Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1920 — Find Rare Variety of Sugar on Firs [ARTICLE]

Find Rare Variety of Sugar on Firs

Washington. — Discovery of the growth of sugar bn fir trees in British Columbia is announced in the American Forestry Magazine. The discovery resulted from investigations by Prof. John Davidson of the University of British Columbia at Vancouver. Specimens are said to have inthe presence of a large percentage of an extremely rare variety of sugar. Indians have made use of the sugar for many years, the article states.