apple grower

Cultivates pomaceous trees

An apple grower is a person or business that cultivates apple trees commercially.

The term emphasizes the agricultural profession rather than casual gardening: The apple growers in Washington State were hit hard by the late frost.

Apple grower appears in contexts discussing orchards, harvests, and agricultural policy.

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grafting · bushel · fall harvest · cultivar · blossoms · picking · farmstand · ladders · pesticide · organic farming · pollination · heirloom · seedling · tree nursery · crates · autumn · frost · rootstock

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crop type

apple growerlogger

One who fells trees

miner · hunter · cattle rancher · fisherman · dairy farmer

production vs. consumption

apple growerfruit vendor

Merchant selling fresh produce

production vs. consumption/destruction

apple growerapple picker

One who gathers orchard fruit

Family

apple, grower, apples, grow, grows, grew, grown, growing, growth

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G