TABLE 2. - Carbohydrate composition of honey types
Number of samples Floral type

Dextrose

Levulose

Sucrose

Maltose

Higher
sugars
   

Percent

Percent

Percent

Percent

Percent
23 Alfalfa

33.40

39.11

2.64

6.01

.89
25 Alfalfa-sweetclover

33.57

39.29

2.00

6.30

.91
5 Aster

31.33

37.55

.81

8.45

1.04
3 Basswood

31.59

37.88

1.20

6.86

1.44
3 Blackberry

25.94

37.64

1.27

11.33

2.50
5 Buckwheat

29.46

35.30

.78

7.63

2.27
4 Buckwheat, wild

30.50

39.72

.79

7.21

.83
26 "Clover"

32.22

37.84

1.44

6.60

1.39
3 Clover, alsike

30.72

39.18

1.40

7.46

1.55
3 Clover, crimson

30.87

38.21

.91

8.59

1.63
3 Clover, Hubam

33.42

38.69

.86

6.23

.74
10 Cotton

36.74

39.28

1.14

4.87

.50
3 Fireweed

30.72

39.81

1.28

7.12

2.06
6 Gallberry

30.15

39.85

.72

7.71

1.22
3 Goldenrod

33.15

39.57

.51

6.57

.59
2 Heartsease

32.98

37.23

1.95

5.71

.53
2 Holly

25.65

38.98

1.00

10.07

2.16
3 Honeydew, cedar

25.92

25.16

.68

6.20

9.61
5 Honeydew, oak

27.43

34.84

.84

10.45

2.16
2 Horsemint

33.63

37.37

1.01

5.53

.73
3 Locust, black

28.00

40.66

1.01

8.42

1.90
3 Loosestrife, purple

29.90

37.75

.62

8.13

2.35
3 Mesquite

36.90

40.41

.95

5.42

.35
4 Orange, California

32.01

39.08

2.68

6.26

1.23
13 Orange, Florida

31.96

38.91

2.60

7.29

1.40
4 Raspberry

28.54

34.46

.51

8.68

3.58
3 Sage

28.19

40.39

1.13

7.40

2.38
3 Sourwood

24.61

39.79

.92

11.79

2.44
4 Star-thistle

31.14

36.91

2.27

6.92

2.74
8 Sweetclover

30.97

37.95

1.41

7.75

1.40
3 Sweetelover, yellow

32.81

39.22

2.94

6.63

.97
4 Tulip tree

25.85

34.65

.69

11.57

2.96
5 Tupelo

25.95

43.27

1.21

7.97

1.11
7 Vetch

31.67

38.33

1.34

7.23

1.83
9 Vetch, hairy

30.64

38.20

2.03

7.81

2.08
12 White clover

30.71

38.36

1.03

7.32

1.56
   

Percent

Percent

Percent

Percent

Percent
   

Dextrose

Levulose

Sucrose

Maltose

Higher sugars
             

BEEKEEPING IN THE UNITED STATES AGRICULTURE HANDBOOK NUMBER 335