The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-31
LOOKING FOR BIG PEACHES.
CROP IN GEORGIA PROMISES TO Bic
LARGE ONE.

Railroads Are Always Greatly Inter
esteh ina the Fruit-HauiInE the
Crop to Market Means Heavy ..eve-
nues TO Them-ReDOrts Received
by officials Indicate That There
VIII he "A Good Crop This Season ii
the Cold Only Holds Of-Many Cam
nerics Have Been Established in
the Peach Districts.
None watch the weather more carefully
these days than officials of the railway
lines that traverse the peach growing
districts of Georgia. They are greatly
interested in this thing of heat and cold.
and none would feel it more keenly than
they should there come a killing frost.
Even the fruit growers are but little be-
hind the officials in the solieitude with
which they watch over the trees.
A great peach crop means much for
the railroads. They haul many carloads
Of the fruit, and the revenues from the
business are considerable so considera-
bic that it is readily apparent in the re-
port of earnings when there has not been
good peach crop.
Just now officials are feeling very well
over the prospect though they can scarce
ly be called jubilant. as there yet may
come a verifcation of the old adage Of
there being many a Slip" They and
the growers are not yet out of the woods,
and not until April has nearly passed
will they feel absolutely sure that there
is nothing to fear from a cold snap.
Reports from the peach districts indi-
cate that the crop will be a tremendous
one. That of 1898 was about the largest
that has ever been known, and the of
ncials trust that this seasons will fully
equal. if it does not surpass it. The cold
of two or three weeks ago did not hurt
the young buds, and trees throughout
Georgia are now mass of bic soms
Those who have never visited the peach
belt do not thoroughly understand the ex-
tent of the industry. One may ride for
miles through certain sections and never
get out of peach orchards. The culture Of
the fruit is the principal feature and de-
pendence of the farms in those sections,
though cotton, corn and other products
are also cultivated. The peaches. when a
season is favorable, furnish the greatest
and most profitable returns.
Railway officials are looking forward to
hauling to market the vast products of
these countless trees. The Central proba-
bly, has the best peach territory of all the
ROADS in the SOU n. In 1898 here were more
than 1880 carloads handled by that line,
besides the many that were hauled in less
than carload lots.
More canning factories are in the fruit
sections than there were in 1895 In. 1899
there were practically no peaches, so that
the crop this season. should the cod k ep
away, will be particularly welcome If it
should be found that a ready and prof Ia
BILE market for the fruit cannot be secur d
there will be the canneries to fall back up
on. In any event there will he the can
neries for fruit that is over ripe for ship
ping. 1t is always the case that a great
deal of it is in this condition, and that is
where the proprietors of the canneries get
their peaches. The growers make on this
too, as they would not be able to dispose
of the over ripe fruit were it not for the
canneries AS some one has expressed il,
The peaches they can't ship they can"