THE HONEY HARVEST.
A GOOD DEMAND WAITING. . '■ DEALERS MAY-SEE SAMPLES:, ; ! • Mr. I. Hopkins returned to Wellington, yesterday with all the honey samples qollecleo for the Fraiico-British Exhibition. The honey is of excellent quality: and in the artistic jars which were_ imported for. the purpose it-will,, look exceedingly well: It cannot help prov- . mg a valilrible (though cheap) advertisement for Now Zealand honey", and wo cxpect to hear of many- inquiries reaching Zea--land afterwards from - horiey " merchants in the Old Country. " ,• A duplicate set of the samples was also collected for local exhibition,' and tliese'will . be: staged at all the winter shows." 'After about a week hence tliey may be examined' at the officer of tho Biological. Division in ; Customhouse Building by local tradesinen in-, terested-.in the industry. The volume of the present season's output, has. not yet been fully, estimated. No doiibt. the drought and fires- will bo found to have lessoned the honey yield, although in Waikato the harvest .. lS , better, than, was expected. • Tho ; local / market seems to be rather bare of honey just' now, and there'should bo a good demand when the now "crop" is offered. *
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 2
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189THE HONEY HARVEST. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 143, 11 March 1908, Page 2
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