PHELPS - You could see your favorite bottle of local syrup on shelves early this year.
A few tappers started gathering sap last month, but one farmer says the early
start could have drawbacks.
"The bad part is, with this early sap flow, the sugar content in the sap is low," explained Jackl's Whataview Farm Owner John Jackl. "Which means it takes a lot more sap to make a gallon of syrup if you're going to cook it down."
The farmer says that the sap will start to sweeten during the next few weeks. He said the sap doesn't typically start running until St. Patrick's Day or later.
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