Maple Tree
The Sugar Maple.
What type of tree produces maple sap?
Clear
What is the colour of sap when it comes out of the sugar maple tree?
wahta
The Mohawk word for maple.
What products can be made from maple sap?
blue tubing
How does maple sap get from the trees for collection?
40 years.
How old is a sugar maple when it is first tapped?
40 litres
What is the amount of sap it takes to produce 1 litre of syrup?
hot rocks.
What is one of the traditional way sap was cooked into syrup?
Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick
What Canadian provinces is maple syrup harvested in?
evaporator
Where is the maple sap cooked?
What is the top of the tree that holds the branches.
stored cold
What conditions must sap be kept in before the cooking process?
A sighting of a crow.
What did the Ojibway use a signal to show the start of maple season?
Brix
What is the unit of measurement used for syrup density?
3 taps in a tree
Canada's national tree.
What is the sugar maple?
What temperature conditions are needed for sap to flow?
Tobacco
What is a traditional medicine used by the Iroquois to give thanks?
buddy sap
What is the name of sap collected when buds begin to appear on trees?
A vacuum pump.
What draws the sap through the lines to keep the openings clear?
photosynthesis
What is the process in which trees convert carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen to grow?
boiling
What do you need to do to sap to make it into syrup?
birch bark containers
What was used to collect sap in the past?
bottled hot
How should maple syrup be bottled?
cakes, glaze for meat, sauce (topping), as an ingredient in cooking/baking,
What are some of the uses of maple syrup?