Pye was the son of a pioneer Australian orchardist. Her parents were Christian Weckesser, a gardener, orchardist, and farmer, and Ella Weckesser. He was an orchardist in New Jersey. He was a grandson of George McEwin, gardener, orchardist and maker of Glen Ewin jams. He was an orchardist and company director before entering politics. Thomsen returned to Hood River where he worked as an orchardist, raising pears and apples. His father was a well-known orchardist from Niles, California. He attended Kalamunda High School, and subsequently worked as an orchardist. Born in Christchurch, Ogilvie grew up at Horotane Valley where his father was an orchardist. In 1920, however, he moved to Latrobe in Tasmania, where he became an orchardist. Roxburgh graduated from Ontario Agricultural College and became a turkey breeder and orchardist. He then became a shopkeeper and orchardist in Inverell. The first commercial planting of Chinese gooseberries occurred in 1937 by the orchardist Jim MacLoughlin. After his service, Clarke worked as a dairy farmer and orchardist in western North Carolina. Prior to his religious life, Shah Inayat was a farmer and orchardist.