Ours is a fair amount more than that, but we can guarantee they’re fresh.” I don’t know how they’re doing it or where they’re getting them from because that’s not our kind of tree. “I look at some of these box stores, and they’re selling a tree for $39 or so. “The freight (costs) coming from Nova Scotia, that was substantial,” she said. The three-acre cut-your-own lot recently sold out for the first time, Brannigan said, adding there are about 20 cut trees left.Īt Parkway Gardens, prices for an average Christmas tree have increased by about 20 per cent since 2019, Kring said. Most years, pretty well everyone gets a tree,” said Jacob Brannigan, 24, who helps his grandfather manage the business. “Most people that show up, we’re turning away or they leave without a tree, which most years is not normal at all. It’s a similar story at Country Christmas Trees in Dorchester, where many visitors left empty-handed this year. She predicts the 200 balsam firs in stock will sell within the next week. Sales at Parkway so far this year are on par with the roughly 1,400 trees sold last year, Kring said.
“Some people were disappointed that we didn’t have Frasers, but it was painful to get any,” she said, adding the 200 Fraser firs the centre had in stock sold right away. Such an early exit from the competition is not the best sign of progress, particularly as the result against visitors who are third-bottom of the Under-18 Premier League’s northern division was far from an isolated incident.Luckily, Kring said, the garden centre received about 900 balsam firs from a supplier in Nova Scotia. First-team head coach Dean Smith, his assistant Craig Shakespeare and sporting director Stuart Webber – as well as Chelsea loanee Billy Gilmour – were in the directors’ box to watch the youngsters against Stoke. “It’s the one game of the season that you want to win,” said Norwich’s head of football development Steve Weaver ahead of the same stage of the competition 12 months ago. For a club determined to make their academy produce professional footballers for their first team as well as the wider game - as well as a revenue stream - the Youth Cup has often been a proving ground for Norwich. A 2-0 lead inside the first 15 minutes had turned into a 3-2 deficit to Stoke City by half-time and that scoreline stuck to full-time, ending Norwich’s interest in a competition they have won twice and as recently as 2013. There was little hiding from the topsy-turvy nature of their FA Youth Cup third-round exit last Wednesday. It was a shattering night for a Norwich City Under-18 side who had been looking good for something much more uplifting. As the final whistle blew at Carrow Road, every player sank to the floor.
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