The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-06-04
The FRUIT OUTLOOK
GEORGIA PEACHES ARE COMING TO
MARKET.
PROF. SCOTT IN THE FIELD.
QUALITY FINE AND QUANTITY NOT
TOO GREAT.

Large as That of 1898, but the
Quality VIII be Excellent and
Growers Should Make Money-The
Late Cold spells Dad Much Damage
and the Cureulio Has Gotten in It's
WorIx-PrOminent Growers Inter-
viewed on the Outlook.
Fort Valley, Ca, June S-A thorough
survey of the fruit crop shows that
while the prospective yield will not be
as large as in 1898 it will be very salts
factory to the growers. Prof w. NJ.
scott, the state entomologst, who IS
spending a month here, making an or
cbard to orchard examination, says: THE
reach season has already opened at this
place A few express shipments of the
Sneed variety have been marketed, and
more extensive shipments will rapidly fol-
low. BY June 10. the Triumphs will be
ripe and then the fruit will begin to
move in carload lots.
Upon the whole the orchards here are
In good condition, but compared with 1898
and even with last year, the crop is some
what short. The late spring colds did
more QAAi3ES ttldu 10 really duLIlflIeO, ana
the curculio has contributed it's destruc-
tive work so that the May drop has been
quite heavy. 1t is now very evident that
orchards from which the curculio were
caught by the Earring method have a
very small per cent of wormy peaches,
while untreated orchards have suffered
considerably; but this pest is with us al
ways and does some damage every year.
Fort Valley May Ship $50 Cars.
THE conditions, however, are not at
all discourag ing, and Fort Valley will
perhaps ship as many as $50 cars of
peaches, good peaches, too. Prices will
doubtless be good, everything points that
way.
Yes, unfortunately there Is some
brown rot developing in the orchards here
and this rainy weather is favorable for
its further development. Ten days rain
just at this time, or a little later, would
be almost disastrous to great many
varieties, but II we have fair weather
during the ripening period there should
not be any great amount of rot
Il would advise the growers to spray
their orchards about the time the fruit
begins to color, with copper acetate, at
the rate of six ounces to 80 gallons of
water This will prevent the rot to some
extent, and will put the fruit in much
better condition for carrying to the mar
kets. Bordeaux mixture would be bet
ter than copper acetate, but if applied
within two or three weeks of the ripening
OF the fruit, il would likely leave a blue
stain on the fruit. For late applications,
therefore, copper acetate is preferred.
supt. Baird's Views.
Hon. John II. Baird, superintendent and
general manager of the Hale Georgia Or
chard Company says:
1T will be interesting not only to the
railroad officials and commission mer-
chants but to the people at large, to
know the conditions and prospects of the
Georgia fruit crop as it appears to-day.
People in the Northern and Western cities
are asking their grocers how soon before
they will have Georgia peaches, and it
is we'll they are, as the season is virtually
open; small shipments of extra early va
rites, such as Sneed, are already being
made; Triumph and a few more varieties
will follow quickly; after these the extra
early kind are gone. 1t may be said the
season will open in earnest with the first
good fruit, such as EARLY Tillotson, fol-
lowed closely with WaddeH, Hiley Car
man, Mt. Rose, Lady Ingoid Belle of
South, the luscious alberta with Frances
and Emmas practically ending the sea-
son,
we must not however omit the deli
eious japanese plums of which there are
many varieties; the Abundance, Burbank
ana Red Pine leading the list for equal
Ivy ana commercial preference; these
plums with their beautiful color and
nigh quality have a warm spot in the
hearts all v-bA
marketed with the midseason peaches,
and last until after the ElbeJtas are
gathered
How Many Carloads.
The most important question now ask
ed is: How many carloads will be ship
pea this year from Georgia? and how
uoes me crop compare with that of last
year. Inc question put to ten practical
iult men OF the same section, will vary
ABOUT as much as figures make possible.
Nght here, at Fort Valley, the peach
ENTER and being personally located in a
ialse orchard, l am pleased to say the
ou'ooK Is very fiattering, and l will be
very much disappointed If the orchard
Goes not ship many more cars than LAST
year 1t is true many orchards have
zen neglected, and are weakened; In
.a'es OF this kind the crop is light, but
~ make up for this shortage there are
, .Sousa nds of young trees coming in with
melr first yield"
everything in Readiness.
Everything indicates the season is
~" US everybody is getting a peach
sasoh move on them. Armour q Co. are
.s.rlng IN ice by the train load and filling
p en large Ice house. The Georgia Fruit
ta atHage company are shipping crate ma
..Iai ny wagon and car loads Labor is
sT%'''Ig last, and there will be place for
w. a Iaoor always follows capital in Fort
O. Every man who owns peach Or
s aa.u' oe IL large or small, is wearing a
t,.S.ed smile. The crop is in fine condi-
~ 10 DAY, and with favorable season,
~ ~, alley and Marshalvilfe will ship 700
!" cars of fruit this year"
NJ. - John keilor one OF the most pros
ms ana successful orchardsts and
s't Emen' upon being interviewed, said:
nsa t'h present prospects, taking the
ise crop as whole. compared with the
$50, y'op' / would say the Fort Valley
M, oN would ship 50 per cent. OF a nor
w. ylop provided we have favorable
nr...f 10 gather. The quality from
cl,se appearances is going to be first
o. Trees In most of orchards are not
vh.o"ued only in some few varieties, and
WIFI 'ney have been judiciously thinned
s,pr.1 me; / also notice but few peaches
rs py curculio so far"
r,o. -''ner interviews and talks with those
isct' t.,s,t IN this industry develops the