The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-08-07

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cs. The crop throughout the whole
country is estimated to be about Is,
OUO, 600 bushels, and rather over than
under that amount. The prolonged
drought In some parts Of tue country
has affected it somewhat, but not to
any great extent and the hot weather
OF July has helped to atone for the
backward summer in developing the
fruit.
Finer peaches and larger quantity
to the acre are being produced every
year, and this is due not only to care
full tillage and cultivation, but also to
ruthless thinning Of the fruit when
it sirst appears Oh the trees. The old
fashioned peach grower would have
thought it sheer lunacy to cut off
thrcc-fourths Of the peaches just as
they were beginning TO develop. Yet
it is by just that method that more
bushels of peaches are now being pro-
duced from the trees than they would
bear if they we're not interfcrred with
and the fruit is improved and brings g
higher price.
Another important point about thin
ming out the fruit is that as result Of
the operation only one.fourth Of the
usual number of peaches is produced,
and as the development of these is
the greatest drain upon tho vitality of
the trees a profitable ECONOMY is effect
ed and regularity of yield from season
to season j" promoted.
The peach came from China origi-
nally and reached Europe by way Of
Persia, and America by way Of Eng.
land and Holland. The peach aeason
now has been greatly heightened by
the shipment TO our markets in refrig-
orator cars, sent at express speed, of
southern and California peaches. I'm
mense tracts in Georgia are now solely
occupied by peach orchards, single
one of which will pack and ship more
than 5000 peaches a day in July,
which is the height of the peach sea-
son down there.
1t isn't necessary any longer, in
these days Of refrigerator cars, to pick
the fruit before it has come to it's full
maturity, and trust to it ripening on
the way to market after it is packed.
The peaches are allowed to Yipen on
the trees and are picked 80 far as posi-
bic just before they begin to soften.
The pickers are trained to know the
right stage at glance. Every peach,
as everybody knows, has. its sunny
and its shady side. 1t is by the hue
OF the shady side that the degree of
ripeness is judged. 70 ensure all Of
the peaches getting the benefit Of the
sun the orchard Is divided by straight
avenues into rectangular blocks.
After the peaches are picked they
are sorted into three grades according
to quality. This is expert work. Out
side Of the three grades all peaches
overripe For shipment are put aside
fer tho evaporator, end che grower
makes his profit on them dried.
Scientific gardeners'are trying to in
troduoe into this country some Of the
peach growing methods of France and
England, which produce wonderful
peaches, though few. Over there peach
trees are usually trained fat against
wall with G southern exposure OF ON
trellis a foot or so away from such
q wall, and only a few branches Of each
tree aIe allowed to grow.
Then most Of the peaches on these
as soon as ths fruit develops from the
flower are cut OF, only dozen or two,
sometimes score at most, being al
lowed to develop. Such peach tree
as this doesn't look much like tree.
But the few peaches that are allowed to
mature on it are marvels of beauty and
juciness, aud half q dozen Of then in
q cotton-lined basket cost from sS3 to
SO in the markets. York. SIN.
You KnUw what You Are Taking
When you take Grove Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that
it is simply Iron and Quinine in a
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