orchardist

[awr-cher-dist]

noun

1. a person who owns, manages, or cultivates an orchard.

Word History and Origins

Origin of orchardist¹

First recorded in 1785–95; orchard + -ist

Example Sentences

“People come looking for their favorite varieties,” said Polly McAdam, 33, a fourth-generation orchardist who grows apples on land her family’s owned since 1779.

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Try to trace odd varieties back to their source, and you’ll eventually hear of Maine orchardist and apple researcher John Bunker.

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All of the lessons in “From Wasteland to Wonder” are aimed at promoting “outrageous diversity,” a phrase Camu borrowed from Michael Phillips, the holistic New Hampshire orchardist and author of “Mycorrhizal Planet,” who died in 2022.

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Greg Giuliani is a longtime home orchardist and a member of the Seattle Tree Fruit Society, a chapter of the Western Cascade Fruit Society.

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The story quoted the late Tom Burford, an apple historian and himself a Virginia orchardist.

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