ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, December 5, 1996             TAG: 9612050039
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: A-1  EDITION: METRO 

CHRISTMAS CROP

LENGTH: Short :   16 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  DON PETERSEN/Staff. A migrant worker loads harvested 
          white pine Christmas trees atop a truck bed at Slaughter's Tree Farm
          in Hillsville on Wednesday. Farm owner Lonnie Slaughter expects this
          Christmas season to be a good one. More photos on C1. color.