Did you know...

• It takes 30-50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup
• Warm sunny days and Frosty nights are ideal for mapling.
• The sugar content of sap averages 2.5%. While the sugar content of syrup is 66.5%.
• Each tap will yield an average of 10 gallons of sap per season.
• The mapling season lasts about 6 to 8 weeks, starting in mid February and lasting until late March.
• Boiling takes place rapidly in modern evaporators and the syrup is sealed hot in sanitary containers of tin, glass, or plastic.
• The harvest season ends with the coming of spring's warm nights and the first stages of bud development of the trees.
• Pure maple syrup is North America's sweetest gift to the world of gourmet dining, a natural food product. Pure maple syrup is exactly that, 100% pure maple syrup. No additives, no colorings, no preservatives, and nothing artificial.
• Maple is the oldest form of farming in the US. The Indians were making maple syrup many centuries before the white man came to this country. They hacked the tree with tomahawks and collected sap in crude vessels. Then boiled it down by dropping hot stones in the sweet water.
• Maple Syrup is 100% Natural Sugar.