The sugar makers I've spoken with have never mentioned the black maple preference, and I've made perfectly palatable syrup, sugar, and maple cream from Acer saccharum sap. It's a wonderful experience to gather the sap on sunny days in late winter. It is VERY true about the wallpaper, however. The 30 gallons of sap required to make one gallon of syrup release a lot of moisture into the air and I was urged to turn the stove off pronto when the wallpaper started to peel off.
Steve Whitesell Kew Gardens Hills, NY Zone 7 -----Original Message----- From: Larry Wallace <[email protected]> To: Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society,postings copyright by authors. <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 3:54 pm Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Spring is just around the corner (off topic) Most Maple syrup come from the Black Maple, not the Sugar maple. Euell Gibbons has made mixed Maple/Birch syrup. Making it indoors is also good for removing wallpaper. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euell_Gibbons - Larry Wallace Cincinnati Spring is four weeks away _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
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