Bro Jack wrote:

Is the sap of other maples suitable for maple syrup, in terms of
quality and quantity of sap produced? If so, it would seem to make
more sense to plant faster growing maples like the red and even the
ugly silver maples.

I have researched this in-depth. The Sugar Bush Maple takes ten to
twenty years to produce enough to make it worth tapping. Red Maples
take at least 20 to 30 years.

Honey from these trees was my major interest. The verdict is that
honey bees collect that honey and consume most of it as their first
food of the spring. If you go further south (zones 7-8), you can
get excess Maple Honey.

Dick