Need a word!

[Ann Burlingham]

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 3:53 PM, William Palmer <palmerwil at gmail.com> wrote:
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> This was the line of work of my mother's foster father.  He called himslef
> an "orchardist".

I read a certain amount of gardening writing and catalogs, and
"orchardist" came easily to mind.

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