Tapping near old tapholes in sugar maple trees

H. Clay Smith

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Tapping near old tapholes in sugar maple trees

Informally Refereed

Authors:

H. Clay Smith

Year:

1971

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NE-126. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3p.

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Abstract

A study of sugar maple tapping indicated that sugar producers can drill a new taphole within 1 inch of an old taphole in a horizontal direction and obtain normal sap and sap-sugar yields.

Citation

Smith, H. Clay. 1971. Tapping near old tapholes in sugar maple trees. Research Note NE-126. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 3p.