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    Quote Originally Posted by lastwoodsman View Post
    Curious as to what you call red maple vs swamp maple?? Acer rubrum? Red or swamp maple
    They are both red maples. The ones that I call swamp maples are the ones that are rooted in the water.
    Russ

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    Mine has been exactly like yours. I started around 1.8% like you and did a boil yesterday that was 1.4%. I've never seen sugars that low here in Union County Ohio. Almost all of my trees are sugars.
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    2013 - 44 taps - 16 gallons syrup, 2014 - 109 taps - 26 gallons syrup
    2015 - 71 taps - 13.5 gallons syrup, 2016 - 125 taps - 24.25 gallons syrup
    2017 - 129 taps - 17.5 gallons syrup, 2018 - 128 taps- 18 gallons syrup
    2019 -130 taps - 18.5 gallons syrup, 2020 ~125 taps-19.75 gallons syrup

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