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SAP SEASON [3 records]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maple Syrup Production
CONT

In the province of Quebec, early spring means it's sugaring season. That's when maple trees are tapped for their sap and many people in Canada will go for a traditional meal at a sugar shack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acériculture
DEF

Période d'exploitation des érablières qui marque la fin de l'hiver et [qui] devient prétexte à la fête et aux réjouissances pour les visiteurs des cabanes à sucre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
  • Maple-Sugar Industry
DEF

The period of the year that occurs between the end of winter and the beginning of spring, when tree roots begin to thaw and have their vessels filled with sap that flows up to the top of trees, as temperature is getting milder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
  • Industrie de l'érable
DEF

Période de l'année qui s'échelonne de la fin de l'hiver jusqu'au début du printemps au cours de laquelle les racines des arbres, sous l'action de températures plus douces, se remplissent de sève qui se distribue dans les vaisseaux ligneux en montant jusqu'au sommet.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
OBS

The mode of preparing or seasoning larch timber is not yet, perhaps, perfectly understood, more especially as the tree is usually cut in the barking season, when it is full of sap, which renders the large wood apt to warp and crack. To avoid this, some take off the bark the season before the tree is cut...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Écorçage [...] exécuté durant la saison de la sève.

Spanish

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