The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-26
In AND ABOUT THE CITY.
NO PEACHES THIS YEAR.
The Crop Almost a Total Failure
The Causes.

The Crop Almost a Total Failure -
The Causes.
Although near the end of June no peaches
have yet been brought TO the Savannah
market, and the lovers of the luscious and
juicy fruit are beginning to wonder at the
unusual delay. The early peaches usually
come in by the last of May, and by the
middle OF June the market is well sup
piled.
The fact is there is no peach crop this
year, and the worst of il is there Is not
likely to be any, that is, not to amount to
anything. Although late in the season not
single peach has yet been received in Sa-
vaunah, and the dealers are not expecting
any for some time yet
To inquiries by the dealers the shippers
have replied that the peach crop is a total
failure this year. There are two good rea-
cons for this. Last season the trees bore SO
heavily as to completely exhaust them, and
the natural result would have been
small crop, even under favorable
conditions. The second reason is that the
warm spring caused the trees to put out
very early, and the young fruit was caught
at a tender age by the March freeze and
was entirely killed out Not only was the
frult cut off, but a large number of
the trees are dead. The exhaustion conse-
quent upon last years heavy production
left them in poor condition to withstand
the freeze just at period when they were
most subject to its injurious effects.
The warm winter, which failed to arrest
the ravages of insects, probably had some
thing to do also with the loss of the trees.
The nursery grown trees. which are chiefly
grown in the peach orchards now, because
OF their quick growth, are not as hardy as
those grown from the seed in the native
soil, and they succumb more readily to the
attacks of nature.
Savannah is chiefly supplied with peaches
from the section of country along the Cen
trail and Southwestern roads, in Lower and
Middle Georgia. Marshallville and the
country below Macon is the great peach
growing district of the state, though most
of the fruit from this section goes
to Atlanta and the north. Tennile and
other stations along the Central chiefly sup
ply the Savannah market. Advices re-
ceived from shippers state that the orchards
In that section are practically III the con-
dition described above. The Florida
orchards are no better off.
Where some firms in the city were receiv-
ing 200 crates day last year at this time
they have not been able to procure peach
this year.
One merchant said there are no peaches
in any of the markets north, except u few
California peaches in New York. The
peach crop was enormous last, year and the
fruit was shipped northward by carloads.
In many Of the interior towns it was given
away, and thousands of bushels were
fed to hogs. Last years over
production is largely responsible for
this years lack of fruit. Peach growing is
young industry in Georgia, and the grow
ers will doubtless learn by their experience
to limit the production of their trees here
after
Patrons of hotels and restaurants will be
furnished with last years canned goods
instead of the fresh articles this year. For
lusciousness and flavor the Georgia peach is
second only to the Georgia watermelon, and
by many is esteemed its superior, but
epicures must content themselves with the
latter this year