Christmas tree farm owner Marvin Edwards says his sales should be up this year, but he expects customers to opt for a smaller tree to save money this holiday season. Edwards owns Whispering Pine Farms in Mason County, a 14-acre "choose and cut" tree farm. He's also selling precut Christmas trees at Capitol Market in Charleston.
BELFAST, Maine -- In a world crowded with advertisements and promotion boards for agricultural commodities such as beef, potatoes, pork and even watermelon, the Christmas tree stands alone. And a recent attempt by Christmas tree farmers to create their own industry marketing and research program was derailed earlier this month by conservative critics, according to one tree grower in Maine, who decried the situation as "discrimination.
Bob Roth stands as tall as some of the trees he grows on his sprawling farm in Holland, where this marks the 17th year he has raised the evergreens that decorate so many Western New York homes. Raising trees is a lot of work," admitted Roth, who is 67. "We have mowing, spraying, shearing. You have to love doing it, because you don't make a lot of money. I like growing stuff.
Mississippi's Christmas tree producers should see a $1.6-million holiday season, but there is room in the market for other growers to join the party.
Think of Christmases of yore and often images of a family hiking through a forest to cut down the holiday tree come to mind. For years artificial trees were all the rage -- and the pre-lit models are especially popular today -- but many are turning back to a traditional fresh-cut Christmas tree.
When the downturn hit last year, people did not travel, which gave them time to plan an old-fashioned holiday with a traditional tree," said Dr. Stephen Dicke, area forestry specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service. [...] the numbers have been awful.
FedEx and the Christmas Spirit Foundation have again teamed up for Trees for Troops. Christmas tree growers, retailers and FedEx Corp. want to deliver some 15,000 real trees to military bases in the United States and overseas.
Christmas tree retailers are selling more than a product. Theyre selling a tradition. Its getting out with their kids and walking through the trees and picking the ones they want, said Bob Whipkey, 64, who runs the Whipkey Tree Farm off the Big Chimney exit of Interstate 64. Whipkey provides families with the tools they need to enjoy the day. I give them a saw and turn them loose, and they look till they find the perfect tree, he said. Hes been running his tree business since 1991, when he realized he needed to start saving up for his kids college fund. So he came up with a home-grown college savings plan by planting White and Scotch pines, Norway spruces and Douglas firs at about 1,000 seedlings per acre. By the late 90s, both the trees and the kids had grown to maturity. Now his bigge...
The scent of a balsam fir wafting through a Maine home in December is as much a part of the Christmas tradition as grandma's homemade sugar cookies or caroling through town. Even with fuel prices rising and consumers tightening their budgets, a sampling of the state's Christmas tree growers said Wednesday there was only a slight decrease in sales this year. Most patrons were unwilling to skimp on the family tree, according to growers.
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