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Maple
Syrup*
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People are collecting sap out of sugar maples to make syrup (maple syrup)
after tapping trees.
One of our staff who
came from
Japan
was amazed by the fact
that maples grow to be such big trees. He
says that Japanese maples are way smaller than these maples here: The trunk
diameter of Japanese maples is
around a few inches.
How big the tree should be: The
diameter of the trunk should be 10 inches (25.4 cm) or larger in order
to get sap. Taking sap from a small hole will not hurt a maple
tree of this size.
How many gallons of sap a day you can collect:
On a good day, you can collect 2 gallons of sap. 2 gallons = 2 x 3.78
liters.
Taste of sap?, Sap to syrup, Color of syrup?
...
The sap from a sugar maple tree tastes like
water. You will have to evaporate the water to get the syrup. Thirty
gallons of sap may make one gallon of syrup. The color of the syrup will depend
upon the concentration. The more water you evaporate, the higher the
concentration will be. If you evaporate all the water, you will be left with
just sugar.
When
to tap: In
Minnesota
, Feb. or March is best. To get the most sap from the
tree, the temperature should be slightly above freezing during the day and
slightly below freezing at night.
Who
developed this technique:
This
ingenious technique was developed by the Native Americans.
Trivia:
Northern America
produces all the
maple syrups in the world.
Canada
makes two thirds of
the share while the
United States
makes one
third. There are 52 kinds of maples. Sugar maple is a
Minnesota
native.
* Most info on "maple syrup"
was gotten during the class of Kao at Fort Snelling State Park --- Kao is one of
the naturalists of Fort Snelling State Park <
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/fort_snelling/index.html > We
really appreciated his great class and demo.
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