You can read my latest maple history contribution to the Minnesota Maple Syrup Producers’ Association December 2022 newsletter at this link or by clicking on the image below.
This contribution examines the history and details surrounding the formation and operation of the St. Paul Syrup Refining Company, a syrup blending company that operated in St. Paul Minnesota from the 1880s to the 1920s under the brand name of Canada Sap Maple Syrup. Of course, one is left to wonder how much, if any, pure maple syrup went into their blended syrups.
Following on the model of their competitor and St. Paul neighbor, Towle’s Log Cabin Syrup, the St. Paul Syrup Refining Company utilized flashy and colorful marketing and interesting packing to sell blended syrup to consumers throughout the western United States and from the maple syrup producing regions.