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    Walnut Syrup is ramping up, been helping a friend install a tubing system in his walnut trees! He is averaging 100 taps per acre, not as good as Vermont Sugar Bush but not too bad
    Mark 220 Maple
    1100 taps on low vaccum, 900 on gravity.
    900 plus taps leased and on high vacuum
    35 cfm Indiana Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump
    80% Sugar, 20% Red MAPLES
    http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/g...Maple%20Syrup/

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    Quote Originally Posted by 220 maple View Post
    Walnut Syrup is ramping up, been helping a friend install a tubing system in his walnut trees! He is averaging 100 taps per acre, not as good as Vermont Sugar Bush but not too bad
    Mark 220 Maple
    100 taps per acre would be quite good even in a well-stocked maple sugarbush.
    Dr. Tim Perkins
    UVM Proctor Maple Research Ctr
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    Timothy.Perkins@uvm.edu

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    Yes, Dr. Tim 100 taps per acre is good anywhere, I just couldn’t resist poking a little fun towards the northerners, my friend Henry Breenaman always told me a good sugarbush is 80 taps to the acre! Right now my walnut syrup producer friend has 657 drops cut in, with two more mains that need laterals, he will easily get to 1000 walnut taps, very unusual woods maybe 8 acres and all walnut!
    Mark220Maple
    1100 taps on low vaccum, 900 on gravity.
    900 plus taps leased and on high vacuum
    35 cfm Indiana Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump
    80% Sugar, 20% Red MAPLES
    http://s247.photobucket.com/albums/g...Maple%20Syrup/

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