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TAPPING 1,600 TREES… IT’S ALL PART OF THE MAPLE PROCESS

Highland County, Virginia, maple, syrup, Maple Festival, sugar, doughnuts, candy, tree, trees

Several years ago, a Highland County syrup producer received a question from a Maple Festival visitor, who mistakenly (but innocently) asked “Why do you charge so much for Maple Syrup when all you have to do is tap a tree and collect it in a bottle?” Believe me, some days our syrup producers wish the process was that easy.