The most commonly planted maple trees are Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum), Silver Maple (Acer ...

The Indigenous peoples of North America had taught the first European colonizers how to tap the maple tree and make maple sugar or syrup.

Forester and maple syrup expert Steven Roberge places a lid on a bucket collecting sap in his Peterborough backyard. It’s maple season in New Hampshire, and it’s not too late to become a maple ...

She added that the older the tree, the more nutrients it has to offer. For a syrup with a flavor most similar to maple syrup found in stores, use a sugar maple tree.

It’s peak maple sugar season and there’s no place better to get into the thick of it than New England. Maple trees are tapped across the region, from Rhode Island to the northern points of ...

There you will walk into the sugar bush where you'll learn the amazing way sugar maple trees produce sap, why sap flows, how to tap and collect sap from the tree.

Beyond its distinctive taste, many wonder if maple syrup has any nutritional benefits that could make it a good alternative sweetener to using sugar.