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orchardist

American  
[awr-cher-dist] / ˈɔr tʃər dɪst /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of orchardist

First recorded in 1785–95; orchard + -ist


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Euphorbia pulcherrima, adapted well to the southern states, and by the early 1900s, Albert Ecke, a German immigrant dairy farmer and orchardist in Eagle Rock, saw its potential as a cut flower for Christmas bouquets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025

“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.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

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

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2023

Organic orchardist Tremaine Arkley built a market for his quince through Portland, Ore., restaurants, a good move from a consumer education perspective.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2021

In the production of stocks, the viticulturist sets the orchardist a good example, for there can be no question that all tree-fruits suffer from being grown on seedling stocks.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by U. P. Hedrick

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