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December, Mr. Estes said. “You’re not going to prune from January through mid-March ... A man’s not going to stay up in a tree with the cold wind blowing. . . The little good we do the grower (by allowing farm labor camps year round) isn’t worth -the price the county is going to:have to pay for it.”
“Take ‘seasonal’ off and he becomes a permanent resident,” agreed Mr. Lane.
Besides, Mr. Estes continued, no new orchards are going to be successful in Rappahannock County. “The deer are going to eat the new trees as fast as they’re set out,” he maintained, adding that there are few growers determined enough to stand guard over the seedlings with a gun to ward off the destructive ruminants.
“I’m not willing to give up on growing fruit as a viable industry in Rappahannock County,” Mr. Miller responded. “And if you’re talking about deer damage, you’re not just talking about apple trees - you’re talking about Christmas tree farming and reforestation work... I hate to see us write off orcharding in this county ... If orchards are going to be a viable industry, some of those people you’re calling migrants will have to stay here year round. They are already.”
During the three months that growers spray fruit trees, workers can’t go in the orchards anyway, Mr. Estes contended. “So nine months is sufficient ... I’m going to have to hold the line on this!”
Mr. Miller conceded.
Then the Gorfeins took up the attack on the “by-right” allowance of farm labor camps as an accessory ag(Continued
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