{"id":29602,"date":"2023-12-07T09:36:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=29602"},"modified":"2023-12-07T09:36:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T14:36:53","slug":"christmas-tree-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/christmas-tree-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"O, Christmas Tree! Bryant Park\u2019s Evergreen Grew on Alum\u2019s Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">For the third year, the family-run operation of Daniel Stutzman \u201957 has supplied a picture-perfect tree to the iconic Midtown locale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cornell-red-color has-text-color\"><em>&#8220;Bear Hugs&#8221; celebrates heartwarming stories of Cornellians on the Hill and around the world. Have an idea? Email us at <a href=\"&#109;&#x61;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x74;&#x6f;:&#x63;&#111;&#114;&#x6e;&#x65;&#108;l&#x69;&#97;ns&#64;&#99;&#x6f;r&#110;e&#108;&#x6c;&#x2e;e&#100;u\">&#99;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x6e;&#101;&#108;&#x6c;&#x69;a&#x6e;&#x73;&#64;c&#111;r&#x6e;&#x65;&#x6c;&#108;&#46;&#x65;&#x64;&#x75;<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Lindsay Lennon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Tuesday after Thanksgiving, NYC\u2019s Bryant Park hosted its 2023 tree-lighting ceremony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set against the iconic backdrop of Midtown Manhattan, the hourlong spectacle featured performances by Broadway singers and world-class ice skaters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the real star, of course, was the tree: standing 48 feet tall, weighing 8,000 pounds, and shimmering with more than 12,000 lightbulbs and 1,000 oversized ornaments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It had been trucked in from <a href=\"https:\/\/yuletreefarms.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stutzman Farms<\/a>, the third-generation evergreen farm of retired arborist Daniel Stutzman \u201957.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A large Christmas tree lit with yellow lights and a blue star on top on display in Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan, New York City.\" class=\"wp-image-29786 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-632x790.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-316x395.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-280x350.jpg 280w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A-100x125.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/f19445a2-5306-4f9f-a228-bcc023bb9fa9-A.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption>The beloved tree in NYC\u2019s Bryant Park in 2022.  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Based in Hornell, NY (about 90 minutes west of Ithaca), the operation was started by Stutzman\u2019s father, who went on to help found both the New York State and national associations of Christmas tree growers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Stutzman earned a biochemistry degree from CALS, he worked for major food brands including Chef Boyardee and Beechnut\u2014yet still helped manage the group of Christmas tree farms his family by then owned throughout New York and Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the \u201970s, he left corporate life and took over the business with his brother. But Stutzman\u2019s devotion to growing crowd-pleasing Christmas trees dates to long before that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A man standing in front of a large Christmas tree being loaded onto a truck by several other men\" class=\"wp-image-29788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0539-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of Stutzman&#8217;s massive evergreens, en route to Yuletide glory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1958, when he was working for Gerber in California, Stutzman was headed to a ski trip on Mount Shasta when he found himself at a roadside nursery outside Sacramento. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He got to chatting with the owner, who introduced him to the <em>abies concolor<\/em>\u2014commonly known as a white fir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe reason I liked them was because they were a typical Christmas tree,\u201d recalls Stutzman. \u201cThey have a wonderful aroma, and they hold their needles well. They\u2019re beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>In the \u201970s, Stutzman left corporate life and took over the business with his brother\u2014but his devotion to growing crowd-pleasing Christmas trees dates to long before that.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The following spring, Stutzman returned to the Sacramento nursery and bought 100 six-inch seedlings, which he planted back at the farm. They\u2019re now 60 feet tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Stutzman\u2019s trees have served as showpieces in the holiday displays of municipalities across the Northeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only is this Stutzman Farms&#8217;s third year supplying Bryant Park, but its 40-plus-foot evergreens have appeared in cherished spots around Philadelphia\u2014including the city hall and courthouse and atop the iconic \u201cRocky steps.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"29793\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_9729-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"An oversized Christmas tree decorated with oversized Philadelphia-themed decorations at Philadelphia city hall and courthouse.\" 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now a landscape architect in Leesburg, VA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She grew up on the Hornell farm, where she worked every summer pruning trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy dad instilled in us an incredible work ethic,\u201d she says, \u201cand also what it means to be a caretaker of the land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"29787\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0404-A-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A woman in a black graduation cap and gown poses with an older man wearing a blue blazer and red plaid pants.\" class=\"wp-image-29787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/12\/IMG_0404-A-819x1024.jpg 819w, 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Gamma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeautification,\u201d says Stutzman. \u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m most proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All photos provided.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Published December 7, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the third year, the family-run operation of Daniel Stutzman \u201957 has supplied a picture-perfect tree to the iconic Midtown locale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":29788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"alumni_hub_syml_posts":[29275,13742,14157],"footnotes":""},"categories":[652],"tags":[],"cornell_year_post":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-29602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bear-hugs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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