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Christmas tree farmer Robert Wiggins helps families find the perfect tree
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Gene Sherry, left, helps family friend Marci Cochran and her children Cameron, 5, left, and Chloe, 3, pick out the perfect tree at Wiggins Christmas Tree Farm.
We see them everywhere — fragrant green trees decorated with glittering ornaments, festive ribbons and bows and angels or stars gracing the pointed tops. Christmas trees are in our homes, in our businesses and even on town squares. But before the tinsel and lights, what goes into growing a beautiful, perfectly shaped pine, cypress, cedar or fir?
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