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Gourmet Sauces, Honeys, Jellies & Spreads
Gourmet Sauces, Honeys, Jellies & Spreads
Gourmet Sauces, Jellies, Honeys & Spreads
Gallberry Honey
Gallberry honey is very popular in Southern Georgia and Southeastern Florida. It is a dark, amber colored honey with a stronger flavor that is prized for its rich taste and its honeycomb.
Gallberry Shrub
Gallberry honey is produced from a small evergreen holly bush called Ilex Glabra or commonly known as Inkberry. This evergreen shrub with narrow leaves, ¾ - 2” long, grows in the Southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and reaches a height of 6 to 8 feet at maturity.
The Inkberry is a slow growing bush with and tolerates wet soil. Here in Florida, it grows naturally in the Pine Flatwoods and can be found in swamps and wet areas. Inkberry is not suitable for any type of lumber products, but is used in landscaping.
Each year starting in late April through early June (or March through May in southern Florida), Gallberry bushes bloom with white flowers. Male plants have flower clusters and in contrast female plants bear single flowers.
Gallberry Honey
Gallberry honey is a darker colored honey and consistent with other dark colored honeys it is higher in pollen and other beneficial enzymes. Gallberry honey is also slow to crystallize. It takes a skilled beekeeper to locate his colonies of bees and ensure the Mono floral characteristics of the Gallberry due to its short blooming period.
Demand for Gallberry honey in Florida and Southern Georgia remains steady; however, this honey is not well known outside of the region. Many people like this honey for cooking, baking and glazing fish such as salmon.
At ArmadilloPepper.com all of our Gallberry Honey is produced in north Florida where wild Inkberry is abundant.
Gallberry honey is produced from a small evergreen holly bush called Ilex Glabra or commonly known as Inkberry. This evergreen shrub with narrow leaves, ¾ - 2” long, grows in the Southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and reaches a height of 6 to 8 feet at maturity. The Inkberry is a slow growing bush with and tolerates wet soil. Here in Florida, it grows naturally in the Pine Flatwoods and can be found in swamps and wet areas. Inkberry is not suitable for any type of lumber products, but is used in landscaping.
Each year starting in late April through early June (or March through May in southern Florida), Gallberry bushes bloom with white flowers. Male plants have flower clusters and in contrast female plants bear single flowers.
Gallberry Honey
Gallberry honey is a darker colored honey and consistent with other dark colored honeys it is higher in pollen and other beneficial enzymes. Gallberry honey is also slow to crystallize. It takes a skilled beekeeper to locate his colonies of bees and ensure the Mono floral characteristics of the Gallberry due to its short blooming period.
Demand for Gallberry honey in Florida and Southern Georgia remains steady; however, this honey is not well known outside of the region. Many people like this honey for cooking, baking and glazing fish such as salmon.
At ArmadilloPepper.com all of our Gallberry Honey is produced in north Florida where wild Inkberry is abundant.
