Need a word!

[Victor Steinbok]

The only one I know used in this context is "grower" without any
additional tag (unlike, e.g., "tomato-grower").

     VS-)

On 3/6/2011 3:47 PM, Guy Letourneau wrote:
> Okay, you guys might know this one.
>
> Farm ->  farmer
> Ranch ->  rancher
> Vineyard ->  vintner? (well, not really; 'vintner' is closer in usage to
> winemaker or wine merchant than the muddy-boot guy one who tends to
> grape vines and their fruit.)
>
> But anyways, what's a person who tends an ORCHARD called?
> Does English have a specific word?
>
> - Guy L.
>
> PS: Canadian French has the word 'Érablière' for a maple grove used for
> producing syrup. ('Érable'= maple.)

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