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> >That wouldn't be logical.  In the fall when a tree begins to drop leaves 
> is 
> when they stop actively producing sap.  Then the trees go dormant during 
> the 
> winter.

Correct.  In the winter the tree maintains a very little sap and that is 
thickened with sugar as an antifreeze.  It is when the tree is expanding the 
leaves that it wicks up a really lot of water and the wood becomes sappy.

James