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Became Orchardiats
The Johnson farm of 156 acres was supplemented by adjoining acreage that the family rented and cropped prior to 1907. In that year, the Johnsons planted an orchard. By 1910, orcharding provided a primary means for the family to live off the land.
"We raised apples and peaches that propogated themselves,” Raymond, the youngest of the three Johnson boys still living, explained.
“We started raising Hale-Harrison peaches in 1945. We were told there were only two places where they’d grow—Apton and Red Oak,” brother Bryan, three years younger than C.B., added.
Growing up on Red Oak wasn’t easy; lots of work and little time for leisure filled the long days, the Johnson brothers admitted.
On school days, the Johnson children (5 boys, 1 girl) walked three miles down the mountain, a journey that became downright treacherous in winter. On Sundays, 4flbMtgh, C.B. recalled Tiding *<£. horse to church, which, like almost everything else,
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