Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-14
State Peach PROSPECTS

Optlm1sm still dominates the peach grow.
ers of Georgia, Notwithstanding the mete-
geological eccentricities that characterized
April, making of that month with it's high
winds and low tempera lures second March.
Leading orchardists pronounce the crop pros.
pect as good And what's more, it Is
declared the peaches this year will be Of
splendid quality as we'll as abundant. A
larger percentage of growers sprayed and
cultivated than ever before. The weather
has been ideal for this work. Brown rot
and curculio are said to be well under con-
troll in many quarters.
The 1921 crop got off under almost ideal
conditions The winter was mild; the spring
early; and there was no excess of rainfall.
Peaches began to ripen early. III many
orchards the trees carried superabundance.
April weather was decidedly unfavorable.
Frosts and high winds wrought considerable
damage to the crop locally, and especially
in the heavy producing areas in the central
portions of the state.
Opinions of orchardists differ considerably
as to the probable size of the crop this
season. Before the frosts estimates ran as
high at 10000 carloads for shipment. Since
the frosts opinions vary, ranging frmo 5000
carloads to 5000. In 1918 record crop
lS,052 carloads) moved to market; 1920 ship
ments were slightly in excess of 5000 car
loads.
The Georgia cooperative crop reporting
service, a combination of the United States
bureau of Crop estimates and the Georgia
department of agriculture, estimates from
reports of its correspondents engaged in
making this CROP that the prospect on
May 1 was for about 65 per cent of susl
crop In 1920 Georgia produced 3,799.000
bushels; production in 1919 was 1896, 900,
and in 1918 as many as 6,O92,0 bushels
were grown.
Crop potentialities ON May 1 are indi-
Gated in the following paragraphs:
Section "A"-About 70 per cent of full
crop expected On the April frosts the
harm it, Some frost damage sustained by
orchards in the lowla1ds. Insect damage
inconsiderable.
Section "B''-Frosts injured peaches only
affected to amohnt to, anything. Insect
damage slight. Prospect is for about 81
Section "C''-About 81 per cent OF f'i.l
siderably harmed by frosts and winds. Late
varieties Jared somewhat better. Insect
damage slight. Reynolds, in Taylor county
says only half a full crop expected. cray;
Jones county, looks for only 60 per cent
of a full crop; Bradley 70, Haddock 62,
James So, Round Oak 60, Hillsboro 80 per
cent.
only slightly damaged. Some peaches Killed
in the frost pockets. Excellent drainage in
this section. Insect damage reported not
serious. About So per cent of a tull crop
Section "E''-The heart of Georgia s
peach belt, comprising Macon and the Hous,
ton counties; normally furnishes about oo
per cent of the state crop. Montezuma re-
ports 25 to so per cent frost DAMAGE Mar
shallvlle so, Perry so, while Fort Valley
oDinons average not above 30 per cent frost
damage Orchards in Nowlands generally
hard hit; not so with those on the high,
lands. Brown rot and cuculo troubles well
in hand and slight damage reported on TINS
score. ,.,
Section "F''-No frost damage reported
here Curculio and brown rot well under
control. About 81 per cent of full crop
is expected. -
reported in this area, and about 81 per cent
of a full crop is expected. Some damage
from insects where orchards not sufficiently
sprayed and cultivated
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