There is an indication the reward from the orchard is in exchange for the ‘doing’ and that this is not just a monetary exchange. It is also an expectation of a moral exchange, a social contract between the orchard and the orchardist, as the two following quotes demonstrate:
[I]t’s what you put into the orchard you get out type thing…I mean, you can go to orchards and you can tell that people don’t do much on them because they’re blinkin’ terrible. And they’ve got terrible fruit. The pruners don’t like them, the pickers don’t like them, nobody likes working for them. (Man, green)
[W]e’ve worked really hard all our…working life so far…we have denied ourselves a lot to bring up a family and we’d like to think that OK, there will come a time when the income stream from the orchard will support a nice house, a good car, comfortable living conditions, a healthy work environment, and the opportunity to go overseas or have really good holidays. (Man, gold)