THE STATE
July 27, 1935
Twenty-
It’s Peac*li Time in the Sandhills
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Not As Easy As It Seems
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iu*l levelled,
■prayed ami
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trees are
over crops arc planted,
although some farmers «In not take the
latter step.
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ry. most cover crops am
ready tn l>c turned tinder. Then the
trees are ready for a lime-sulphur fnr
San .Jo*o scale.
Plenty of Spraying
A lull come* I Ill'll until Inter in tin-
spring when the «nil around the trees
is again worked. When the trees start
to bloom, they are given n thin! spray¬
ing. this time a lime-arsenate one t*>
kill the eiireulio. "tie «*f the pearh
trees’ worst cnemi«-s. About a month
later, a spray f«»r fungus disease i*
given the peaches themselves. A final
rears, however, that the
reached «tti’li emiruiotis
the ci
ash.
rled
PEACH BLOSSOM TIME
The Sand Hills' Spring has .show¬
ered hisses on each orchard:
And through her dew. her warmth
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faces
icr nechromancg.
ped blossoms, with prettg
. in sweet reward.
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1,1 nth tn i dense nur
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and roguish fancy,
dowered trees spread far
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before our sight ,*
ke magic carpet on some
fair if
S endless room ;
And lo,
we stand in rapture, nur
souls
White ,
tilled with pure delight,
hi r nostrils eat eh the fra -
pro,,;,,.
r hf the blushing Moom.
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bees tHt among the bins-
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is that are the forcrun-
nf Ihe luscious peach.
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a fruit the go ds would rat.
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blooms and u. ur n each.
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spray, this time arsenate of
lead, is given the fruit
about a month before it
ripens.
With the ripening of the
I teaches, like the curing of
tobacco, the real work be¬
gins. The fruit is picked,
underripe, and carried to
the wa rehouses, where it is sized and
graded. This is sometimes done by
hand though the most modern grow¬
er* have machines for the purpose.
The perfect and largest peaches are
parked and shipped: the smaller, more
inferior ones being carried by tnick«
to nearby towns and sold at a mason-
able price.
The ears in which the fruit i« shipped
am refrigerated insuring their being
preserved until they reach even the
most distant markets. Each ear holds
approximately 400 bushels.
An average-sized tree hears from
two to three bushels of peaches. It
take* about four years for a tree to
begin to hoar from a seedling. Unle**
diseased, it then continues to bear for
about twenty years.
200 Different Varieties
Though there are over 200 varieties
of peaches grown in the United State*,
the Klhcrtn, the Georgia Helle and the
Hilly arc the most widely-grown va¬
rieties in the Sandhills.
The Elherta ami Georgia Helle were
named for Elherta and Belle Humph,
two sisters-in-law. the wives of two
member* of ihe Humph family who
migrated to Georgia, carrying with
them a handful of peach kernels from
their plantation home in the Orange¬
burg District. The women both be-
enme talented horticulturists, perfect¬
ing these two delicious varieties of
peaches.
An Ideal Location
Several factors contribute to the sue*
ce*. of the Sandhill* as a peach-grow-
ing section. The sandy, loamy -oil is
peculiarly adapted to the growing of
the fruit. The elevation of the section,
too. i* just high enough to prevent the
«•hill nights of early spring from dam¬
aging tin* trees. Then, also, the wide
open spaces enable the tree* to gel
abundant sunshine, which contributes
*o much m the sweetness, flavor, color
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