Moth threat plays grinch with Christmas tree lots

THUNDER BAY — George’s Market has been providing Christmas trees for their customers each year since 1961.

“They spotted gypsy moths on some of them and those are the ones that we are not allowed to sell,” Thompson explained. “They will be picked up by our supplier morning. They cleared us to sell our eight to nine-foot balsam firs and all of our Fraser fir varieties.” “I took a tough line with them because I knew that they had already beaten up on George’s Market,” he said. “I told them, ‘I don’t mind if you open half a dozen trees or so and take a look. But I’m not going to allow you to open everything.’ They backed off and only opened 17 trees,” said Ferguson, clarifying they cut the packaging wires on the trees.

Ferguson says there have been about 15 possibly-affected trees sold and customers should not have any concerns.

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