The ordinary commercial Cassia is the bark of the _Cinnamomum Cassia_,
which comes from China, Japan, Indo-China and India. It is usually
darker in color than true Cinnamon, rougher, and about four times as
thick.
Cinnamon and Cassia range in value according to type and quality,
although much depends on actual flavoring strength. They are chiefly
valued in the order named—Saigon, Batavia or Java and China.
Those desiring a pure Ceylon Cinnamon can secure it from McCormick &
Company of Baltimore, Importers and Grinders of Spices. Choicest Cassia,
in rolls or ground, is put up under their Bee Brand and Banquet Brand
Trade Marks.
[Illustration: Bee Brand Select Stick Cinnamon]
[Illustration: (Mace or Nutmeg)]
Mace
Nutmeg Plant
Green Fruit
Macassar
Nutmeg
Cross section of Fruit
Ripe Fruit in act of bursting
Nutmeg, in shell
Shell partly removed
Cross section of Nutmeg
Penang Nutmegs
½ Natural size