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The editor is John Ryan at email: perugazette@gmail.com. The Peru Gazette is a free community, education and information website. It is non-commercial and does not accept paid advertising.

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Playing a Vital Role in the Apple Industry

By John T. Ryan

The Forrence Orchards packing and distribution staff is #26 in our Peru Gazette series featuring people who make Peru a wonderful place to live. These are the people who inspect, pack, sell and ship approximately 500,000 bushels of Forrence’s beautiful apples each year. At 40 pounds a bushel, that’s 20 million pounds or about 1,000 tractor-trailer loads of apples leaving our community thanks to the hard work and dedication of these people.

Bottom Row (kneeling) Left to Right – John Jump, Nickey Allan, George Bass, Diana Plummer, Jamie Bombard, Julhash Uddin, Robert Tibbets. Second Row(standing) – Peter Forrence, Petra Shirley, Carolee Furnia, Kathrine Grimet, Patti Chase, Paula Merchant, Michele Belanger, Jennifer Chase, Amber Doty, Laurin Horner, Gayle Wager. Third Row (standing) – Letman Powell, Mary LaBombard, Rachel Owen, Molly Ano, Henry Forrence, Robert Owen, Amy Macey, Brenda Wright. Last Row, (tall man in the back) – Weston Forrest

Posted: December 10th, 2017 under Adirondack Region News, Agricultural News, Business News, Faces of Peru, General News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History.

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