Sweet Sap Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum sap. Home Page -40°F or colder

-40°F or colder

Yellow with red striping

Haralson X Golden Delicious

A large apple with firm

Ripens in late July thru early August

Sweet Sap Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum sap. Home Page -40°F or colderThe Story of the Sweet Sap Silver Maple The Sweet Sap Silver Maple is a project that goes back to the 1960s. H. Cedric Larsson, a regional research forester with the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests in Maple, Ontario, found a cultivar of Acer saccharinum (Silver Maple) with a notably high sugar content. The sap from this tree consistently tested in the 3 5% range. Larsson gave some root cuttings to his plant breeder friends one of whom was Fred