20161203 - Tree Farm (hrb)

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Elizabeth Bass, of Wonder Lake, cuts down a tree as daughters Gillian Bass (far), 8, and Rosie Thompson, 6, watch at Pioneer Tree Farm, 4614 Pioneer Road, McHenry, Ill. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. Pioneer Tree Farm has been selling cut-your-own Christmas trees since 1973 and has a variety of pines, spruces, cedars, and firs to choose from. Their trees are organically grown and pruned by hand and 10 percent of tree sales is donated to the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kevin Howenstine, a third-generation worker at the at Pioneer Tree Farm in McHenry shakes out a tree before being bailed on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kevin Howenstine (far right), a third-generation worker on the farm, assists Gillian Bass, 8, Elizabeth Bass, and Rosie Thompson, 6, bail their tree while grandma Marianne Bass, all of Wonder Lake, watch at Pioneer Tree Farm, 4614 Pioneer Road, McHenry, Ill. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. Pioneer Tree Farm has been selling cut-your-own Christmas trees since 1973 and has a variety of pines, spruces, cedars, and firs to choose from. Their trees are organically grown and pruned by hand and 10 percent of tree sales is donated to the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Elizabeth Bass, of Wonder Lake, carries her family's tree down a row with her daughters Rosie Thompson (left), 6, and Gillian Bass, 8, at Pioneer Tree Farm, 4614 Pioneer Road, McHenry, on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Kevin Howenstine, a third-generation worker at the at Pioneer Tree Farm in McHenry shakes out a tree before being bailed on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016.

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Daryl Quitalig - For Shaw Media Chuck Howenstine (right), of McHenry, assists Samuel Edwards, 8, of Waukegan, in creating a candleholder at Pioneer Tree Farm, 4614 Pioneer Road, McHenry, Ill. Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016. Pioneer Tree Farm has been selling cut-your-own Christmas trees since 1973 and has a variety of pines, spruces, cedars, and firs to choose from. Their trees are organically grown and pruned by hand and 10 percent of tree sales is donated to the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County.