How to draw birch sap
Date
1669
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p7
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 292mm
width (page): 192mm
width (page): 192mm
Subject
Description
A diagram showing how to insert a hollow pipe diagonally near the lower joint of the branch of a birch tree (ab indicates the upright trunk of the tree) in order to collect the sap. From a letter by John Beale, who also had an interest in orchards and cider-making.
Copies at LBO/27/297 and LBC/27/297.
Copies at LBO/27/297 and LBC/27/297.
Transcription
How to dray[n] birch-water to the best advantage in greatest plenty from the body and branches of the Tree. e. is the upright body of the birch it is an arm or branch growing out of its side; d is the end of a faucet or other hollow pipe inserted into the orifice of an augur-hole, made through an arm or body of the tree from c to f, the larger the 'e' is made, the more plenty of sap is expected.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
John Beale (1608 - 1687, British) , Clergyman
Associated place