Acer saccharum Sugar Maple: Sugar maple is Canada’s national tree, as represented by the maple leaf on the Canadian flag.
Distribution
USA: AL , AR , CT , DE , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , ND , NH , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , RI , SC , SD , TN , VA , VT , WI , WV
Canada: NB , NS , ON , PE , QC
Native Distribution: Nf., s. along mts. to n. GA, w. to MN & extreme e. KS
Federal laws on syrup amounts won’t solve Vermont’s problems.
A Ferrisburgh syrup producer committed the no-no of mixing Canadian syrup into his Vermont supply. He was ratted out, otherwise NO ONE COULD TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
A. saccharum is A. saccharum is A. saccharum. The only requirement for sap production is cold winters, spring daylight length and 40° days and 20° nights. This gets the sap flowing; higher temps thin the sap and make it bitter. Give the same conditions and GA. could produce syrup.
The move came in the aftermath of a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation that found a man who had been selling fake Vermont “maple” syrup, when the product contained no syrup. [snip]
You have to know that the largest producer of maple syrup is Quebec, CANADA, not Vermont.
Leahy, a Democrat, announced his plan at the same time he was announcing the state had received a $70,000 federal grant to help market Vermont maple syrup.
That $70,000 Leahy grabbed, came from other state’s coffers. If you asked them, I’m sure they didn’t mind.
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