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- [Mark] This is Mark Isselhardt,

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Maple Specialist with
University of Vermont Extension.

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This is a Vermont Maple Minute.

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Although sap is still collected

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by some maple producers in
buckets or plastic bags,

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the majority of maple sap
is currently collected

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using plastic spouts and
a network of tubing lines.

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The standard tubing used for the lines

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that run from tree to tree

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is 5/16 of an inch inside diameter.

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Typically, five to 20 taps
are connected together

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using this tubing to form a lateral line,

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which is then connected

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to larger diameter tubing called mainline.

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These mainlines run
downhill into storage tanks

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where sap accumulates for later
processing into maple syrup.

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Sometimes it's good to
think of a tubing system

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as a watershed with the lateral
lines being small streams

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and the mainlines being
increasingly larger rivers.

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This has been a Vermont Maple Minute.

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I am Mark Isselhardt,

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Maple Specialist with the
University of Vermont Extension.