The Sugar Maple 



THIS is the tree called by some the "sugar 

 tree," by others the har4 or sugar maple. But 

 it is known to nearly every one as the source of 

 maple sirup and maple sugar. 



There are several other varieties of maples, as 

 the red maple, the Norway maple, the mountain 

 maple; but none of these is so valuable or so 

 widely known as the sugar maple. 



The sugar maple is a Northern tree, and in 

 some states the most important hardwood. It 



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