Acacia
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Pale yellow with a delicate taste from China and California.
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Alfalfa
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Popular in Utah, Nevada and other Rocky Mountain States; mild, near-white, good body, good for
table honey, often diluted with other honeys.
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Alsike Clover
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Often used for surplus honey in northern states; mild, light-colored, often mixed with honey from
white clover.
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Basswood or Linden
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Extra-white, with a slight bite when pure, often mixed with clover honey.
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Black Locust
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Extra-white, high quality honey.
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Black Mangrove
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A Florida favorite, light with a thin body, slightly brackish taste.
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Black Sage or Ball Sage
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Best honey plant in California; distinctive flavor.
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Blackberry
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Reddish-brown or near -white in color,; a bit more flavorful than clover honey.
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Buckbush
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Called Coralberry in the eastern states; light-amber color with good flavor.
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Buckwheat
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Purple to black in color; pronounced flavor, prized by food manufacturers.
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Catsclaw
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Popular in the southwest states white in color.
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Clover, Sweet
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Clover yields massive amounts of nectar popular with beekeepers as a source; white in color and
mild in flavor.
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Clover, White
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Most-used east of the Mississippi; color is white to extra-light amber with a mild, delicious flavor.
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Cotton
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Used mostly in Texas now; light in color with a mild flavor.
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Dandelion
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Honey is yellow with a strong flavor.
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Eucalyptus
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Varies in color and flavor but is overall bold with a slightly medicinal aftertaste.
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Fireweed
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Light in color and mild in flavor.
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Gallberry
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Southern states favorite, light amber with a pleasant aromatic flavor , does not crystallize making it a
good candidate for chunk honey.
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Goldenrod
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Popular in northern, eastern states and in Canada; yellow with a rich flavor.
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Horsemint
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White to light-amber with a minty flavor; may have a strong odor
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Maple
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Light amber to slightly darker, good flavor
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Mesquite
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Light amber to white; usually mixed with other honey.
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Orange and citrus
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A mafor source, white in color, mild flavor with delicate citrus blossom aroma.
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Raspberry
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White with a delicious flavor.
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Saw Plametto
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Often considered the best in Florida, rich yellow in color.
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Sourwood
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Considered the most delicious in the eastern states, water-white with a mild delicious flavor; sold
mostly as comb honey or chunk comb honey.
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Spanish Needles
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Golden yellow with a pronounced flavor; can be mixed with white clover honey to obtain a mild,
golden -tinted honey.
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Sumac
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Light amber with an excellent flavor.
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Sweet Pepper Bush
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Light yellow with a mild flavor and aroma of the bloom; marketed under the scientific name of
Clethra.
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Tulip Poplar
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Red-amber with a good flavor
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Tupelo
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Popular in Georgia and Florida, light amber with a mild flavor and heavy body, does not granulate.
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Vetch
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Water-white, mild, wide selection of flavors, colors and textures
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