Bill’s daughtér Joyce MacKinnon also worked in the business and was in charge of the grading aspect of it. Joyce recalled that ribbons distinguished the trees, “red, blue, pink, orange, a special and each was a different price. It was seven cents to a dollar for a special. Mostly what people put in their house was a yellow." (61) After the trees were baled, they were shipped by the train or by truck. Many shipments made their way to the United States, in particular to the Boston and Florida areas. Miller Sanderson, Bob Milligan, Joey MacDonald, Aubie MacKinnon, and Eddie MacKinnon were a few of the drivers who delivered truckloads of trees to the Boston area. Frank recalled that his father had also put

trees on potato boats in the 19603. They were sent as far away as Venezuela.

Bill Milligan‘s crew that worked in his Christmas Tree industry.

Left to right are Reggie MacKinnon, Johnny MacKenzie, Brian MacKenzie, Blair Wood, and Frank Milligan.

Photo courtesy of Joyce MacKinnon

At this time Frank was living in Montreal, where we was selling the shipments of trees sent by his father from St. Peters. Each shipment uSually consisted of a thousand trees, which would be equivalent to about one rail car load. After being loaded in St. Peters, they took seven or Eight days to reach LaChine, Quebec where they were unloaded.

Frank recalled that the cost of this shipment at that time was one hundred and eighty five dollars. (62) There were three lots in the Montreal area where the trees were sold. Bills sons Frank, Charlie, and

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