SESAME OIL

or Benne Oil, or Gingelly Oil, obtained from the small, flat seeds (of various colors, from white to brown or black) of the sesame, a small herb ecultivated in tropical and semi-tropical countries, particularly in those of the Orient. It ix a pale, sweet, straw-colored product, and is extensively used for blending with olive and other edible oils, and in perfumery manufacture. Its best qualities equal olive oil, and commercially it is even more important. In India it is everywhere emploved for cooking, and it ix grown for the same purpose in many parts of Mexico, and elsewhere to the South. Sesame-seed is also used in the manufacture of biseuits and confectionery.