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Speaker 1: It's not easy selling Christmas trees and reets when the

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Speaker 1: wind is whipping.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we had trees flying off the rack literally, not

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Speaker 2: not with people buying them.

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Speaker 1: Steven Thompson made the ten hour trek down from Van Buren, Maine,

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Speaker 1: right near the Canadian border, to come to Boston for

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Speaker 1: the very first time to sell Christmas trees.

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Speaker 2: We grow the Fraser firs in the balsam first.

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Speaker 1: He's a farm hand at MMB Trees, so I asked him,

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Speaker 1: how do you know what's the best tree for you?

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Speaker 1: And that seems to depend on what you're looking for.

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Speaker 2: The Fraser first will retain their needles longer. They'll last

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Speaker 2: all the way up until March.

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Speaker 1: So if you want to keep your tree up well

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Speaker 1: beyond Christmas, he says, that could be a good option.

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Speaker 1: But if you're into that Christmasy smell, he says, the

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Speaker 1: Balsam furs are more fragrant, but they do tend to

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Speaker 1: lose their needles faster.

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Speaker 2: We have just started playing Korean balsams as well, which

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Speaker 2: is a slightly different variety. It'll be fluffier and they're

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Speaker 2: better for the conditions we have on the farm.

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Speaker 1: On the land there you can find Stephen and his

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Speaker 1: trees set up near the Star Market in Fenway and Fenway.

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