The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-07-12
WIDER MARKET FOR THE GEoR.
GA PEACH

Peach growers in this state will no
doubt appreciate the efforts the
! Department of Agriculture at washing
| ton is making to secure a wider mar
| lSet for the product of their orchards
! 1t seems that a representative of the
4 department is at Fort Valley for the
/ purpose of making a shipment of
/ peaches to England with the view of
finding out whether or not the peach
will stand such a long journey. OF
! course the fruit will be kept in cold
storage from the time it leaves the
orchard until it reaches it's destina-
| ton. In the event the experiment is
! successful a profitable market VIII be
established in English cities.
The market in this country is by no
| means exhausted. Last year there was
demand for peaches from the West
ern states which could not be sup
piled. The demand from that section
promises to grow as fast as the sup
ply increases. The peaches that were
shipped to Wisconsin were received by
the consignees in good condition, and
were sold almost as soon as they APP
| peared in the market at prices which
yielded a satisfactory profit
The peach Industry is in its infancy
in this state In the peach belt proper
there are hundreds of thousands of
acres which are just as we'll adapted
to the growing of peaches as any Of
the lands which now have orchards
upon them. Steadily these lands are
being planted with trees 1t will not
be surprising If within ten years there
viii be three times as many carloads
OF peaches shipped from this state as
there are now. Indeed that is a low
estimate, judging from the number of
trees that were set out last year.
And it is gratifying to notice that
attention is being given to other va
rieties than those which, up to the
present time, have been favorites. AS
yet the great peach is the alberta, but.
in an interview the other day, Mr..
Egan, president of the Central said
that he had high hopes of a peach
that is known as the Emma This
peach is as fine as the Elberta. and
begins to ripen about the time the
shipments of the Elberta are over. If
therefore the experiment with the EN-
ma variety is success the peach sea-
son will be heightened. With a good
variety of early peaches it can be
made to extend from early in June
to the middle of August.
The interest which the Department
of Agriculture is taking in the Georgia
peach is gratifying. In fact, it is not
too much to say that under the pres
ent Secretary of Agriculture the agri-
cultural interests of the entire coun@
try have been given an impetus that
they never felt before. The Secretary
is practical agriculturist and he is
profoundly interested in everything
that promises to promote the welfare
of the farmers.
Very few people probably realize
what the Department of Agriculture is
doing to aid farmers, fruit growers
and cattle raisers. Indeed there is
nothing pertaining to any branch of
agriculture to which the department
is not giving attention. And the de-
felt.
There are fifty-six experiment sta
tons in various parts of the coun-
try and nearly a thousand men, scien-
tifically practical men, connected with
them. Their whole time is occupied
in finding ways for improving the diff
ferent grains and fruits, for finding
out how the yield of the different kinds
of crops can be increased, what breeds
of cattle and poultry are the best and
most profitable for different localities;
in fact they are investigating and gath
ering information respecting the things
it is important that farmers shall know
about.
The peach is bringing a great deal
of money into Georgia, and the prom
Use is that it will be one of the states
great sources of wealth.