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As the US economy falters, one business that seems to be prospering, is that of the Christmas tree farmer.
Ashe County, North Carolina exports over 2 million trees every year and that flow has not decreased this season.
In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the local farmers worked up to 20 hour a day to get the trees out to businesses that booked the trees as early as...
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County..At the Miller's Christmas Tree Farm, 360.982.3088, Highway 16 N.. In the "Choose and Cut" section of the farm, the Walker- Wilkerson family choose tree for their homes in Salisbury, NC.. All the land for the farm used to be for cattle, but due to the difficulty of independent ranching, the farm was turned over to trees years ago. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County.. At the Miller's Christmas Tree Farm, 360.982.3088, Highway 16 N.. C.T. Walker and his grandson, Chase Wilkerson, age 2, look for a tree for the family living room.. All the land for the farm used to be for cattle, but due to the difficulty of independent ranching, the farm was turned over to trees years ago. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County..At the Miller's Christmas Tree Farm, 360.982.3088, Highway 16 N.. Jack Miller, front, cuts a tree for a customer in the "Choose and Cut" section of his tree farm.. His father used the land for cattle ranching, but when the bottom dropped out of that industry, the land was turned over to the X-Mas tree industry. . Mr. Miller says he gets about 1500 trees/acre and they ideally grow for 8 years before being cut. 9 or 10 years is the maximum time for a tree to grow before they grow together and get flat sides which makes them unsellable. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County..At the Miller's Christmas Tree Farm, 360.982.3088, Highway 16 N.. Jack Miller, left, carries a cut a tree for a customer in the "Choose and Cut" section of his tree farm.. His father used the land for cattle ranching, but when the bottom dropped out of that industry, the land was turned over to the X-Mas tree industry. . Mr. Miller says he gets about 1500 trees/acre and they ideally grow for 8 years before being cut. 9 or 10 years is the maximum time for a tree to grow before they grow together and get flat sides which makes them unsellable. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County..At the Miller's Christmas Tree Farm, 360.982.3088, Highway 16 N.. All the land for the farm used to be for cattle, but due to the difficulty of independent ranching, the farm was turned over to trees years ago.. Mr. Miller sells most of his trees wholesale in the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the busiest in the industry, and then sells the rest in the "Choose and Cut" retail business. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County..At the Miller's Christmas Tree Farm, 360.982.3088, Highway 16 N.. All the land for the farm used to be for cattle, but due to the difficulty of independent ranching, the farm was turned over to trees years ago.. Mr. Miller sells most of his trees wholesale in the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the busiest in the industry, and then sells the rest in the "Choose and Cut" retail business. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County..At the Miller's Christmas Tree Farm, 360.982.3088, Highway 16 N.. All the land for the farm used to be for cattle, but due to the difficulty of independent ranching, the farm was turned over to trees years ago.. Mr. Miller sells most of his trees wholesale in the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the busiest in the industry, and then sells the rest in the "Choose and Cut" retail business. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County.. Multiple signs point the way to the many X-Mas tree farms in Ashe County, which is considered the tree capitol of North Carolina, which is the second highest tree producing state in the country, after Oregon, but grosses more cash than any other state.. Over 2 million trees are exported from Ashe County alone, most being shipped in the week leading up to Thanksgiving, which is the busiest for the industry. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County.. Small frazier fir trees, the highest quality of the Christmas tree types, grow on a mountain hillside. Ashe Co. is ideal for Frazier firs as the altitude, soil, and temperatures are perfect for the finicky trees.. The trees are grown at nurseries until they are 5 years old and then planted. They will grow to an average of 7 to 8 feet tall, the "ideal" Christmas tree height, before being cut and sold. Some are cut smaller and larger, but the majority of sales come in the 7 to 8 foot range. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County.. Small frazier fir trees, the highest quality of the Christmas tree types, grow on a mountain hillside. Ashe Co. is ideal for Frazier firs as the altitude, soil, and temperatures are perfect for the finicky trees.. The trees are grown at nurseries until they are 5 years old and then planted. They will grow to an average of 7 to 8 feet tall, the "ideal" Christmas tree height, before being cut and sold. Some are cut smaller and larger, but the majority of sales come in the 7 to 8 foot range. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County.. Small frazier fir trees, the highest quality of the Christmas tree types, grow on a mountain hillside. Ashe Co. is ideal for Frazier firs as the altitude, soil, and temperatures are perfect for the finicky trees.. The trees are grown at nurseries until they are 5 years old and then planted. They will grow to an average of 7 to 8 feet tall, the "ideal" Christmas tree height, before being cut and sold. Some are cut smaller and larger, but the majority of sales come in the 7 to 8 foot range. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County.. Small frazier fir trees, the highest quality of the Christmas tree types, grow on a mountain hillside. Ashe Co. is ideal for Frazier firs as the altitude, soil, and temperatures are perfect for the finicky trees.. The trees are grown at nurseries until they are 5 years old and then planted. They will grow to an average of 7 to 8 feet tall, the "ideal" Christmas tree height, before being cut and sold. Some are cut smaller and larger, but the majority of sales come in the 7 to 8 foot range. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County.. Small frazier fir trees, the highest quality of the Christmas tree types, grow on a mountain hillside. Ashe Co. is ideal for Frazier firs as the altitude, soil, and temperatures are perfect for the finicky trees.. The trees are grown at nurseries until they are 5 years old and then planted. They will grow to an average of 7 to 8 feet tall, the "ideal" Christmas tree height, before being cut and sold. Some are cut smaller and larger, but the majority of sales come in the 7 to 8 foot range. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County..Trees that have grown to their desired height are cut by hand, due to the steep terrain in which they grow, and loaded onto trucks for hauling to a loading yard.. Ashe Co. is ideal for Frazier firs as the altitude, soil, and temperatures are perfect for the finicky trees.. The trees are grown at nurseries until they are 5 years old and then planted. They will grow to an average of 7 to 8 feet tall, the "ideal" Christmas tree height, before being cut and sold. Some are cut smaller and larger, but the majority of sales come in the 7 to 8 foot range. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County.. A reflection of a tree farm in a car window. . Ashe Co. is ideal for Frazier firs as the altitude, soil, and temperatures are perfect for the finicky trees.. The trees are grown at nurseries until they are 5 years old and then planted. They will grow to an average of 7 to 8 feet tall, the "ideal" Christmas tree height, before being cut and sold. Some are cut smaller and larger, but the majority of sales come in the 7 to 8 foot range. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 23, 2008. Ashe County, NC.. The Christmas tree industry in Ashe County.. A Nativity scene at a church next to a Christmas tree farm.. Ashe Co. is ideal for Frazier firs as the altitude, soil, and temperatures are perfect for the finicky trees.. The trees are grown at nurseries until they are 5 years old and then planted. They will grow to an average of 7 to 8 feet tall, the "ideal" Christmas tree height, before being cut and sold. Some are cut smaller and larger, but the majority of sales come in the 7 to 8 foot range. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 24, 2008. Rural Virginia.. New River Tree Co. loading yard in Virginia.. New River Tree Co. has 30 full time employees and uses 60 H2A, the Federal guest worker program, workers during harvest season. Most of the guest workers are from Mexico and many return year after year to work on the same farm in North Carolina. The pay rate is federally mandated at $9/hr. and the workers are housed in government regulated housing facilities.. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the farm will load 30 trucks a day, with 600 tree per truck. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 24, 2008. Rural Virginia.. At the New River Tree Co. loading yard in Virginia, workers wait for the semi trucks to show up and be loaded with trees, most of which are heading to Florida. All the trees are grown in North Carolina, but the closest loading area is just over the border in Virginia.. New River Tree Co. has 30 full time employees and uses 60 H2A, the Federal guest worker program, workers during harvest season. Most of the guest workers are from Mexico and many return year after year to work on the same farm in North Carolina. The pay rate is federally mandated at $9/hr. and the workers are housed in government regulated housing facilities.. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the farm will load 30 trucks a day, with 600 tree per truck. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 24, 2008. Rural Virginia.. At the New River Tree Co. loading yard in Virginia, workers load semi trucks with trees, most of which are heading to Florida. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the farm will load 30 trucks a day, with 600 tree per truck.. All the trees are grown in North Carolina, but the closest loading area is just over the border in Virginia.. New River Tree Co. has 30 full time employees and uses 60 H2A, the Federal guest worker program, workers during harvest season. Most of the guest workers are from Mexico and many return year after year to work on the same farm in North Carolina. The pay rate is federally mandated at $9/hr. and the workers are housed in government regulated housing facilities. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 24, 2008. Rural Virginia.. At the New River Tree Co. loading yard in Virginia, workers load semi trucks with trees, most of which are heading to Florida. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the farm will load 30 trucks a day, with 600 tree per truck.. All the trees are grown in North Carolina, but the closest loading area is just over the border in Virginia.. New River Tree Co. has 30 full time employees and uses 60 H2A, the Federal guest worker program, workers during harvest season. Most of the guest workers are from Mexico and many return year after year to work on the same farm in North Carolina. The pay rate is federally mandated at $9/hr. and the workers are housed in government regulated housing facilities. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 24, 2008. Rural Virginia.. At the New River Tree Co. loading yard in Virginia, workers load semi trucks with trees, most of which are heading to Florida. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the farm will load 30 trucks a day, with 600 tree per truck.. All the trees are grown in North Carolina, but the closest loading area is just over the border in Virginia.. New River Tree Co. has 30 full time employees and uses 60 H2A, the Federal guest worker program, workers during harvest season. Most of the guest workers are from Mexico and many return year after year to work on the same farm in North Carolina. The pay rate is federally mandated at $9/hr. and the workers are housed in government regulated housing facilities. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 24, 2008. Rural Virginia.. At the New River Tree Co. loading yard in Virginia, workers load semi trucks with trees, most of which are heading to Florida. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the farm will load 30 trucks a day, with 600 tree per truck.. All the trees are grown in North Carolina, but the closest loading area is just over the border in Virginia.. New River Tree Co. has 30 full time employees and uses 60 H2A, the Federal guest worker program, workers during harvest season. Most of the guest workers are from Mexico and many return year after year to work on the same farm in North Carolina. The pay rate is federally mandated at $9/hr. and the workers are housed in government regulated housing facilities. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 24, 2008. Rural Virginia.. At the New River Tree Co. loading yard in Virginia, workers load semi trucks with trees, most of which are heading to Florida. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the farm will load 30 trucks a day, with 600 tree per truck.. All the trees are grown in North Carolina, but the closest loading area is just over the border in Virginia.. New River Tree Co. has 30 full time employees and uses 60 H2A, the Federal guest worker program, workers during harvest season. Most of the guest workers are from Mexico and many return year after year to work on the same farm in North Carolina. The pay rate is federally mandated at $9/hr. and the workers are housed in government regulated housing facilities. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 24, 2008. Rural Virginia.. At the New River Tree Co. loading yard in Virginia, workers load semi trucks with trees, most of which are heading to Florida. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the farm will load 30 trucks a day, with 600 tree per truck.. All the trees are grown in North Carolina, but the closest loading area is just over the border in Virginia.. New River Tree Co. has 30 full time employees and uses 60 H2A, the Federal guest worker program, workers during harvest season. Most of the guest workers are from Mexico and many return year after year to work on the same farm in North Carolina. The pay rate is federally mandated at $9/hr. and the workers are housed in government regulated housing facilities. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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  • November 24, 2008. Rural Virginia.. At the New River Tree Co. loading yard in Virginia, workers load semi trucks with trees, most of which are heading to Florida. In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, the farm will load 30 trucks a day, with 600 tree per truck.. All the trees are grown in North Carolina, but the closest loading area is just over the border in Virginia.. New River Tree Co. has 30 full time employees and uses 60 H2A, the Federal guest worker program, workers during harvest season. Most of the guest workers are from Mexico and many return year after year to work on the same farm in North Carolina. The pay rate is federally mandated at $9/hr. and the workers are housed in government regulated housing facilities. By photographer Jeremy Lange
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