Watch syrup taps.Editor: As a longtime sugar maker myself, I enjoyed the article on sugaring in Virginia and the possible impacts of climate change on the future of the industry there. I feel compelled to point out, however, that if the tapped tree depicted is typical of Mr. Puffenbarger's operation, he can rest assured that he will kill his sugar maples long before global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. or anything else can. I counted six taps in a single tree, and in a horizontal line (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing) a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. See also: Horizontal as opposed to the recommended tapping pattern. U.S. Forest Service and other research-based guidelines recommend no more than two to three taps per tree per season in even the largest and healthiest of trees. Stephen H. Broderick Extension Forester, University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 27,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 9,000 graduate students in multiple programs. UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. Brooklyn, Connecticut Brooklyn is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It contains the census district of East Brooklyn. The population was 7,173 at the 2000 census. Settled in the 1600s and incorporated as its own town in 1786, Brooklyn is now one of the fastest growing towns |
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