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- This is Mark Isselhardt,
maple specialist

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with University of Vermont Extension.

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This is a Vermont Maple Minute.

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Although bucket spouts
are still available,

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most spouts used in the maple industry

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currently are plastic and
designed to be used with vacuum.

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Spouts are constructed
with food grade nylon

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or polycarbonate and are smaller in size,

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more like 5/16 of an inch diameter

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than earlier spouts, which were 7/16.

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Increasingly, spouts are
generally intended to be used

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for one season and are then disposed of

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or recycled and replaced
with a new spout each season

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to minimize reductions in sap yield

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caused by microbial contamination.

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Spouts are generally one
piece, but may also be made

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in two parts, referred to as the stubby,

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which has the tubing
attached, and an adapter,

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which connects to the tree.

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These can be mated together

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when used during the season.

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This has been a Vermont Maple Minute.

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I am Mark Isselhardt, maple specialist

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with the University of Vermont Extension.