Arch
The stand used to hold the evaporator pans. A fire of wood or fule oil is burned underneath to boil the sap.
Evaporator
A set of large shallow metal pans used to boil sap into syrup.
Finishing Pan
A pan used to turn very concentrated sap into "finished" syrup.
Flue Pan
An evaporator pan used to boil sap. It usually has deep channels in the bottom to allow more heat to boil the sap. Also called a sap or back pan.
Hydrometer
Equipment used to measure the sugar content of sap or syrup.
Refractometer
Equipment used to measure the sugar content of sap or syrup.
Run
When the sap is flowing.
Sap
The liquid exuded from a wound in a tree.
Spile/Spout
A tube pounded into a tap hole in a tree so that syrup can drain from the tree. Spiles may have a hook to hold a bucket.
Sugar Bush
A stand of sugar maple trees that are capable of being tapped.
Sugar House
A building with equipment to turn maple sap into syrup.
Sugarsand
Material that is produced by boiling sap into syrup. It can be either somewhat slimy or very gritty.
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