. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. ipoS- THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 191 THE CABBAGE PALMETTO. Prominent upon the list of Florida lectar-yielders may usually be noted :he cabbage palmetto, or cabbage )alm—Chamoerops palmetto—which, ndeed. Prof. Cook, in his "Manual of the Apiary," says is the "noblest Ro- man of them ; The same work- presents also an illustration of this tree, which bears about the same de- gree of resemblance to the cabbage palmetto as that which exists between buckwheat and basswood. While, in certain localities, and un- bursts the cappings a
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. ipoS- THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 191 THE CABBAGE PALMETTO. Prominent upon the list of Florida lectar-yielders may usually be noted :he cabbage palmetto, or cabbage )alm—Chamoerops palmetto—which, ndeed. Prof. Cook, in his "Manual of the Apiary," says is the "noblest Ro- man of them ; The same work- presents also an illustration of this tree, which bears about the same de- gree of resemblance to the cabbage palmetto as that which exists between buckwheat and basswood. While, in certain localities, and un- bursts the cappings and oozes out. The same "working" propensity is in evidence after extracting, regardless of the thoroughness with which it may have been ripened. It appears, however, to materially improve in this respect after a year or so in an air- tight package, when it becomes thick- er, and a very pleasant, mild-flavored honey. In color it is white, and ai first, unusually thin of body. The "cabbage" palmetto derives its name from an edible and very pala- table portion of its bud, somewhat re-. THE CABBAGE PALMETTO. der favorable conditions, the cabbage palm yields nectar very profusely, it is hardly reckoned as a real and reliable ource by the resident honey pro- ducer, notwithstanding the almost ndless profusion in which it grows in South Florida, for it has a marked pre- disposition to blight upon the slightest provocation, and is a very uncertain bloomer as well. A peculiar characteristic of cabbage palmetto honey is its tendency to fer- ment—even in sealed combs amply protected by a strong colony, it often sembling cabbage, that is utilized to a considerable extent by those living where it grows, in great abundance, as it does in South Florida, as may be seen by the picture herewith shown, and which gives a glimpse or one of the streams in the neighborhood of Fort Pierce, where Mr. James Hed- don, the veteran apiarist, used to lure the wily black ba'NS with h
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