HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2012-03-22, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012.Maple syrup production down due to weather
The 2012 maple syrup season has
been an interesting one according to
Susanne Robinson of Robinson
Maple Products in St. Augustine.
“We started tapping on Feb. 6
when we normally don’t begin until
mid-to-late February,” she said. “We
finished boiling [on March 15].”
While that may not seem overly
odd, the Robinsons are usually still
boiling until the first week of April
meaning their season, while it
started just over a week early, is
short by 20 days. The reduced time,
however, hasn’t been as damaging to
their yield as it could have been.
“We have heard other people are
only getting half their expected
yield, but we managed to get about
80 per cent of ours,” she said.
Fortunately, while this year isn’t a
banner year, the cold 2010/2011
winter provided local syrup
producers with an abundance of
product, that there are still reserves
for the Robinsons to draw upon.
“We had a wonderful year last
year,” she said. “Our prices won’t be
going up because we still have someof it left.”Robinson said that year after year
she is asked what kind of crop she
thinks they will see and she has to
say the same thing every year:
producers just don’t know.
“You can never predict what kind
of weather you’re going to face
accurately enough to know how the
sap will run,” she said. “I tell people
who ask me that I’ll tell them in
April what kind of year it will be.”
Robinson said that she believes the
situation in southwestern Ontario
will be mirrored in other locations
that produce.
“Everyone out east will probably
be facing the same thing,” she said.
“It either has or is getting warm very
quickly and that will reduce the
yield.”
Robinson said even if there is a
cold snap, it will likely be too late to
begin harvesting again.
“It looks like the trees are going to
start budding out soon and after that
the sap’s chemistry changes,” she
said. “You can tell when you’re
boiling it from the smell that it won’t
be good. The syrup will have a
metallic taste to it.”She said that, once the chemicalchange has taken place the sap
becomes unusable for maple syrup
or anything as far as she knows.
Canadian maple syrup and sugar is
shipped throughout the world with
major markets including the United
States, Japan, Germany and the
United Kingdom. In 2010 more than
$230,000,000 worth of syrup was
sent to foreign markets.
Sap for maple syrup can beobtained from one of severaldifferent species of maple, however
the three most common are the sugar
maple tree, the red maple tree and
the black maple tree.
The black maple is considered one
of the best and can be found as far
north as the northern tip of Quebec
and can be found as far south as
Georgia in the United States.
To collect sap a spile or tap is
inserted in a drilled hole in a tree andthe sap is then either carried by linesto a central location or dripped into a
bucket or clear bag for collection.
The clear bags allow harvesters to
know when there is sap to bring in.
The sap is then boiled down to
evaporate undesirable portions of it
and can eventually be used to create
dozens of different products
including candies, butter and tea
and, of course, maple syrup.
BILL McCLINCHEY
Bill George McClinchey “Silver
Fox” of Clinton passed away on
Sunday, March 11, 2012 at Clinton
Public Hospital after battling a
short illness due to a chronic
condition. He was in his 76th
year.
Bill was the beloved husband of
Fay McClinchey and loving father of
Marnie and John Hill of Hensall and
Terry Harcourt and Cheryl Anderson
of Goderich. He was the cherished
grandfather of Caitlyn, Jordan,
John and Riley Hill and the dear
brother of Joan and Don Bell and
brother-in-law of Dorothy and
Jim Carter, Hugh Cook and Larry
Cook.
Bill will also be missed by several
nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his parents
Ernie McClinchey and Ida Godkin,
his half-brother Stan Gingerich,
stepson Richard Harcourt and
granddaughter Molly Hill.
At Bill’s request cremation has
taken place and there will be no
public funeral service.
Friends were invited to a visitation
at the Falconer Funeral Homes Ltd.,
Clinton Chapel on Friday, March 16.
Interment of ashes will be at Blyth
Union Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers please consider
donations in Bill’s memory to the
Lung Association.
Condolences may be e-mailed to
falconer.ffh@bellnet.ca
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