Gainesville daily sun., 1906-03-24
HfA1Y FROST BuCR1s
GEORGIA PEACH CROP
Over Fifty Per Cent. Loss Is
Sustained.
sort VALLEY sgcrioM 20 SAFE

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Drunt es the Garsy Morning Cold.
Mere than 1000 Cars In e. Valley.
Atlanta, March 73.-While reports
srecsi,ed In Atlanta Wednesday from
all parts of the state In regard to the
damage done To the fruit crop were
meager. those that were received es.
timated the loss At from 50 per cent
OF Georgia
Word has been received late from
Fort Valley to the effect that the frui,
crop In that section was unlnjured ex.
cept In very low places.
II Is estimated that there are more
than loo" cars in this Fl. Valley sec.
tion. and .his fact means much for the
fruit interests Of Georgia. II the dam.
age Is as severe as Is reported In the
central and northern sections.
A dispatch received from NorCrnss
stated IL was believed all of The pc Ach.
crop had been killed
Dispatches received by oficials Of
the Southern railway were much more
loss and injury to the fruit crop as a
result of the freezing temperature aad
heavy frost Of Wednesday.
Cornelia. which In the afternoon r..
ported total killing Of the fruit. stat.
ed that further examination showed
that only about Gu per cent of the
blossoms had been killed \ reliable
authority at Dalton telegraphed that
only % per cent Of the crop had been
killed Inc that section and that this
loss was confined almost entirely ID
trees In the low places. These re
ports cover two OF the largest peach
sections In the entire state. and made
railroad ofYicials much more hopeful
OF Georgia's producing a good sized
crop this year in spite Of the big freeze.
Railroad men. fruit men and those
pertinently interested In peaches stat.
ed thai II wouldn't do 10 get TOD dis
eouraged over the reports. because II
would be impossible to estimate the
real loss until two or three days Of
warm weather had followed the low
drop Of the thermometer.
Owing To the mild and open winter.
q large produce merchant said that
The fruit men in Georgia generally
had rather expected that the crop
would be- very greatly damaged or
killed outright this year because Of
.he years of plenty that have followed
each other for the past SIX years.
While all Of these past six years have
not SHOWN very large crops, large suns
OF money have been realized each year
Will. the output ~ 1904, 5000 'arS.
was the largest crop In the history OF
the state.
Although the crop last year was
onl, 2.{,5 ears. much more than two
million dollars was realized from this
industry. The same man who Is con.
siderud an authUgi,! In the science of
fruI; growing. said that fruit men eN.
pecied the crop 10 be killed abou once
IN every ihrc" or four years and ba'
nature had already been much more
kindly than they had an! reason 10 eN.
poet for The past six years.
ScN raj branches of peach blossoms
were sent In TO the railroad officials
from northern part, Of the state for
critical and expert examination. l.
was found thar the stamcns in most
OF the blossom, were black, showing
that they were KILLED outright. other
showed that they were affected AMI
growers say that this will mean III
dropping on of these peaches when
they are about hall their normal Siz'
In May. II Was also reported nat
tre zap was from in khe trees IN
some of he nor'h'rn portions ~ ~,
state anl rha' thi- would be- RESPONSE
bic for ~" dibppina and rotting 81 n,
fruit before ii Ta'urcd for 'he market
On" big advantage 10 growers N F.
year is 'hr cNr'ptiOnally large nlm
b,r II blossoms on thr trees II l.
hoped tuat wa!lc many are killed gu,
Tisht 'l' 'ar~ number Of fh.s. bios
sons Will sfill leave enougs ~ max" =
ia'r crop or some kind OF a cr-g fcI