Northeast Gardening: Maple syrup at home, 1 by AYankeeCat
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AYankeeCat wrote: Did my Maple Sugaring tour at Lamothe's Sugar House today in Burlington, CT. It takes them on the average 43 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of maple syrup. Maple syrup is 67% sugar and the rest is water. Sap from a sugar maple is 2% sugar. Other kinds of trees have sap at only 1% sugar. More than you wanted to know - I'm sure. Here is a picture of the syrup boiler there. |