A beloved Boilermaker and horticulturalist, Ross Byers died Nov. 24. Byers grew up in Vincennes, where he and his family managed Dixie Orchard the largest grower in the state at that time.
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While Knox County still has peach and apple orchards, the county was once dotted with orchards from north to south, many having since been replaced by housing and other development