We invite you to visit... In 1880 the site that was to become Glenwood City was a tranquil glen (valley) in the midst of huge forests. By 1885-1890 with the coming of the railroad and the lumber mills, Glenwood was the major trading center of the area with a population of 2000.
English walnut trees can be tapped successfully, especially when subjected to a freezing winter and spring. Paper birch (Betula papyrifera) The paper birch has a lower sugar content than sugar maple (less than 1%), but is the sweetest of the birch trees.
Other trees that you can tap to make syrup. 1  Maple â 40 to 1 â sap to syrup ratio. 2  Douglas maple 40 to 1 sap to syrup ratio. 3  Box elder â 60 to 1 â sap to syrup ratio. 4  Birch 100 to 1 â sap to syrup ratio. 5  Alders â Alnus rubra and Alnus sinuate Lime (Tilia) 6  Sycamore (maple species) 7  Walnut. 8  Butternut.