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  • From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Box Elder Sap
  • Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:22:04 -0500

I notice all my Buartnuts are leaking thru fissures & cracks. I'd be hesitant to tap them tho since the trees don't really have enough girth (& probably will never have).

~mIEKAL


On Mar 13, 2009, at 6:06 AM, Lucky.PIttman@murraystate.edu wrote:

Jon,
Boxelder - Acer negundo - can be tapped, and syrup
made from the collected sap, I suppose like any other
member of the maple family. Sometime in the last 5
years or so, the Proceedings of the NNGA annual
meeting had an article in which the authors had
tapped sugar maple boxelder, black walnut, and
butternut, if I recall correctly, and syrup from all
species were well-received in a taste test.
Actually, I think the black walnut syrup came out the
winner.

I'm in agreement with others - boxelder is a weedy
trash tree, and if you can get some decent syrup out
of them, then they finally have a redeeming quality.

Lucky






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