Family feud keeps New Hampshire Christmas tree farm closed for a second year as battle rages on over ownership
- Rossview Farm is on District 5 Road in Concord, New Hampshire
- It is closed for a second season due to a family dispute over who owns it
- Wayne and Ruth Ross had planned to give it to their only son, Don
- But things soured and they served their son an eviction notice in 2013
- The family is now arguing over the fate of the farm's 8,100 trees
- A new trial to sort it all out has been scheduled for February 17 2016
A family feud is keeping a popular New Hampshire tree farm closed through another holiday season.
Rossview Farm, a 600-acre property on District 5 Road in Concord, just west of Penacook Lake is closed for a second season due to a family dispute over who owns the farm and its 8,100 trees.
Wayne and Ruth Ross planned to give it to their only son, Don. But things soured and they served their son an eviction notice in 2013.

The 600-acre Rossview Farm on District 5 Road in Concord, just west of Penacook Lake, is closed for a second season in a family dispute over who owns the farm and its 8,100 trees.
According to court documents seen by the Concord Monitor the dispute started in 2004 when the farm became a Limited Liability Corporation.
Wayne and Ruth Ross were planning to retire and signed a one-line lease that gave Don rights to lease the property for $21,000 a year.
However, they claim that the payments were not made. So, in October 2013 they served Don with a 90-day eviction notice which started legal action.
The following winter, the farm remained closed during the holidays as the family argued over the fate of the farm's 8,100 trees, which are between the ages of five and 19.
Don Ross owns about 7,500 trees and his parents own 600. But there is concern that some trees are getting too big to be sold and losing their value.
He tried and failed to get a court injunction against his father to forbid him from making 'disparaging comments about the Christmas trees' for sale.

Don Ross (pictured) owns about 7,500 trees and his parents own 600. But there is concern that some trees are getting too big to be sold and losing their value.

The farm has been closed over two holiday seasons - which could have been lucrative for the family
As the dispute rages on, a new trial to settle the matter is scheduled for February 17 2016.
John Bisson, a lawyer for Wayne and Ruth Ross told the Concord Monitor: 'The parties have discussed efforts to avoid going to court for a long time, and it just has reached a point where...we're going to take advantage of [the court process] to get this matter sorted.'
The legal arguments include some esoteric concepts, such as a common law doctrine involving plants planted and tended by people, as compared to 'products of the soil' that grow naturally.
Rossview Farm, was established in 1957 by Wayne Ross, who raised beef cattle and produced milk until 1980. He then transitioned to raising berries, pumpkins, maple syrup and Christmas trees.
A 2007 agricultural-preservation agreement with the state Division of Resources and Economic Development, states that the property must remain a working farm and cannot be sold for other reasons.
Don, a University of New Hampshire graduate, returned to the farm in 1999.
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