Beckwith Family Christmas Trees in Hannibal Wins Grand Champion Award at State Fair

Beckwith Family Christmas Trees in Hannibal has had a good showing at the New York State Fair.
 
Faye Beckwith said she and her husband Jack took six trees to display and compete at the fair. Four of the Beckwith trees won first place, a Beckwith Fraser fir won Grand Champion and a Beckwith Balsam fir won Reserve Grand Champion.
 

Winning wreath by Beckwith Family Christmas Trees

Faye Beckwith also put one of her wreath creations in the wreath competition and won Grand Champion with a toyland theme.
 
The Beckwith Family Christmas Trees business in on Mill Street in Hannibal. They bought the Hannibal land in 1980 with the plan to raise beef cattle. But when that didn’t work out, they sold the cows and decided to raise Christmas trees on the nearly 57 acres.
 
The first Christmas trees were planted in 1985.
 
Faye Beckwith is past president of the board of the Christmas Tree Farmers Association of New York.