Cotton honey
Gossypium hirsutum
A light amber honey from cotton fields, notably in west Texas. Cotton offers bees nectar not only in its flowers but also from nectaries outside them.
- Origin
- Texas and other cotton-growing states of the southern US
- Colour
- 68 mm · light amber
- Taste
- mild, very sweet
- Crystallization
- fast
- Plant
- Gossypium hirsutum · cotton →
Colour varies by year and place; the value given is typical.
It crystallises quickly to a smooth, spreadable set, which is why it was once not regarded as table honey; today it is mostly sold creamed.
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