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Hi Len!
Thanks
for interesig facts
about Marple syrup
Maple syrup can be produced from Sugar Maples, but in Russia are growing Norway Maples,
As I readed from Wikipedia,
Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_saccharum
Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) is a species of maple native to the hardwood forests of northeastern North America, from Nova Scotia west to southern Ontario, and south to Georgia and Texas.[1]
Norway maple, (Acer platanoides).
Acer platanoides (Norway Maple) is a species of maple native to eastern and central Europe and southwest Asia, from France east to Russia, north to southern Scandinavia and southeast to northern Iran.[1] [2]
In Russia we drink sap from Bich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_sap
Birch sap is the sap extracted from a birch tree, such as a North American Sweet Birch or a Silver Birch. The sap is often a slightly sweet, watery liquid.
Birch sap must be collected during a specific time in the summer, depending on the species. The collected sap can be drunk as a tonic and it is a traditional beverage in Belarus (Belarusian: Бярозавы сок / biarozavy sok), Ukraine, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland and elsewhere in Northern Europe as well as parts of northern China. Birch sap can also be used as an ingredient in food or drinks, such as (birch beer) or wintergreen flavored candy.
Birch sap can also be made into a Birch Sap Wine as is one company in Canada in doing. Sap World Co. Ltd, has produced a sweeten Organic wine, similar to that of Ice wines. They have also developed a Birch Vodka, Birch Soju , and are developing Birch Juices.
Concentrated birch sap is used to make birch syrup, a very expensive type of syrup mainly made from Paper Birch in Alaska, and from several species in Russia and Ukraine. In Russia this tonic is used as a traditional herbal medicine functioning as antiseptic, anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory, and anti-itching treatment.
Other uses for the sap include vinegar.