Source: MITCHELL NEWS-JOURNAL, 8/22/18

The North Carolina Christmas Tree Association had its annual summer meeting and trade show Friday, Aug. 17, and Saturday, Aug. 18, at Mitchell High School. More than 100 attendees and 21 vendors attended the two-day event, which features Christmas tree growers from the state six largest Frasier fir-producing counties – Mitchell, Avery, Jackson, Watauga, Allegheny and Ashe. The summer meeting rotates among those counties and was last hosted in Mitchell County in 2012. …

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