Maple Syrup Digest – Page 22

What’s New In Your Sugarbush?

Notes from a group discussion of maple extension specialists.

Publication:: Maple Syrup Digest
Date:: December 1, 2001

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.

Publication:: Maple Syrup Digest
Date:: October 1, 2001

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.

Publication:: Maple Syrup Digest
Date:: October 1, 2001

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.

Publication:: Maple Syrup Digest
Date:: June 1, 2001

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.

Publication:: Maple Syrup Digest
Date:: February 1, 2001

Sanitation of Maple Tubing Systems: Second Year of Testing – Report on the Season 1999 Tests in the College D’Alfred Maple Bush

Report on the microbial load of sap collected through plastic tubing systems.

Publication:: Maple Syrup Digest
Date:: December 1, 2000

A Survey of Sugar Maple Nutrition in Vermont and Its Implications for the Fertilization of Sugar Maple Stands

Can fertilization of sugar maple stands lead to increased diameter growth, better crown conditions, and/or added sugar production? The effectiveness of fertilization depends in large part on soil nutrition.

Publication:: Maple Syrup Digest
Date:: September 1, 2000

Update on the Maple Tubing Sanitation Research in Ontario

In the spring of 1998, a research project was initiated to develop alternative methods for maple produces using plastic tubing systems. Although the results are only preliminary, the development of alternative sanitation methods that may reduce reliance on chlorine is looking very promising.

Publication:: Maple Syrup Digest
Date:: June 1, 2000