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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. Staff photo

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. Staff photo

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. Staff photo

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. Staff photo

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. Staff photo

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. Staff photo

Brian Folsom stands in the doorway of Folsom's Sugar House on Sunday, as community members tour his syrup making studio. Staff photo