The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-19
PEACHES STILL UNFRAMED.
..,,,,syoENT EGAN HAS RECEIVED
REPORT OF ANY DAMAGE.

x,ither cold, Heavy Rains, Hail Nor
,,iob winds Have Thus Far In
rod the Crop-The Prospect for
1,.nV Peaches Continues Fine.
<uo,vers Are Extremely Hopeful.
~. renn Has just Returned From
Trio over the Line-AiI Tell Him
,vbnt the Chances for an Excellent
cron Are Good Seems Hardly
probnbIe That Cold VIII Now
come.
rrbe prospect for an excellent peach crop
d. ceorgfa continues bright. 1t is believ-
FL that the great peach industry will re-
..i,a considerable impetus with a good
-.oson and farmers confidently believe
.s.fr trees are to be heavily-laden with
+1a luscious fruit. All are jubilant over
+,s outlook. and it is thought there will
bs as large, if not a larger, crop along
she Centrars Ines than any in The his
tory Of the state
President John NJ. Egan of the Central
rturned Yesterday from a trip out on the
7jne He saw a number of peach-growers
and others from the peach territory, and
t1a universal opinion Yves that there
would be a fine crop. Not a man told Mr..
1,a9n anything to indicate that there has
baen the least damage thus far to or
charls in any section on account of cold,
heavy rains hail or winds. The conditions
were never more favorable.
someone presented Mr.. Egan with a
spris of a peach tree that had a number
Of small peaches on it. 1t was surprising
to sac how many there were upon so
small a twig The trees are all well load
ej with fruit, and if the usual percent
ace stays on them, there is a certainty
OF monster crop.
Mr. Egan and other railroad officials
are greatly interested in the peach in
9ustrv. 1t is not, MIR. Egan says because
the roads make any great amount by the
TRANSFORMATION of the fruit to market The
Central he says, on account of having TO
furnish special facilities for hauling the
D aches is put to extra expense that cuts
down the revenues derived from the bus
iness. so that there is no considerable net
return from it.
The interest the Central feels in big
peach crop, Mr.. Egan says, is largely
due to the effect it has upon the fruit
growers. They are bettered by having
many peacheS1o dispose of at good prices,
ana there is an indirect benefit to the
Central. The people along its line are
helped. and conditions generally are i'm
proved. That means the Central viii
come in for a share of the prosperity in
common with other business enterprises.
Fears that might have been aroused by
reports of cold winds having caused the
small peaches to fall from the trees
should be relieved by the reports the
Central has received. With no word OF
damage of any sort sustained by trees
in the wide section the road traverses,
j. would seem safe to presume that the
remaining peach districts also have not
suffered.
With The season thus far advanced with
out having brought injury to the peaches,
the growers believe they are justified IN
giving over all fears of cold nipping the
fruit A biting frost at this time in April
would not be UMPIRE cedented, yet there is
such extreme improbability of such a ca
tastrophe recurring that it may be re-
garded as settled that cold is an enemy
that the fruit need not fear