Maple syrup

Maple Syrup Grade

Maple syrup is a thick kind of syrup made from the sap of maple trees. It is made mostly of a type of sugar called sucrose, and is usually eaten together with waffles and pancakes. Sometimes, maple syrup is used to bake things such as pies, to make candy, or just as a syrup that adds sweetness to food. It is also sometimes used in making lemonade. It was used by eastern North America and later by European settlers. Syrups are usually packed when they are hot. The Canadian province of Quebec is by far the largest producer of maple syrup. It produces about three-quarters of the worlds maple syrup. In cold climates, maple trees keep starch in their trunks and root before the winter, but when spring arrives, the starch is converted to sugar/sucrose that rises the sap.

Maple Syrup Media

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  Sugar maple tree, Acer saccharum. Specimen at Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois. Accession 258-78-1.

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  Sugar-Making Among the Indians in the North (19th-century illustration)

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  Sugar Making in Montreal, October 1852

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  A bucket used to collect sap, built circa 1820

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  Two taps in a maple tree, using plastic tubing for sap collection

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  Traditional bucket tap and a plastic-bag tap

• Maple Syrup harvesting

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  • Collection Name: Commerce and Industrial Development Photograph Collection * Photographer/Studio: Massie, Gerald R. * Description: Man pours syrup into canister held by a woman.
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  A "sugar shack" where sap is boiling.

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  Regions of maple syrup production in Southeastern Canada and the Northeastern United States, according to the Maple Syrup Producers' Association of Ontario