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North American Maple Syrup Council Conventions

NAMSC 2007 Maple Products Contest, Akron, Ohio
NAMSC 2007 Maple Products Contest, Akron, Ohio
Butch Fideldy's 3rd Place Medium Amber Entry
Terry Stanley, 2007 Delegate to NAMSC, Akron, Ohio

2007 Minnesota State Fair  page up

State Fair 2007 - MN Grown Booth, MMSPA Banner
State Fair MFB Display: Tapped maple tree, photos & video
State Fair MFB Display: Fun Facts
State Fair MFB Display:Facts, Photos & Mini-Evaporator
State Fair Syrup Entries on Display Creative Activities Building - 2007
Dark Amber Ribbon Winners - 2007
Medium Amber Ribbon Winners - 2007
Light Amber Ribbon Winners - 2007
State Fair 2007 - Syrup Entries on Display
State Fair 2007 - MN Grown Booth - Carl Vogt on duty
State Fair 2007 - MN Grown Booth - Sonja Lemire, Jerry Jacobson, D. Mae Ceryes, Terry Stanley on duty
State Fair 2007 - MN Grown Booth - Stu Peterson on duty
State Fair 2007 - MN Grown Booth - Sonja Lemire on duty
State Fair 2007 - MN Grown Booth - Dan Flaherty on duty.
State Fair 2007 - MN Grown Booth - D. Mae Ceryes and Jerry Jacobson on duty
State Fair 2007- MN Grown Booth - Carl Vogt's maple candy samples
State Fair 2007- MN Grown Booth - Carl Vogt's maple candy forms

2007 Photo Contest Winners  page up

Sugar Bush Scene
1st Place
Sugar House Scene
1st Place
Maple Products
1st Place
Fall Colors
1st Place
 
Tapping and Sapping - Submitted by Carl Vogt
Late night boilin....Submitted by Stu and Corinne Peterson
Flap Jacks and Maple Syrup - submitted by Carl Vogt
Maple Rainbow - submitted by Carl Vogt
 
Sugar Bush Scene
2nd Place
Sugar House Scene
2nd Place
Maple Products
3rd Place
Fall Colors
2nd Place
 
Carefully checking the buckets...Submitted by Stu and Corinne Peterson
Steam rolls off the evaporator.  Submitted by Mark and Steph Waletzko
Waffles and Maple Syrup - submitted by Jack Cruikshank
Fall Colors - Submitted by Stu & Corinne Peterson
 

Sap Collection  page up

February selecting trees for tapping.
Gently tapping a plastic spile in the tree
Double tap flows to bucket in the snow
Collecting fresh sap for transport to evaporator
Collecting fresh sap in the woods.
1st Place (Tie) Photo Winner 2006 - Dave and June Sanders. Small helpers in the sugar bush.
Fresh sap into transport tank 2.
White buckets collecting sap
Vacuum tubing system. No buckets here.
Vacuum tubing system brings sap directly to sugar house
Tubing in the woods
Pulling taps at end of season
Clear maple sap drips from tap. Submitted by Mark and Steph Waletzko
Snowshoes required for tapping trees in February and early March. Submitted by Mark and Steph Waletzko

Sugar Houses and Processing  page up

Vacuum system sap lines into sugar house
Sugar house and adjacent wood shed
Heated syrup through filter press and back to bottling pan
Hot bottled syrup cools according to safety standards
1st Place (Tie) 2006 Photo Contest Winner, Michelle and Thomas Carlson. Sugar House
1st Place (Tie) 2006 Photo Contest Winner - Sugar Houses, 
 Terry Stanley.
Sugar House In the Woods

Evaporator  page up

Stacked fire wood for the evaporator
Stoking the cooker every 7 minutes
Steam rises as sap is boiled down
Oil fired, state of the art stainless steel equipment
Stainless state of the art
Evaporator In Action
1st Place (Tie)2006 Photo Contest Winner - Michelle and Thomas Carlson. Backyard sugarin'

Finished Maple Products  page up

Variety of Maple Syrup Bottles
Maple syrup containers on display for sale
Maple syrup in Gift Bottles
1st Place Photo Winner 2006 - Maple Products - 
  Michelle and Thomas Carlson.

Fall Colors and Other   page up

1st Place Winner of 2006 - Fall Colors
Fall colors and blue sky
Fall colors - red, yellow, green.
Morning moon over fall Maples

         
         

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