The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-22
THE BIGGEST PEACH CROP.
PERHAPS THE FINEST KNOWN IN
GEORGIA'S HISTORY.

VIII Require About 1000 Railroad
Cars to Move 1.-THE Movement
viii Begin About June 10, and
Reach It's Hight Ten Days or Two
weeks Later-GeOrgia Fruit Grow
ers, Union to Meet in Macon May
80 to Make Arrangements for the
Proper Distribution. of the Crop.
Cutting of Markets to BE Avoided.
In the peach orchards of Southwestern
Georgia there is just now maturing one of
the most magnificent crops of the lus-
cious fruit that has been known in the his
tory Of the state The probability is that,
without accident, it will surpass any Geor-
gia fruit crop heretofore known.
The railroads, and especially the Central
of Georgia, since it is the initial line for
most of the entire crop, have been figur-
iug on arrangements for the transporta-
ton and distribution of this immense
amount of peaches The lowest estimate
made is that it will require 1,4OO cars to
move it, while other estimates so all the
way up to 1000 cars, and man. of the fruit
growers and railroad men believe the lat
ter figure is nearer correct.
The danger season from weather stand
point has passed now, and if there is no
disturbing element in the shape of a cy-
clone or something of that kind the full
crop will so to market in the nice shape
in which Georgia peaches usually go. The
movement of the peaches will begin about
n fnx Of. -ia
ties will probably go out before that time.
But by June 20 TO 25, the movement will be
in full blast, and a dozen railroads will be
moving peaches from Georgia in all direc-
tons throughout the North.
There are many of the early varieties
which are doing well, and from some sec
tons there will be pretty good shipments
of them but as rule the early varieties
are not doing what was expected of them.
This, az least, has been the experience of
Maj G.. NJ. Ryals and several other fruit
growers especially in the extreme south
western section of the state. While that
section furnishes a good many peaches its
output is small as compared with the crops
from the immense orchards around Fort
Valley and Marshallville, the now most IA
nous peach growing section, perhaps, in
the world. 1t is there that the luscious
juicy Eibertas flourish and reach the full
splendor of their development, and it is
from there that millions of them are ship
ped wnen misfortune does not prevent the
crop maturing.
On Tuesday, May 81, there will be a,
meeting of the Georgia Fruit Growers
Union at the Brown House in Macon for
the purpose of considering the subject of
the distribution of this immense crop. 1t
will be a meeting of great Importance to
n nd frnff
growers whether they are members of the
union or not have been invited to attend
Owing to the fact that there is such an
enormous crop of the fruit it has been
found that unless some steps are taken to
arrange for its proper distribution, there
Is danger of shipping much of the fruit to
overcrowded markets where it might have
to be sold al a sacrifice. 1t is this that
the fruit growers want 10 avoid, and Pres
ident John d. Cunningham of the Ameri-
can Fruit Growers Association, who is at
the head of the movement, believes this
can be done if the proper steps are taken
The Georgia peach can find a customer al
most anywhere, and it is unnecessary
thereforeto send the biggest portion of the
crop to New York, an idea which used to
prevail with many of the fruit raisers.
1t is only within the last year or two
that the fruit growers have come together
and have realized that they could no long
er secure the best advantages by acting in
dependently of each other as they had been
dong. The railroads will be called into
their councils and there will be a system
about the disposition of the crop which has
not heretofore prevailed. President Gun
bingham is confident that by this method
every pound of the fruit crop can be plac-
ed to advantage, and that no grower will
have to sacrifice his crop. The Central
railroad handled the big crop last year
without a word of complaint from any of
the fruit growers, and is ready this year to
afford every facility for transportation
that is desired