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prices of the varying production of honey in different years 
is noteworthy, as is the sudden increase in the present year, 
which had its beginning in the latter part of 1916. In con- 
^ nection with these, wholesale figures are also shown, being 
those quoted by the special list of honey producers, of prices 
received in 1917 for honey in quantities of 1 ton or over, the 
extracted in barrels or 5-gallon tin cans and comb in cases of 
twenty-four 1-pound sections. These last figures probably 
contain some quotations for quantities of less than 1 ton, 
but are beUeved to fairly represent the strictly wholesale 
prices for dehvery at local shipping points. The narrow 
margin between the former figures, which verge closely 
upon the average price when sold by producers at retail, 
and the wholesale price, is striking, reflecting the slowness 
with which most honey producers, disposing of and often 
retaihng their products in local communities, take note of 
the prevailing wholesale prices in the main markets, many 
still adhering to their traditional retail figure when practically 
the same price might be obtained wholesale for their entire 
product. 
Table XIV. — Principal plants furnishing nectar and pollen; average dates 
of beginning and ending of blooming periods. 
State. 
Clovers. 
Alfalfa. 
Whiteand Alsike. ; Sweet (Melilotus). 
Begin. 
End. 
Begin. 
End. Begin. 
End. 
Maine 
June 18 
June 15 
June 13 
June 10 
June 10 
June 7 
June 15 
June 8 
June 6 
Aug. 1 
July 20 
July 16 
July 15 
July 18 
July 8 
July 15 
July 10 
July 15 
July 20 
Aug. 20 
New Hampshire 
Vermont 
July 10 
Aug, 25 
Rhode Island 
Connecticut 
July 8 
July 12 
Aug. 25 
Aug 21 
New York 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
May 20 
May 22 
May 20 
May 10 
July 5 
July 1 
June 30 
June 30 
June 10 
May 10 
Aug. 10 
Aug. 1 
Virginia 
West Virginia 
North Carolina 
