CHAPTER XV. 
HEATHER HONEY 
HEATHER honey is considered the finest honey. 
produced by many experts, and it is certain that 
their opinion seems to be generally endorsed, 
judging from the large number of people who are 
prepared to pay the high price charged for the 
product. There has never been a season in recent 
years when the supply was equal to the demand, 
and the prices secured often range from 1/- to 
1/6 per pound for the pressed article, and 1/6 to 
2/- each for good sections. 
This honey is of a very dark amber colour, 
aromatic, and exceedingly thick. Ina good samplé 
it much resembles jelly. The best qualities are 
secured from high altitudes, such as the Scottish 
moors, and parts of Yorkshire and Derbyshire. 
From lower levels the honey is of an inferior 
character. Heather honey is a most uncertain 
crop, and in most years there is a heavy shortage. 
The bloom comes at a time when the weather is 
often very unfavourable to the secretion of nectar, 
the nights being chilly, and there is frequently 
much rain. : 
As in working for clover the stocks must be 
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