The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-06-29
GEORGIA PEACHES
MOVING
Immense Crop Being Han
died in the South 800
Carloads This Week.

Atlanta, Ca, June 29.-The
Georgia peach crop is now beginning
to move in earnest. Long special
trains containing no freight but ice
packed peaches are leaving Atlanta
every night for the north and east.
From other Georgia points. too. the
specials are getting under way daily
for the markets.
The small shipping points within
wide radius of Atlanta forward
cars here, making this city a mobil-
izing point. Up to date the main
portion of the crop has been ham
died in this way, but from now on
the crop will ripen and be gathered
so fast that it will be necessary to
make up trains at many different
points throughout the state.
The railroads are giving the very
best of service. The Southern has
handled a large share of the move
ment thus far, and it's fruit specials
move with the despatch Of through
passenger trains. Not more than Is
cars are put in a single train.
Last weeks peach movement con-
sisted of Ill cars, sprinkling OF
which were plums. Practically all
of them went to New York, Philadel-
phia and Boston. The prices ranged
from $50 to $3.50 per crate.
The opening of another week
marked the opening also of another
variety of peach, the Carmen. Last
weeks movement consisted mainly
of GreensborOs. Now they are all
gone and the Carmen is coming in
rapidly.
AS the season advances the origin
of the movement becomes more and
more divided. Last week, for In
stance, the Southern railroad. both
east and south of Atlanta, the Geor-
gia railroad, from here to Augusta,
the Central of Georgia, south of Ma
con, and a number of smaller lines
all had a share in the handling Of
the peaches.
This week opened up strong, JUS
tifying already the predictions of
a bumper crop. One point alone,
Fl. Valley, sent % cars to the front
Monday. Marshallville ranked next
in number, with 10 cars. Tuesdays
movement jumped to IS cars, the
main portion of which went out of
this city in a series of fruit specials
routed to various points.
The West is now coming in for a
share of the peaches. A small part
of the movement for the first two
days of this week was divided be-
tween Cincinnati, Cleveland and Co.
lumbus. From now on more and
more will be sent to the West and
in few more weeks the demand in
southern markets will be strong
enough to justify shipments in car
lots. Thus far only express ship
ments have been placed in that Sec
ton, the reason being that the nor
thern and eastern cities held out
better prices than could have been
gotten in the south.
Plums are still moving and there
are lots more yet to ripen.
Not only was the quality of last
weeks movement uniformly good,
but the same will be true of the
movement this week, ana likely every
other week. 1t is noteworthy fact
that the quality of this years peach
es in Georgia is better than it ever
has been before. Last year too much
rain spoiled thousands of bushels
and the effect was demoralizing on
the market, but this season the
growers are abundantly blessed. Not
only will the yield be plentiful, but
a splendid percentage of the peaches
will be faultless specimens.
This weeks movement will prob
ably be 800 cars or over. Next week
II will no mora and thn NEXT week