Whitetop in Grayson County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Christmas Tree Farms
Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 26, 2013
1. Christmas Tree Farms Marker
Inscription.
Christmas Tree Farms. . The national demand for commercial Christmas trees has brought a new look to the highest mountains of Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. Billion of dollars worth of Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) plantations produce regular crops of Christmas trees sold to retailers in dozen states. Fraser fir (named for Scottish explorer John Fraser) is the only fir tree native to the southeastern United States. It grows up to 50 feet in height in its native high Appalachian communities of spruce and fir.
The national demand for commercial Christmas trees has brought a new look to the highest mountains of Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina. Billion of dollars worth of Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) plantations produce regular crops of Christmas trees sold to retailers in dozen states. Fraser fir (named for Scottish explorer John Fraser) is the only fir tree native to the southeastern United States. It grows up to 50 feet in height in its native high Appalachian communities of spruce and fir.
Erected by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Location. 36° 35.942′ N, 81° 37.513′ W. Marker is in Whitetop, Virginia, in Grayson County. It is on Whitetop Gap Road (County Route 726) near Pond Mountain Lane (County Route 755). It is at the former N&W Whitetop station on the Virginia Creeper trail. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Whitetop VA 24292, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Virginia and in the
Click or scan to see this page online
Blue Ridge Highlands. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Young Christmas trees can be seen in the distance through the gap in the treeline in the foreground.
Fir, grown in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and North Carolina, has been called the Cadillac of Christmas Trees as well as the most popular and most valuable of Christmas tree species. In the southern United States, Virginia Pine is a popular Christmas tree species. In Canada, White Pine, White Spruce, Scots Pine, Blue Spruce and Fraser Fir are commonly cultivated. In the province of Ontario, Scots Pine has always dominated both the domestic and export markets. Other regions of the world also have different favorites when it comes to natural Christmas trees, and Christmas tree farms reflect these; In Europe, Norway Spruce is popular.” (Submitted on March 22, 2014.)
Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 26, 2013
3. A Christmas Tree Farm
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 22, 2014, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 665 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on March 22, 2014, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
