Syrup by the numbers

March 25, 2017 at 5:37AM
Guests poured maple syrup produced by the Arboretum from trees on the property during the annual pancake breakfast.
Guests poured maple syrup produced by the Arboretum from trees on the property during the annual pancake breakfast. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

1,500: Students who visit the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's syrup program on field trips in March and April

1,200: Attended this year's pancake brunch

390: Tapped trees at the arboretum

20s: Best nighttime lows for sap production

40s: Minimum daytime highs for sap production

95: Gallons of syrup produced by the arboretum so far this year

66.5: Percentage of sugar in the finished syrup

10 to 15: Gallons of sap tapped from each tree per season

30 to 40: Gallons of sap needed to produce 1 gallon of syrup

10 million: Maple trees that can be tapped in Minnesota

219 degrees: The boiling point of maple syrup.

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