The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-03-07
PEACHES WE'RE NOT HURT.
by the Cold Snap of "A Week Ago,
and Good Crop Is Expected.

Maj. g. NJ. Ryals, who has just return
ed from visit of inspection to his orch
ards in Worth county, is convinced that
the peach crop, in that section of the state
at least, has not been injured at all by the
cold snap of a week ago. He believes fur
Their, that the peach crop will be much
larger than he though likely when he last
visited his orchards.
Maj, Ryals told a Morning News re-
porter that instead of the recent cold
snap being a curse to peach growers. as
some of abe more timorous OF their num-
Der had feared, 1t was actually a bless
ing in disguise. Had the spell OF warm
weather continued, a colder snap like that
of yesterday or this morning. for instance,
would have been potent for evil. AS 1t
Is, Maj. Ryals thinks that the present
siege of cold weather will do no serious
damage, the peach buds having been suf-
fcienuy retarded in their development by
the cold of a week ago to prevent their
reaching the condition in which they be-
come susceptible to cold
The weather predictions for all save the
extreme eastern portions of the state in
dictate rising temperature and very de-
cided moderation. 1t is believed that the
peach crop of the state. unless, as is not
thought, IL was injured by the cold of
yesterday morning, is practically out of
danger
Maj. Ryals said he was surprised at the
number of peach buds on the trees. 1t
is the experience of peach growers that
one remarkably good crop is rarely fol-
lowed by another. the contrary usually
being the case. There will be one heavy
crop Of peaches and very light one the
next year. The fact that the crop of
the season of 1900 was one OF the largest
in the history of Georgia peachgrowing
had led Maj. Ryals to fear that the buds
on the trees would drop off in large guam
titles and the crop be light This year
this is not true. While the crop in his
opinion, will not he as large as that of
last year, it will not be at all a poor one.
The trees now are full of buds and I'M
less there should be a season of bad-luck,
i'm the matter of weather. the peach crop
Of 1901 will at least be above the aver
age in size. That Il will not be larger is
scarce a matter of regret. as when the
crop is very heavy the fruit suffers in
quality and the prices obtained, because
the markets are gutted, ore compare
lively low. With a crop of about aver
age size the fruit attains its highest de-
gree of perfection and the prices are
enough better to make UP for the loss in
yield. 1t is much better for the fruit
grower to sell one package of peaches
at s. than two at 81. as, though the
gross receipts arc the same, the net re-
oeipts are greater than are obtained by
selling more peaches at the lower price.
If the peach season this year is sue
oessful. from a financial standpoint 1t
ought to put most growers on "easv
street" The trouble with the business
is the constant presence of the element
of chance, which breaks many basket
Of eggs intended for market. The grow
ers sometimes say that it takes all the
none ythey make in the good years 10
pay their losses in the poor ones, but with
two good years in succession they should
find themselves we'll ahead of the game.