[Syrupmakers] SAMPLE READING

[Richard Harrison]

Charlie,
    For us frugal folks---like me and you---they make a tool that takes a small plug out of the stalk---or at least makes a hole to get a drop of juice from. I have 1. It is homemade by a fellow sugarcane syrup maker. He gave it to me. (I'm frugal, remember?)  :)
    But, if you take a plug out of a stalk, remember that disease can get in it before harvest. Might ruin, anyway! Sugarcane can get red rot this way, perhaps. Sorghum would probably be even worse.

Richard Harrison

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On Wed, 9/13/17, Charlie <cmgraf at verizon.net> wrote:

 Subject: [Syrupmakers] SAMPLE READING
 To: "syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net" <syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net>
 Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 1:23 PM
 
 
 
 
 
   I always cut a stalk of cane for a brix sample and
 feel bad that i lost that stalk for productivity.  Can
 anyone tell me how to get a juice sample without cutting the
 whole cane out of the
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