RMF1KXP0–Collecting maple syrup during the 19th Century. Local Indigenous peoples showed the arriving colonists how to tap the trunks of certain types of maples during the spring thaw to harvest the sap.However, rather than making incisions in the bark, the Europeans used the method of drilling tapholes in the trunks with augers then inserted wooden spouts into the holes and hung a wooden bucket from the protruding end of each spout to collect the sap. They operated at the start of the spring thaw in regions of woodland with large numbers of maples.
RM2AJ9WR8–Plants: Acer saccharum, the sugar maple or rock maple is a species of maple native to the hardwood forests of eastern Canada and the northern parts of the Central and Eastern United States. The sugar maple is a major source of maple syrup. In production the sap is extracted from the trees using a tap placed into a hole drilled just inside the bark. The collected sap is then boiled, the water evaporated off and the syrup left behind. Forty gallons of maple sap are required to produce a gallon of pure syrup. Syrup production is however dependent on the tree growing in cooler climates.
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