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Dunstan presented his findings to fellow members of the Northern Nut Growers Association and his namesake chestnut went on to become a favorite of commercial U.S. orchardists.—Eric J. Wallace, Outside, 24 Oct. 2025 Like modern growers, Sumerian orchardists, archaeologist Marcin Paszke contends, gathered pollen from the emerging inflorescences of male date palms in the spring and then climbed the female trees to fertilize the flowers by hand.—Jacob Jones, JSTOR Daily, 13 Aug. 2025 Tart, green Granny Smiths, which were propagated in Australia in 1868 by an orchardist named Maria Ann Sherwood Smith, started taking a decent share of the market in the U.S. in the 1980s.—Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024 The leader of the Harrison mob was an orchardist in the employ of the M&NA who became the Exalted Cyclops of the Harrison Klan No. 101.—Kenneth C. Barnes, Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2023 Tamura learned that her second-generation father, an orchardist at the family farm, had never been to Japan.—oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022 The organic orchardist Tremaine Arkley built a market for his quince through Portland, Ore., restaurants, a good move from a consumer education perspective.—Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2021 During the Orchard Tour, the resort’s orchardist will guide you on an informative tour of the two-acre grounds and teach you about the unique ecosystem.—Katie Chang, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
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