From WUNC.org
By DAVE DEWITT
Christmas tree production in North Carolina is a $100-million-a-year industry. There are 1,500 Christmas-tree farms, most in the four-county area of Allegany, Ashe, Avery, and Watauga counties. Most of the Christmas tree farms are family-owned.
North Carolina is second in the country in Christmas tree production, behind only Oregon.
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