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December 30, 1805
Portland Gazette, And Maine Advertiser
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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A proponent of agricultural improvements urges farmers to experiment with manufacturing sugar from Yellow Willow sap, citing an accidental discovery last winter of its sweet, maple-like taste, noting willows are abundant and easy to cultivate unlike maples.
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Willow Sugar.—A friend to agricultural improvements is desirous that some one of our farmers would make an experiment in manufacturing sugar from the sap of the Yellow Willow, and publish the result.
During the last winter two or three incisions were accidentally made in one of these trees; the next day it was perceived that the sap had oozed very copiously from the wounds, and formed into large icicles. On tasting these icicles, they were perfectly sweet, and quite as agreeable to the palate as the sap of the sugar maple. The question then remains, whether a cheap sugar might not be obtained from the Yellow Willow, equally as wholesome and palatable as that wrought from the maple. The willow is thrifty, may be found in plenty, and can be cultivated with little trouble while the maple is a long time in attaining its growth, and is every year becoming more scarce.—[New-England Republican.
Willow Sugar.—A friend to agricultural improvements is desirous that some one of our farmers would make an experiment in manufacturing sugar from the sap of the Yellow Willow, and publish the result.
During the last winter two or three incisions were accidentally made in one of these trees; the next day it was perceived that the sap had oozed very copiously from the wounds, and formed into large icicles. On tasting these icicles, they were perfectly sweet, and quite as agreeable to the palate as the sap of the sugar maple. The question then remains, whether a cheap sugar might not be obtained from the Yellow Willow, equally as wholesome and palatable as that wrought from the maple. The willow is thrifty, may be found in plenty, and can be cultivated with little trouble while the maple is a long time in attaining its growth, and is every year becoming more scarce.—[New-England Republican.
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Agriculture
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Willow Sugar
Yellow Willow
Sap Experiment
Agricultural Improvement
Maple Alternative
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Last Winter
Event Details
A friend to agricultural improvements suggests farmers experiment with manufacturing sugar from Yellow Willow sap after accidental incisions revealed its sweet sap forming icicles, comparable to sugar maple sap. Willows are abundant and easy to grow, unlike scarce maples.