Ryan Hegarty, assistant director of Stockton University's Maple Project, touches a tap he placed into a red maple tree on Feb. 21, 2024, in Galloway, New Jersey.

National Maple Syrup Day celebrates an industry that has thrived in the Southern Tier. The 607 is a hub for maple syrup production, with several different producers in the area.

The silver maple is one of America's favorite shade trees. It's planted all over the eastern United States. Surprisingly, it is also a ragged tree when it's mature and is not a spectacular looking ...

It’s part of an effort to use a species of maple tree common to southern New Jersey that has only half as much sugar as the maples of Vermont, the nation’s maple syrup capital. The idea is to see if a ...

BALSAM RIDGE WHERE: 140 Egypt Road, Raymond WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday WHAT: Sugarhouse tours, samples and several maple products available for purchase.The Pink Waffle and Rustic ...

Find a healthy maple tree You can tap a few different maple species in New Hampshire for sap, but sugar maples are best because they have a higher sugar content in the sap. Look for a tree that ...

John Lumnah taps a tree on “The Plains” and across from Kingston Town Hall. John and his father, Bob, to collect the sap and make maple syrup that support local charities through sales of syrup.