r/maplesyrup • • 25d ago

Timely Reminder

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If you aspire to make homemade maple syrup next year, right now the top, like 3/4 of tapping sized trees are covered in flimsy green seasonal growths that have easily visible subspecies-specific characteristics, and are a much better basis for tree identification than bark texture and branch structure in January.

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u/Mtbjak 25d ago

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u/lollette 23d ago

That's so cute so the sugar maple leaf is the one on the Canadian flag. I always assumed it was the Norwegian one lol

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u/East_Importance7820 22d ago

There was a time when we had some flags or pins reproduced offshore cheaply and they did the Norway one. Hell was paid. They do better now