NC drought, wildfires could threaten next year's Christmas tree crop
Story Date: 11/28/2016

 

Source: WRAL, 11/25/16


With the scent of freshly cut evergreens in the air, it's smelling a lot like Christmas at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh—and the place is all abuzz with the whine of chainsaws. Black Friday is a bonanza for Christmas tree sales. The trees on display at the market are mostly Fraser firs, and all of them were hauled in from western North Carolina, which has been parched and smoky.

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