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ported into this country, have gone into use, and the ninety- 
eight different exhibits, displayed at least a variety never 
found at an American fair, while the highest prizes in any 
class, were awarded to the honey in American sections.” 
Concerning the Toronto Bee and Honey Show, Mr. Wm. 
F. Clarke says: ‘“ Under the stimulus of the liberal prize 
list, there was a magnificent array of honey. The directors 
appropriated an entire building to the use of bee-keepers, and 
for the first time at a great exhibition on the American con- 
tinent, ‘‘ honey hall”’ advertised itself side by side with hor- 
ticultural hall, dairy hall, ete. Honey was displayed in every 
form, calculated to make the mouths of spectators water. 
The tin packages and cans were gorgeously colored and 
labeled ; the glass jars were in various beautiful shapes, and 
even the wooden boxes displayed a wonderful diversity of 
taste. In the center was a miniature church, ingeniously 
built of honey comb and wax, with pinnacles and spire. A 
smashing trade in honey was done at the exhibition. Thou- 
sands of people might be seen with gay-looking tin cans 
dangling from their fingers, or with pretty glass jars in their 
hands, or nice boxes under their arms. They bought and 
eatried them home very much as is usually done with toys 
and trinkets on such occasions. Tue success of this show 
awakens great expectations as to the future of bee-keeping in 
this country.” 
Of the Honey Show in San Francisco, Cal., the Semi- Tropic 
said: ‘The attractive display of bees and honey formed a 
center around which apiarists literally swarmed. One hun- 
dred and two varieties of honev-producing flowers, formed a 
novel and interesting feature of this exhibition. The deco- 
rations of white sage were tasteful and appropriate, and the 
nectar itself, in jars arranged in pyramidal shape, clear as 
crystal, supported by frame after frame of comb honey, snowy 
and inviting, made a picture which cannot be photographed 
except by the artist memory. There were samples of excel- 
lent honey vinegar, almost colorless, and above average in 
acidity ; several samples of fruit preserved in honey with un- 
deniable success, and three kinds of honey cake, which elicited 
the warmest praise from those who were fortunate enough 
to secure a sample. Fruit cake made with honey is richer 
and retains moisture much longer than that made of sugar.” 
