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said he expects to sell “more than 500” trees.
He had a customer from Colonial Beach who picked out a 14-foot tali' tree he wasn’t able to take back, Mr. Baumgardner said. The man took back some smaller trees and expects to return this weekend with a truck to get the large tree.
The most basic of Christmas tree ■ farms is the Kilpatricks’ Jubaleft Farm. The Kilpatricks have beep; selling trees for years, starting at Hawthorn Farm, across the road from their present farm on Route 618, one mile from Route 231.
“We used to sell more trees when we first started,” said Sean Kilpatrick. “We had more variety, and there was less competition. Each year our share of the market seems to shrink.” ;
Due to the disappointment of last season and to procrastination the Kilpatricks only got four rows ofpines sheared this year. “We are trying to convince people that there are advantages to unsheared trees* Mr. Kilpatrick said. “There are more spaces for hanging ornaments.” ,
All the county’s Christmas tree growers believe that the heart of their business is satisfied customers who return year after year. Even with gasoline prices climbing, many people from around the state choose • to drive to Rappahannock to buy fresh trees from growers they know.
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