The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
A BIG PEACH CROP COMING.
MR. JOHN a. sIBLEY-TALKs OF THE
ORCHARDS.


The Fruit Crop VIII Not BE quite
SO Plentiful n Last Year, But II
VIII Re Larger and of Finer Flaw
Or-What the Fruit Growers Assoc
ciatlcn Is Doing for It's Members.
The Fruit VIII Be Wen DistrIbu-
ted-sIr. sIbIey Says n word on
the Senatorial Situation From the
POpulists Standpoint.
Mr.. John A. Sibley. secretary OF the
Georgia Fruit Growers Association, OF
Triton, Ca, spent yesterday in the city on
business.
Mr.. Sibley was formerly from Marietta,
and several years age was a member Of
the legislature from Cobb county. He
has been considered by many in the politl-
cal field, and was put down some time
ago as a candidate for congress on the
populist ticket Mr.. Sibley, however, says
he has no aspirations that way.
you can put it down." Mr.. Sibley said,
THE pOpulisrs are not going 10 vote for
Crisp. They don't want a man who strad-
dies the question. and who makes a state
ment he is for one thing. but really favors
another. Mr.. Cr.sp's record on the silver
question and on the state bank question
does not suit the p0pulists at all, and 1
do not think he will get many Of their
votes.
1T is my opinion that Mr. duBignon
viii get most OF the pOpulst votes, unless
the pOpulists' ticket is successful. In that
case they viii, OF course, support their
own candidate. But Mr.. duBignon is a man
who stands squarely on his platform. He
has not straddled the question in any way,
and though he is gold bug, We would
prefer to see him elected in place of Crisp,
provided we cannot carry our own candi-
date through"
Growers Association Mr.. Sibley has con-
siderable interesting information with re-
gard 10 the conditions and the prospects
1T is closely estimated this year" Mr..
S1bley SAID, that the peach crop of
southwestern Georgia will be between 200
and 500 cars, or about $1,000 to 10000 crates
This, however, does not include the small
er shipments by express.
The fruit growers association was or
gained for the purpose OF bringing about
more even distribution of the fruit crop
OF the state. Georgians have nobody to
compete with in the fruit market but
course, and the object of the association
is to keep all growers posted as to the
movement of the fruit, so that they will
know just where to snip in order to strike
the best market. The Intention IS not to
give any section more fruit than 1T can
handle for that day, and this, Of course,
will operate to the advantage of the grow
ers as whole as it will equalize the de-
mand.
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but that was an unusually large one. Wnile
the fruit is not as plentiful this year as IL
was last, especially on last years bearing
trees there are a great many more trees
that have come into bearing this season,
and there Will be a full and healthful crop.
Then, too, the shipments will be earlier
this year than last. Last years cold
weather set them back considerably, but
everything was late and all markets were
practically on the same footing. This
year, however, the crop will be from a
week to ten days earlier than last. The
trees are not overburdened and think the
fruit will be of a better quality.
Our fight with the railroads has not
yet been concluded. The state railroad
commission granted us lower rates, but
the matter was carried before the inter-
state commerce commission; and no de-
cision has yet been had from that body
The railroads, however, realize that this
is a large business, and they are disposed
to give US every facility, and to act
fairly in the matter"
Mr.. Sibley has a large peach orchard
in Southwest Georgia, near Triton. He
is in charge of 1t, but it is the property
of a stock company, of which Mr.. John
ID. Cunningham, president of the asso-
citation, and Maj. G. NJ. Ryals of this
has about 200 acres now producing and
about 800 acres under cultivation.
Mr.. Sibley says this Will also be a
good year for the pear men, their fruit
being in about as good condition, and
about as much of 1t, as with the peach
growers. The watermelon crop also Is
thriving, Mr.. Sibley says, and the pros
poets for the fruit growers this year are
extraordinarily good.