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2. Maple syrup
2.1 Sugar maples
Maples belong to the Sapindaceae family, according to the phylogenetic classification that has absorbed the classic Aceraceae classification, and to the Acer genus. They include some 150 species, the best-known of which is the sugar maple. Sugar maples have been around for 100 million years, and are found in the northeastern United States and Canada, mainly in the province of Quebec (figure 3 ). It takes between 30 and 40 years for a tree to start producing
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Maple syrup
Organization of maple water collection systems
Bibliography
Bibliography
Directory
Professional organizations
Southern Quebec Forestry Association https://afsq.org
Quebec Maple Syrup Producers https://ppaq.ca/fr
Quebec maple http://www.siropderable.ca
...Key figures and trends
Maple syrup production (source: PPAQ)
The 2021 season was described as "average" by the professionals, with Quebec producing 133 million pounds of maple syrup (or 45.6 million liters). The average for the province of Quebec was 2.75 pounds per tap (or 0.94 L). These mixed results can be explained by the high temperatures in April, which caused tapping to start at the same time in all regions, and to end...
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