. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mrs. Selser. package, indeed. The one-pound size retails for 25 cents, and the half-pound for 15 cents. Selser's honey is in great demand in the cities of Philadelphia and New York. Camden, and all the towns between. Grocers handle it exclu- sively, it being- deliv- ered to them by three large and elegantly painted and lettered honey-wagons, which are kept going con- stantly from Sept. 15 until the following May. The honey for the season's trade is all bot- tled in one month—Aug- ust— it requiring 2 4 hands to do the work, but Mrs. Selser herself does
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mrs. Selser. package, indeed. The one-pound size retails for 25 cents, and the half-pound for 15 cents. Selser's honey is in great demand in the cities of Philadelphia and New York. Camden, and all the towns between. Grocers handle it exclu- sively, it being- deliv- ered to them by three large and elegantly painted and lettered honey-wagons, which are kept going con- stantly from Sept. 15 until the following May. The honey for the season's trade is all bot- tled in one month—Aug- ust— it requiring 2 4 hands to do the work, but Mrs. Selser herself does all the labeling. Mr. S. savs she can label as many bottles in a day as any three other girls, and do it better. There's a helpmeet that's worth her weight in— well, gold is too common to express it, so we'll let Mr. Sel- ser fix her value. Mr. Selser bottles only the finest white clover honey for his best grocery trade, and by adhering strictly to this rule he has built up an enormous demand, taking about 40,000 pounds a year to supply it. Quite a lot of honey to bottle, isn't it ? All the honey bought by Mr. Selser is carefully ana- lyzed before using. And he is fixt to do that work, too, as he owns a polariscope costing S250, a delicate balance or scales worth $75, and all the paraphernalia of a complete chemical laboratory. You couldn't fool Mr. Selser on honey. He's an expert at analyzing it, and can spot any adulteration every time. We are glad that Mr. Selser is succeeding in the honey- selling business. He deserves all the success with which he is meeting. But what he is doing in Philadelphia, it seems to us, could be done in almost any large city. Of course, it requires lots of energy, continual pushing, familiarity with bees and honey, and above and beyond all the finest grade of extracted honey. With the right man, the right meth- ods, and the right honey, we believe success is certain al- most anywhere. The Report of the Proceeding's of the 30th Annu
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