What’s New In Your Sugarbush?
Notes from a group discussion of maple extension specialists.
Year: 2001
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Limitations in the Use of Ozone to Disinfect Maple Sap
This article reports on experiments to determine the usefulness of ozone as a method of reducing the microbial levels in maple sap.
Comparing Some Key Attributes of Sugar Maple (Acer Saccharum Marsh) and Black Maple ( Acer Nigrum Michx)
The purpose of this article is to shed some light on important and often observed differences between Sugar Maple and Black Maple, and to discuss the comparative sweetness of their sap.
Equating Syrup Price to Sap Price
In fairness to both sap producers and sap purchasers, the price of maple sap should be directly related to the price of maple syrup. This chart helps calcuate that value.
Sugar Maple Tree Improvement Program
Maple producers and rural landowners throughout the maple syrup producing regions of the Northeast have expressed interest in acquiring improved sugar maple seedings for future sap production. A sugar maple tree improvement program for high sap concentration began in the 1960s under the direction of the USDA Forest Service.
Maple Sap Concentration Processes and Variable Cost of Different Fuels
A spreadsheet to calculate costs of operating evaporators with a range of fuel types.