orchardist
Tends tree groves
An orchardist is a person who cultivates an orchard—a plot of land planted with fruit or nut trees.
The term implies professional or serious involvement rather than casual gardening: The orchardist pruned her apple trees in late winter.
Orchardists may grow apples, cherries, peaches, almonds, or other tree crops commercially.
Cutting vegetation for health
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- fertilizingAdding nutrients to soil
- propagationAct of spreading widely
planting · mulching · trellis · arboriculture · scion · rootstock · dormancy · tending
Act of selecting
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- basketsWoven carrying containers
- ripeReady to eat
gathering · yield · cider · seasonal · labor · crop · market · freshness
Amount of land owned
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- agritourismTourism centered on farming
- farmstandRoadside agricultural retail booth
apple
Crisp tree fruit
plum · apricot · citrus · pomegranate · fig · olive · kiwifruit · avocado · mango · persimmon
pruning
Cutting vegetation for health
- graftingJoining tissues to grow together
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- fertilizingAdding nutrients to soil
propagation · planting · mulching · trellis · arboriculture · scion · rootstock · dormancy · tending · watering
picking
Act of selecting
ripe · gathering · yield · cider · seasonal · labor · crop · market · freshness · sorting
acreage
Amount of land owned
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- agritourismTourism centered on farming
pesticide
Agent destroying harmful organisms
- farm workersfarmer, farmworker, hired hand, field hand, farm laborer
- farmersfarmer, grower, smallholder, cultivator, rancher
- farmworkersfarmhand, farmworker, farm laborer, field hand, farm hand
- food producersfarmer, baker, butcher, fisherman, brewer
- orchardscitrus grove, olive grove, orange grove, lime grove, grove
- rural jobsfarmer, rancher, shepherd, farmhand, cowherd
orchardistgrain farmer
One who raises cereals
wheat farmer · rancher · cattle rancher · corn farmer · pastoralist