Maple Syrup Time
March 10 2010
Maple Syrup cooking.
I liked the article about maple syrup in Sunday`s Flint Journal. My brother does this with a couple trees he has in his yard. Does it make a difference which kind of maple you use? I know the sugar maple would be the best, but, what about other kinds of maple. I have a couple maples at my place but, I can`t tell you what kind they are. Would they still work?
Don from Holly
Thanks for the question Don,
You can tap any native species of maple. Sugars and black maples tend to have the highest sugar content in their sap. Red and silver maples usually have a lower sugar content. This is less important to those with home operations making small amounts of syrup – perhaps a few gallons – than to a commercial operations making hundreds of gallons.
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