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'''Maple syrup''' is a sweet syrup made from the boiled-down sap of maple trees. It is often eaten with [[pancake]]s or [[waffle]]s. It is produced and is popular in [[Canada]] and the Northeastern United States.
[[Image:MapleSyrupBucket.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Traditional means of tapping for maple syrup; the bucket catches maple sap, which is then boiled down into the syrup]]
'''Maple syrup''' is a sweet syrup made from the boiled-down sap of maple trees. It is often eaten with [[pancake]]s or [[waffle]]s. It is produced and is popular in [[Canada]] and the Northeastern [[United States]], especially [[Vermont]].
A single maple tree can tolerate several taps; each tap can produce about ten gallons of sap during the four to six week sugaring season. Ten gallons of sap boil down to about a quart of syrup, and and requires three quarts of fuel oil for heating.<ref>[http://www.massmaple.org/how.html How Maple Syrup is Made], Massachusetts Maple Producers association: several taps per tree, ten gallons of sap per tap, one quart of syrup from ten gallons, 60 gallons of fuel oil to boil 800 gallons of sap.</ref> An average producer can manage about 500 taps, produces about 400 quarts of syrup in a season with a gross value of about $4,000.<ref>[http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/info_maple_syrup.htm Maple Syrup], Ontario Ministry of Agriculture; figures used to compute averages, converted, rounded</ref>
A single maple tree can tolerate several taps; each tap can produce about ten gallons of sap during the four to six week sugaring season. Ten gallons of sap boil down to about a quart of syrup, and and requires three quarts of fuel oil for heating.<ref>[http://www.massmaple.org/how.html How Maple Syrup is Made], Massachusetts Maple Producers association: several taps per tree, ten gallons of sap per tap, one quart of syrup from ten gallons, 60 gallons of fuel oil to boil 800 gallons of sap.</ref> An average producer can manage about 500 taps, produces about 400 quarts of syrup in a season with a gross value of about $4,000.<ref>[http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/info_maple_syrup.htm Maple Syrup], Ontario Ministry of Agriculture; figures used to compute averages, converted, rounded</ref>