Sugar Bush Management
Dendrology
Christmas Tree Management
Caterpillars
Tree diseases
100
What is the sap to syrup ratio with 3% sugar content
28.6 gals of sap to 1 gal of syrup
100
Sample 1
White Spruce
100
What is the process of shaping a tree annually?
Shearing
100
What caterpillar has a stripe down its back?
Eastern tent caterpillar
100
I am the first part of a 2 part disease that infects American beech.
Beech scale
200
What is the sap to syrup ratio if the sugar content is 1%?
86 gallons sap to 1 gallon syrup
200
Sample 2
Apple
200
What would be used to control a severe weed problem?
Herbicide
200
What caterpillar has diamonds on its back?
Forest tent caterpillar
200
I can be described as a target like defect in many hard wood species.
Nectria Canker
300
What is the minimal tree diameter for tapping when using conservative guidelines?
12 inches
300
Sample 3
Red maple
300
What tree species is most commonly grown in Vermont?
A Frasier Fir
300
Which caterpillar has a series of side by side red dots down its back?
A gypsy moth
300
The galleries I leave under the bark of what tree resembles a fossil.
Elm Tree
400
I am used to measure the density of hot syrup.
Hydrometer
400
Sample 4
Red pine
400
How many square feet in an acre?
43,560
400
What very small caterpillar feeds primarily on spruce needles
Spruce budworm
400
I feed on the cloraphill of Birch leaves
Birch leaf minor
500
A reverse osmosis machine can be used for what?
Increase sugar content in the sap
500
Sample 5
White birch
500
For ideal taper the base width of a Christmas tree 9ft tall should be what?
6ft
500
Both the insect and caterpillar have a distinct red head and feeds primarily on soft woods?
Red headed Pine sawfly
500
I am a mite that attacks maple trees and I leave a raised infected area on the leaf surface
Maple Gall Mite