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flavor. Though honey may not always possess all these 
qualities, yet the nearest approach thereto should be 
awarded the first prize. It would be very improper to 
award the first prize to a jar of honey on account of 
its light color, if another jar was of a thicker con- 
sistency, and better flavored, although considerably 
darker, and so of the other qualities.” 
BEE PASTURE. 
In early spring, bees will gather bee-bread from the 
elm and hazel ; bee-bread and sometimes honey, from 
the willow, and a large amount of honey from the sugar 
and soft maple. The plum begins to blossom next, 
then peach, pear, and apple and many varieties of 
thorn, all yielding honey, but no fruit trees furnish 
more honey than apple. 
When the yield from fruit trees is nearly over, the 
dandelion is in blossom, and will be alive with bees, 
gathering both bee-bread and honey. 
The tulip tree, often called poplar, or white wood, 
produces a very large amount of dark colored honey. 
The linden, or bass-wood, generally in bloom when 
other forage begins to fail, yields an abundance of white 
honey of a delicious flavor, and therefore is of great 
value to the bee-keeper. 
