Devon Wright, 53, of the Parish of Manchester, Jamaica, sets up his ladder while picking apples at Giles Family Farm in Alfred. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
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Devon Wright, 53, of the Parish of Manchester, Jamaica, sets up his ladder while picking apples at Giles Family Farm in Alfred.
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Devon Wright, left, and Darold Howell, 60, of the Parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, pick apples at Giles Family Farm in Alfred.
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Devon Wright holds fast to his bucket of apples while bringing them down the ladder. Pickers average 75 to 100 bushels per day.
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Devon Wright drives a tractor full of apple bins in the orchard at Giles Family Farm in Alfred. Wright has come from Jamaica to work there for the last 16 seasons.
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Devon Wright carries a ladder through the orchard while picking at Giles Family Farm in Alfred. He says the apple cider is one of the best parts of the job.
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Freshly picked apples fill a bin at Giles Family Farm in Alfred.