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Forest Genetics Problems Needing Study In Michigan- Minor Products (Maple Syrup)

The sugar content of sap from maple trees usually varies from 1.5 to 4.0 percent by weight, although it has run as high as 7 percent in a tree found in New Hampshire. Sugar maple wood, of course, is in continuous demand by the furniture industry. For these reasons there is great need for the selection and breeding of new strains of sugar maple trees which will produce high quality lumber rapidly and at the same time produce sap of a high sugar content. Such a hybrid or selection will do more to encourage the maintenance and improvement of the maple farm woodlot than nearly any other forestry program we can offer the farmer.


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Author(s): P. W. Robbins