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Many persons will pay twenty-five cents for an article, when 

 if it cost fifty cents they would not think of purchasing. 



Second. Only put it in such vessels as jelly cups or glass 

 fruit jars, etc., that will be useful in every household when 

 the honey is gone, that the buyer may feel that the vessel is 

 clear gain. 



Third. Explain to the grocer that if kept above the tem- 

 perature of 70° or 80° F., it will not granulate, that granula- 

 tion is a pledge of purity and superiority, and show him how 

 easy it is to reduce the crystals, and ask him to explain this 

 to his customers. If necessary, liquify some of the granu- 

 lated honey in his presence. 



Lastly. If you do not deliver the honey yourself, be sure 

 that the vessels will not leak in transit. It is best, in case 

 jelly cups are used, that they be filled at the grocery. And 

 don't forget the large label, which gives the kind of honey, 

 grade, and producer's name. 



COMB-HONEY. 



This, from its wondrous beauty, especially when light- 

 colored and immaculate, will always be a coveted article for 

 the table, and will ever, with proper care, bring the highest 

 price paid for honey. So it will always be best to work for 

 this, even though we may not be able to procure it in such 

 ample profusion as we may the extracted. He who has all 

 kinds, will be able to satisfy every demand, and will most 

 surely meet with success. 



RULES TO BE OBSERVED. 



This, too, should be chiefly in small sections (Fig. 50), fory 

 as before stated, such are the packages that surely sell. 

 Sections from four to six inches square will just fill a plate 

 nicely, and look very tempting to the proud housewife, 

 especially if some epicurean friends are to be entertained. 



The sections should surely be in place at the dawn of the 

 white clover season, so that {he apiarist may secure the most 

 of this irresistible nectar, chaste as if capped by the very 

 snow itself. They should be taken away as soon as capped, 

 as delay makes them highways of travel for the bees, which 

 always mar their beauty. 



