Commercial shipments are set to begin in early June, about two weeks later than normal. The freeze also is blamed for dropping South Carolina's yields to about 60 percent of normal levels, Mack said. South Carolina farmers expect to ship about 55 million pounds of peaches this year, compared with Georgia's 55 million to 63 million pounds. We had a few late freezes, but no one got much damage. The peaches are sweet and good.
Dry conditions keep the peaches from sizing, and size is the name of the game.
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