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WELCOME TO SNEAD ORCHARDS is repeated by this sign on Snead’s converted barn. Once they come, Snead is sure they'll come back.
for them to turn around but they waited their turn and seemed to enjoy it. All we had then was a big bin of apples to choose from. So, I thought, this may be it. 1 can make more, they can pay less.” Snead was also encouraged by the response to his vegetable stand on Rt. 211 next to the Rappahannock Co-Op. Here, he has been selling sweet corn, vegetables quality: “You can only do so much and do it right. I’d rather keep my standards high, enjoy dealing with the public, have a smaller, more personal operation.
This step is not without its pitfalls. "We just don't know, we can’t tell yet if it will really work.” Snead was encouraged last year by the response to the signs and maps he had placed around the county. "We didn’t do much advertising at all - just the signs and maps, but people were lined up all the way up and down the driveway. There was no place and fruit. “It’s impossible to let people pick their own corn, but having it right in back of the stand assures
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