Maple Weekend returns

A dozen area maple syrup producers will open their doors March 29-30 for the fourth annual "Maple Weekend" tours.

Goal is to promote the potential of maple syruping in the region and increase public awareness of the industry. Tour participants may be able to witness the production at its peak.

Among participants are: Brydonson Farms, Ayers Hill Road, Coudersport; Wending Creek Farms, Baker Creek Road, Coudersport; Rathbun Farms, Pinneo Hill Road near Crystal; Charles B. Nelson Sons, Grover Hollow Road, Genesee; Hamilton's Maple Products, Bunnell Road, Ulysses; Sappy's Sugar Shack, Fox Hill

Road, Ulysses; and a new sugarbush, Sons of Dunn Family Farm, Ayers Hill Road, Coudersport.

Operators will be eager to field questions about the manufacture of syrup, maple sugar and several other products.

The Potter/Tioga Maple Producer Assn., formed in 1963, sponsors Maple Weekend. Many of the same syrup producers will also be participating in Coudersport's 42nd annual Maple Festival, scheduled for May 3-4.