Visiting Folsom's Sugar House in Chester on March 30, friends (from left) Leah Kurr, 8, of Salem, Colby Hoffman, 6, of Nottingham, and Matthew Kurr, 5, of Salem dip fingers into the sugar pot as drops of freshly distilled syrup appear slowly at a tap. Along with other maple syrup producers in New Hampshire, the Folsoms have opened their production process for community members to tour as part of the activites of Maple Weekend.Jan Seeger/Staff photo(Click for larger image)
Kaitlin Turmel, 7, of Hooksett looks inside the protective lid of a tapping bucket, as raw sap falls by the drop from a small tap in this maple tree at Folsom's Sugar House.Jan Seeger/Staff photo(Click for larger image)
At the end of a tour of Folsom's Sugar House in Chester, showing how raw maple sap is dooked down into a fine syrup, adults and children get a chance to sample different confectionaries, as Leah Kurr, 8, of Salem savors a long pull of grade A syrup. The open house this past weekend was part of the state's Maple Weekend.Jan Seeger/Staff photo(Click for larger image)
Visitors at Folsom's Sugar House in Chester, Ty Dollarhide, 3, left, and his sister Morgan Dollarhide, 5, of Kensington, with Sophia Langton, 6, of Hampton investigate the different stages of the syrup-making process.Jan Seeger/Staff photo(Click for larger image)
Matthew Kurr, 5, of Salem savors a fragrant treat following a tour in which he learned how raw sap is reduced to a fine syrup.Jan Seeger/Staff photo(Click for larger image)
A tour of Folsom's Sugar House is one of the many activities available during Maple Weekend, as Brian Folsom feeds split pine into the wood stove where raw maple sap is boiled down into a fine syrup.Jan Seeger/Staff photo(Click for larger image)
Brian Folsom stands in the doorway of Folsom's Sugar House on Sunday, as community members tour his syrup making studio.Jan Seeger/Staff photo(Click for larger image)
