. Elementary woodworking . out fivepounds of maple sugar. In New England and New Yorkthere are maple groves containing thousands of trees,and one farm alone produces five thousand pounds ofsugar in a season. Strange as it may seem, this excessive bleeding of thetrees does not kill them unless improperly done. Thefarmer must not tap them at the wrong time nor in toomany places. The tree will stand a great deal if prop-erly treated, but harsh treatment will kill it. The boiling process is very simple. The sap is pouredinto large boilers or evaporators and boiled until it be-comes a sirup. The ol
. Elementary woodworking . out fivepounds of maple sugar. In New England and New Yorkthere are maple groves containing thousands of trees,and one farm alone produces five thousand pounds ofsugar in a season. Strange as it may seem, this excessive bleeding of thetrees does not kill them unless improperly done. Thefarmer must not tap them at the wrong time nor in toomany places. The tree will stand a great deal if prop-erly treated, but harsh treatment will kill it. The boiling process is very simple. The sap is pouredinto large boilers or evaporators and boiled until it be-comes a sirup. The old-fashioned test to find out whenthe boiling had been carried on long enough was to drop 78 ELEMENTARY WOODWORKING a little of the hot sirup into the snow or into a cold it hardened, the boiling was finished. Fig. 90 shows the leaf of the sugar maple, also thatleaf which is most often confounded with it, viz., theNorway maple. Observe the two closely. The sugarmaple has blunt, rounded points and is thick, while the. Sugar Maple Norway Maple Fig. 90 Norway has sharp points, which are more numerous,and the leaf is much thinner and more delicate. The sugar maple grows taller and does not cast sodense a shade as the Norway, which is a low-growingtree with close, dark foliage. 35. The Silver Maple. The one which naturally comesnext in the list is the silver, soft, or white iJiaple, as it is THE MAPLES 79 variously termed. From tlie ground up to the topmostleaf the whole character of this tree suggests the wordthoroughbred. Clean-cut, refined, strong, and healthyin every detail, the silver maple is a thing of beauty and might truly be calledthe acme of perfection intree life. Its name is
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