. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 17, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 149. SELLING HONEY UNDER A FALSE TRADE LABEL. (Continued from page, 142.) " Q. : ' Do you consider yourself an expert on honey? Do you know the c-tis- toms of the trade and how honey is pre- pared for the market after it is taken from the hives? ' " R. : 'I have a very particular taste in heather honey, and what honey I sell I put before my customers in the. most attractive way possible, and I am acquainted with all the customs of the trade.' " Q. : ' How much heather honey would you sa
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. May 17, 1917. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 149. SELLING HONEY UNDER A FALSE TRADE LABEL. (Continued from page, 142.) " Q. : ' Do you consider yourself an expert on honey? Do you know the c-tis- toms of the trade and how honey is pre- pared for the market after it is taken from the hives? ' " R. : 'I have a very particular taste in heather honey, and what honey I sell I put before my customers in the. most attractive way possible, and I am acquainted with all the customs of the trade.' " Q. : ' How much heather honey would you say should be in a sample of heather honey before you would label it as such? ' " R. : ' All the honey if possible, but if I had a sample containing 90 per cent. heather and 10 per cent, clover I would consider that a splendid heather honey, perhaps more pleasant to eat than abso- lutely pure heather.' " Q. : What would you call a sample of honey, the heather over 50 per cent, and the other honey less? ' " R. : ' Heather blend, or heather mix- ture, as the case might be, according to the quantity of heather honey in the sample.' " Q. : ' You bought a bottle of heather honey in February, 1916, from St. George's Co-operative Society, Glasgow, labelled ' ' Pure Heather Honey? What did you do with it? ' " R. : 'I tasted it, and forwarded it to the Editors of the British Bee Journal, and asked them to deal with it, or advise me.' " Q. : ' What did thev advise you to do? ' " R. : ' They sent the honey to the Board of Agriculture in England, but also sent a sample to Mr. Hayes for examina- tion and report.' " Q. : ' What did he report? ' " R. : ' Mr. Hayes said in his opinion it was Mesquite honey, with 10 per cent. heather added.' 14 That practically closed the examina- tion. A statement will be drawn up and sent to the Fiscal in Glasgow, and he may force the Board of Agriculture in Scotland to take it up. Can you suggest anything further to
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