Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15

batting average.
This year. however. the refrigera-
tor cars are not scarce Messrs.
Frost & co. cooled" excessively
and spoiled the greater part of the
crop in March. The remnant is now
on the way 10 the fruit stands with
all their time nored bushes,
lusciousness mountaineering sus
gestiveness. the dripping delecta bic
Juices
When peaches move they have 20
do it quickly. The quicker the tran
sit from tree to tongue the create
their deliciousness and LEGS the loss
from their arch enemy. the rot
II is. therefore. the business OF
real captain Of industry 10 gather.
sort. pack. ship and sell in the mar
ket within a period OF three or -four
DAYS and so handle and sell az ~
clean Up a good proHt-a good one
understand. TO make up for the three
or four lean years that intervene be
tween the fat ones
Peach Grovinr Profitable.
Peach growing is profitable but not
a gold mine Several years ago,
great many Georgians Invested in
peach orchards believing that as soon
as the trees began 10 bear. IL was a
rocking chair money and ease
through an their remaining DAYS.
great many Of such investors have
long since reached the conclusion
that after am man has been born 20
live by the sweat OF his brow
The peach trees TO which they
MINED their hopes Welded mp fe"
peaches and succumbed 10 weeds
San Jose scale and other ills which
neglect viii bring Thousands OF
acres of puny orchards had their
fitfu day bat there are many thou
sands Of other acres where brains
and care were contributed and which
have flung far the fame Of the Geor-
gia peach
Successful peach growing - an
everyday job like milking, cierhng
or bookkeeping. but il n fine out
of-door healthy job.
Personal Work Necessary.
The best way TO go into the peach
business Is Co 90 into 10 capital
brains and personal oversight In
vesting ones money into another
mans hands 20 run a business with
which one Is not familiar. should az
least he preceded by the most thor
ough investigation "a 70 the AFFINITY
snd reliability OF the person To whom
n is committed else one might as
well cut loose some ~ the cords OF
affection binding him To his dear
self So that when the parting Tor
ever comes ID viii not be with TOO
great liberation.
our speculative friends who see
Things and picture fortunes Wlihln
plucking distance. provided only f,
listle coin lis invested in our oIChaiA
company" are 90 be taken cautiously
They may he sincere; usually are. ou,
they are frequently ignorant or
everything about growing an orchard
except the talking points
The big thing that somebody else
has done with peach orchard. a'-
cnrding To the promoter rs 10 he
done on hand by anybody else
Credulous people can be found eVery-
where who viii be impressed by tn
PROMOTERS confidence and fatth, ana
without douhtino in. the least. plac'
their hard earnings AZ his command
While thus great deal or chershe
savings have gone into wildcat
orchards In Georgia and viii doubt F.
less continue 20 60, some OF 1t may
Vet be stayed.
Some Worthy Of Confidence.
some orchard companies ~ course
have trained men who propose o.
STAY with the orchards and see them
through Co success. such are
worthy Of confidence.
Before investing Ia an orchard
proposition ~ the most promising
kind. ~ is well 20 look into or at the
,kind of q tract" that rs about "a
f "a