 the people the truth; it is better than 



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