Trees
The fluid, which is collected and boiled to make syrup, and carries nutrients from a tree's roots to leaves?
Sap
This tree is the most common one tapped for syrup
Sugar Maple
This delicious condiment is created from maple trees.
maple syrup
This state produces the most maple syrup in the U.S.
Vermont
Trees should have no more than this number of taps to ensure good health and prosperity of the tree.
Three
The more of these in a tree's crown correlate to the sweetness of its sap
Leaves
This weather pattern, typical of early spring, is best for producing high-flowing maple trees.
freeze-thaw
It takes this many gallons of sap to produce 1 gallon of syrup (answer within 10 gallons)
40 gallons of sap
The maple lead on this country’s flag first made its appearance in 1965
Canada
Several states, including VT and NY, have projects in place through this organization to make maple production more sustainable for our feathered friends
Audubon Society
The starches that trees turn to sugar in the spring are produced through this process that plants use to synthesize sunlight, water, and CO2
Photosynthesis
According to the NYS maple producers association, there are around this many sugar makers operating in the state (to the nearest thousand)
around 2,000
One serving of maple syrup contains 72% of this important nutrient, number 25 on the periodic table
manganese
This Canadian province is both the world’s largest producer and consumer of maple syrup
Quebec
A maple tree must be around this many years before it can be safely tapped for syrup (answer within 10yrs)
45 years
This measurement is used to determine how many times a tree can be trapped in one season
Diameter/Size
Our neighbors to the east, Vermont, produced this record breaking amount of maple syrup in 2020. (to the nearest 100,000)
2.22 million gallons
This polyphenol, found in maple syrup, was named after the maple syrup region of the world, a nearby province in Canada.
Quebecol
Native Americans in our area often made this sweet maple product instead of syrup because it lasts longer
Maple Sugar
A fairly common household appliance used to purify tap water has helped to make maple syrup production more efficient, and therefore sustainable
reverse osmosis filter
Commonly known as a “whirlybird” or “helicopter,” these dry indehiscent seeds are produced by all maples, with the largest quantities from the silver, red, Norway maples.
What are samaras
The most delicate flavor of maple syrup, or Grade A, goes by this name in the new maple syrup grading system.
Golden
Maple syrup is graded on a color scale from light golden to very dark. This word for a honey-yellow color signifies the middle of the scale, and the most common grades of syrup
Amber
Native Americans didn’t metal tanks like we use for boiling sap today, so they dropped these, made hot by a fire, into their collected sap to lower its water content
Rocks
Maple forests have captured over eight times the amount of this emission than are produced from its production.
carbon