Maine Maple Sugar Pie

In 1890, the maple trees in the state of Vermont alone produced 1,445,000 gallons of maple syrup. By 1941, that figure had dwindled to 775,000. And in 1991, Vermont’s maple syrup production was down to only 440,000 gallons—a fraction of what it had been a century earlier.

Why? According to Henry Marckres of the Vermont Department of Agriculture, it’s because fewer people are “sugaring off” and also because there are now far fewer maple trees, since land has been cleared and develope