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  Maple
The maple (Acer), is a genus of trees and shrubs of the maple family (Aceraceae).
negundo) in Saskatchewan and Manitoba; bigleaf, Douglas and vine maples (A.
Maple leaves were used in coats of arms granted in 1868 to Ontario and Québec and the Canadian coat of arms granted in 1921.
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 Maple Syrup, Sunrise Estate Miniature Horses, M & G Peters, AMHA
Maple Syrup is one of the oldest agriculture commodities in Canada.
Manitoba maple (Acer negundo), which is also known as box elder, produces sap which can be boiled down to make an excellent tasting syrup.
Manitoba maples are commonly found along riverbeds, in native woodlots, shelterbelts around farmyards and in communities as ornamental shade trees.
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  MSN Encarta - Search View - Manitoba
Manitoba is lower in elevation than areas to the east, west, and south, and serves as a drainage basin for several major rivers.
Manitoba is represented in the Canadian Parliament by 14 elected representatives in the House of Commons and by six senators who are appointed by the federal government.
In 1957 the electoral districts of Manitoba were redrawn to reflect the population shift from rural to urban areas, particularly to the city of Winnipeg and towns in the south, and also to the northern mining communities.
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 Pure Manitoba Maple Syrup - 100% Canadian
Enjoy a sweet taste of Manitoba, Canada by purchasing a sample of pure Manitoba Maple Syrup
Maple Syrup is one of the oldest agricultural products produced in Canada.
Our maples are found throughout our woodlot as well as in the shelterbelts around our farmstead.
www.icenter.net /~kfosty/maple.htm   (237 words)

  
 Manitoba Maple - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo), as the species is called in Canada, also known as Ash-leaved Maple or Boxelder in the United States, is a species of maple, which occurs throughout most of North America.
Unlike most other maples (which usually have palmate leaves), it has pinnate leaves with usually five (sometimes three or seven) leaflets, resembling an ash or an elder, hence the two alternative common names; the leaves are 12-25 cm long, with each leaflet 6-10 cm long and 3-7 cm wide.
The Maple Bug (also known as Boxelder bug) lays its eggs on all maples, but on this species for preference.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manitoba_Maple   (338 words)

  
 Manitoba Maple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The Manitoba maple occurs in the eastern United States and a few western locations.
This maple species is unusual in that it has leaves resembling ash leaves, yet produces key-like fruits like the maples.
This maple survives on most soils, and is found on sites that are seasonally flooded, as well as along lake shores and stream banks.
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 CHAPTER 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Maple sugar, which is about twice as sweet as granulated white cane or beet sugar, is the result of continuing to boil the sap until all of the liquid has evaporated.
Maple decline, characterized by branch dieback, chlorotic foliage, premature fall colouring and occasional tree mortality, is caused by a variety of factors including drought, defoliation by insects, road salt and root fungi [Houston, 1981; Manion, 1991].
Compared to the maple, the birch trees tapped are smaller in diameter than maple, the life span of the birch is shorter and the birch is susceptible to heart rot early in life.
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 Maple
The Maples can be separated into two groups based on the ray widths of their microscopic anatomy, the soft maple group and the hard maple group.
The wood of sugar maple and fl maple is known as hard maple; that of silver maple, red maple, and boxelder as soft maple.
The wood of soft maples resembles that of hard maples but is not as heavy, hard and strong, the better grade of soft maple has been substituted for hard maple in furniture.
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 Winnipeg.ca (UD) : Public Works - Maple Tree Possibilities for the Prairie Garden
Manitoba maple is found across the prairies and has been planted and become naturalized throughout central and eastern Canada.
Although sugar maple is world famous for its maple syrup, the Manitoba maple also yields a delicately sweet light colored syrup that some such as myself, might say is superior to sugar maple syrup.
The mountain maple is a common large shrub or small tree maple found in the under the tree canopies of forests in central and eastern Manitoba.
www.winnipeg.ca /publicworks/Brochures/MapleTrees.asp   (858 words)

  
 Manitoba maple
Because of its compound leaves this maple is also sometimes called ash-leaved maple, sugar ash or box-elder.
In areas where sugar maple cannot grow this species can serve as a substitute for sugar making - it takes a lot more sap, and isn't as sweet - but it can be used.
Because Manitoba maple is a smaller tree, and does not usually grow with a straight trunk it is not an important commercial species.
www.unb.ca /courses/for1000/trees/TreeInfo/manitobamaple.htm   (133 words)

  
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Maple Leaf Distillers, a blender and bottler of liqueurs and spirits which was established in 1999, produces its own line of liqueurs and spirits, and bottles ready-to-drink cocktails for national and multinational partners.
Maple Leaf Distillers, a blender and bottler of liqueurs and spirits that was established in 1999, produces its own line of liqueurs and spirits, and bottles ready-to-drink cocktails for national and multinational partners.
Maple Leaf and Protos have filed statements of defence in the three Winnipeg lawsuits denying the allegations and alleging that Passen is himself in breach of a $1 million obligation to Maple Leaf.
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Maple syrup and sugar are among the oldest agricultural commodities in Canada.
Manitoba maples are commonly found along riverbeds, in native woodlots, shelterbelts around farmyards and in towns or ornamental plantings as shade trees.
The term " Manitoba" maple syrup may not be ideal for producers in Saskatchewan as it may be confused with the province.
www.agr.gc.ca:8081 /pfra/shelterbelt/shbpub28.htm   (1330 words)

  
 Identifying Maple Trees for Syrup Production (Minnesota Maple Series)
Maples are easy to identify because of their opposite branching habitat, leaf shape, and unique fruit called samaras.
Red maple is common in the north central and northeastern portions of the state and is usually found in moist soils adjacent to wetlands and swamps.
Red maple is usually a medium-sized tree forty to sixty feet high and one to two feet in diameter, though it is sometimes larger.
www.extension.umn.edu /distribution/naturalresources/DD6286.html   (953 words)

  
 Nursery propagation of woody and herbaceous perennials for the Prairie Provinces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Maples are currently propagated in the prairies primarily from seed.
The moisture content at collection time of red and silver maple must be maintained throughout storage, whereas the storage requirements for the other species are not so exacting.
Maple seed is usually sown as soon as it is collected.
www.agr.gc.ca /cal/epub/1733e/1733-0008_e.html   (603 words)

  
 Ashleaf Maple (Boxelder) - sometimes misidentified as poison ivy - (www.poisonivy.us)
The ashleaf maple is prone to sprouting suckers at the base (see picture to right for similarity to poison ivy).
Manitoba Maple - An interesting view on the ashleaf maple otherwise known as the Manitoba maple.
Ashleaf maples are prone to spouting at the base of the tree.
poisonivy.aesir.com /view/ashleaf-maple.html   (265 words)

  
 Natural Resources Canada News Room - Article: March 2005
Maple Leaf Foods is one of more than 600 companies that is making a commitment to industrial energy efficiency by registering as an Industrial Energy Innovator with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).
Maple Leaf Foods also estimates that, based on a 20-year life span for the heat- exchanger system, the total equivalent carbon dioxide reduction would be 13,148 tonnes.
Maple Leaf is one of more than 600 companies that have registered as Industrial Energy Innovators with NRCan.
www.nrcan.gc.ca /media/articles/2005/2005art04_e.htm   (319 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Maple
The Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo) has pinnately compound leaves that may be simply trifoliate or may have 5, 7, or even 9 leaflets.
Maples are important timbers, syrup sources, and cultivated ornamental plants.
Maple is an important early spring source of pollen and nectar for bees, especially honeybees, which use its resources for spring buildup.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Maple   (465 words)

  
 Tapping the Manitoba maple--A Prairie cottage industry
Come March, the sugar shack suddenly takes its place in the sun as the centre of spring festivities.
The cool nights and warm days that characterize early spring bring forth a gush of maple tree sap - the clear fluid that comes out of the tree when it is tapped - that will be boiled into maple syrup.
This scene is being played out in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and the tree being tapped is the Manitoba maple.
www.statcan.ca:8092 /bsolc/english/bsolc?catno=96-325-X20010006964   (132 words)

  
 Acer negundo L. English
Boxelder is a member of the Maple Family.
The Tree: Boxelder is a maple which can reach a height of 70 ft (21 m) and a diameter of 3 ft (1 m).
The tree is prone to injury from wind, heart rot and insects.
www2.fpl.fs.fed.us /TechSheets/HardwoodNA/htmlDocs/acernegeng.html   (337 words)

  
 Least Flycatcher, Great Lakes Bird Conservation
In Michigan, of 102 nests, 41 were in maples, 26 in white oaks, 8 in fl and red oaks, 7 in aspens and the remainder in a variety of other tree species (Walkinshaw 1966).
Of 556 nests in Manitoba, 37.6% were in Manitoba maple, 29.9% in green ash, and 27% in sandbar willow.
In Manitoba, nest predation responsible for 81.6% of 103 nest failures (Briskie 1985).
www.uwgb.edu /birds/greatlakes/species/lefl.htm   (1526 words)

  
 Maple Acer plant and seed varieties from rich farm garden
Brandywine Maple - Acer rubrum 'Brandywine' - Cultivar is a cross between October Glory and Autumn Flame and has a brilliant red-purple fall coloring.
Red Maple (Scarlet Maple, Swamp Maple) Acer rubrum - Sturdy shade tree having red foliage in the spring, green in summer and red again in the fall.
Silver Maple - Acer saccharinum - The fastest growing of the maples, this species forms a wide spreading tree with deeply lobed green leaves with a grey-green underside.
www.richfarmgarden.com /maple.html   (640 words)

  
 Manitoba Maple - Northern Forestry Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Native to the prairies, the Manitoba maple is common along lakeshores and water courses in well-drained, moist sites but is very adaptable to a variety of conditions.
It is fast growing, reaching a height of 6.5m in 12 years and a mature height of 14 m or more in its 60- to 70-year lifespan.
Planting tips: The Manitoba maple is easily transplanted but is not shade tolerant and should be planted 9 m from other trees.
www.nofc.forestry.ca /publications/trees/details_e.php?species=manitoba_maple   (159 words)

  
 Floridata: Acer negundo
It grows along rivers and streams, often in the subcanopy beneath larger maples, oaks, sycamores, hackberries, elms and cottonwoods.
A more popular small maple for landscape use is the Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) which is available in hundreds of varieties.
Another relative is the sugar maple (Acer saccharum) which is tapped in late winter to collect its sap from which is made maple syrup.
www.floridata.com /ref/a/acer_neg.cfm   (743 words)

  
 Pure Manitoba Maple Syrup - 100% Canadian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Maple Syrup is one of the oldest agricultural products produced in Canada.
When you think of Maple Syrup, you often picture the Sugar Maple Tree as the source, however, the Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo) produces an excellent Maple Syrup product.
Our maples are found throughout our woodlot as well as in the shelterbelts around our farmstead.
www.gourmetmushrooms.ca /maple.htm   (237 words)

  
 WildWNC.org : Trees : Boxelder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Its greatest value may be in shelterbelt and street plantings in the Great Plains and the West, where it is used because of its drought and cold tolerance.
Boxelder is the most widely distributed of all the North American maples, ranging from coast to coast and from Canada to Guatemala.
In the United States, it is found from New York to central Florida; west to southern Texas; and northwest through the Plains region to eastern Alberta, central Saskatchewan and Manitoba; and east in southern Ontario.
wildwnc.org /trees/Acer_negundo.html   (1949 words)

  
 MAPLE LEAF MAKES DEAL WITH SCHNEIDER/SMITHFIELD FOR MONOPOLY CONTROL OF MANITOBA HOG MARKET
In its news release, Maple Leaf noted that "Over the past three years we have invested over $400 million in Manitoba." Maple Leaf also stated that it plans to wind down operations at the Winnipeg Schneider slaughter plant and consolidate primary processing in its newer, larger facility in Brandon.
Maple Leaf's investment in Brandon was threatened by a proposed major expansion by Schneider/Smithfield so Maple Leaf made a deal," said Tait.
Maple Leaf Foods is part of the McCain family empire and one Canada's largest vertically-integrated hog/pork producers.
www.nfu.ca /mapleleaf-schneider.htm   (479 words)

  
 Maple - Maple syrup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Maple Leaf is the weekly national newspaper of the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces, and is published under the authority of the
Maple is a program designed to help you to plot graphs and do computations, both numeric and symbolic.
Traditionally, maple syrup was harvested by tapping a maple tree and then letting A maple syrup production farm is called a sugarbush or the sugarwoods.
hardwood-flooring.allinfosites.com /q/hardwood-flooring-maple.htm   (566 words)

  
 Ohio Perrenial and Biennial Weed Guide - BOXELDER
This maple tree prefers to grow in moist alluvial soil.
An identifying feature of boxelder and all other maples are their winged fruits (samaras).
Boxelder is the only maple in Ohio with compound leaves.
www.oardc.ohio-state.edu /weedguide/singlerecordframe2.asp?id=440   (461 words)

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