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General Background
Petitioner Fred Henry (petitioner or Mr. Henry) resided in
Palmetto, Florida, at the time the petition was filed.
At various times during the late 1960's and the early
1970's, Mr. Henry owned and operated two gasoline service sta-
tions and three pizzerias with respect to which he maintained the
books and records.
Mr. Henry's Orchid Activity
Mr. Henry first became interested in orchids around the late
1960's. Since that time, Mr. Henry, who has had no formal
training in horticulture, has spent approximately 28 years
developing unique and high quality orchids, first as a hobby and
then as a business and a hobby.
In 1978, Mr. Henry purchased certain real property in
Manatee County, Florida. Mr. Henry, with the assistance of his
former wife Donna Henry, a.k.a. Donna Estes (Ms. Estes), de-
veloped that property into an orchid nursery. Mr. Henry, as-
sisted by Ms. Estes, operated that orchid nursery under the name
Fred Henry's Paradise of Orchids. (We shall sometimes refer to
the orchid activity of Mr. Henry and Ms. Estes as Mr. Henry's
orchid activity or Fred Henry's Paradise of Orchids.) By at
least the late 1980's, Mr. Henry had established that he had the
ability to grow high quality orchids and to overcome the many
problems associated with growing orchids.
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