Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-07
SUMTER'S PEACH
CROP, lis CARS,
BRINGS $4,000
Season Biggest And
Most Profitable Seen
Here

+, Here
Sumter county's biggest peach crop
in it's history, about 115 carloads, is
being wound up this week with ship
ments the heaviest of the season.
| The movement OF Elbertas, the last
| shipping peach, has been in full
swing druing the week, and the last
! of the Georgia Bellies moved out the
J first of the week. The final ship
ments of Elbertas, very few cars,
will go out early next week.
| Taken as a whole, the season has
been the most successful and most
successful and most profitable the
county has ever known. While some
peaches brought low prices early in
the season, because of poor market
! ing, low quality or unfortunate ship
ment, many of them have brought
fancy prices, topping the market reg
ularly. The average net price re-
ceived for the entire crop of the
county is estimated by peach men at
probably $700 per car. On basis
! of 115 cars, this means that the sea-
| son IS bringing into Sumter county
I for peaches alone $4,000, large part
of which is being distributed in wag
es.
Councils Biggest Shippers
By far the largest shipper has been
| Council Brothers, under tie direction
and supervision of John M. COun-
ell. The Council peaches are NOV
ing this week at the rate of to A
cars per day, and for the season VIII
! total between 35 and 40 cars. They
are not only the finest peaches being
shipped out of Sumter county, ac
J cording to peach men, but are the
superior of any being handled out of
the Marshallville and Fort Valley
sections. They are magnificent
peaches in size, color, condition and
shipping quality. AS result, they
have been topping the market reg
ularly, some of them going as high
as $3.50 per crate or better than ST.
| 700 per car gross, the highest price
paid this season for Sumter county
peaches in car lGts. AS a result, some
of the Council peaches have netted
I more than 1900 per car, figure
far surprising the returns received
i by other groves. The fact that one
i third of the total shipments from this
county is being made by the Coun-
ell orchard, which IS receiving top
i prices, brings the average for the
county to the excellent net figure
named, probably $500 per car.
Mr.. Council simply knows the
peach business said local grower
who has been less successful this
season. "He has ker; his orchard in
perfect condition, has successfully
! controlled insect pests, and is pro-
ducing the finest fruit grown in
: South Georgia. He knows how to
market it, too, and is reaping the
: reward for the combination"
McNeill Finishes.
All the peach shipments from this
= county since early in the season have
been handled by the Central of Geor-
= gia, which estimates the entire bust
ness from this county for the season
over its line at 80 cars. The Sea
board has handled 25 cars.
Shipments over the Central for the
, previous two weeks and this week
: including Wednesday totalled AZ
: cars. OF these Council Brothers
f handled 20; Eeasterlin Brothers, An
= dersonville, 10; r. d. Mcneil, Aries
/! Station, 10, and Methvin Fruit Farms
2. The total shipments for this week
= are estimated at from 26 to 20 cars
: and for next week 4 to 6 cars. Mr.
t McNeill finished his shipments fol
e the season witA a single car from
e Aries Station Wednesday.
The Americus plant of the Allan
tic Ice & Coal Corporation, under the
management of Gray Tillman, has
t experienced the heaviest season in ic
j ing cars. Not only has it done the
d heavies5 business oclaliy in its his
T. tory, but it has furnished ice for ;
+ large number of cars out of Marshall
T. vile and Fort Valley, besides being
0 called on to re-sce a number of car.
during the seasohs from the South
s western branch of the Central from
around Cuthbert and elsewhere. The
p plant, which was enlarged Two year:
ago to take care Of the increasing
demand of new orchards coming int
bearing, with q large storage capac
2 ty, has been amply able to meet the
t demand at all times, at the same
: time providing for the local retail ice
trade without curtailment. Thi:
a demand will continde to grow as new
: orchards come into bearing yearly.
= Dispatcher Here.
= Local shipments and car order!
: have been handled local this yeal
through E. f. Mckenzie, of Jack
n sonville, representative of The Frui
e Growers Express, the concern oper
ating the refrigerator cars. Mr.. Nc
Kenzie, having his office in the Of
flee of the ice company, has han
died the needs of the shippers ex
| peditiously and with entire satisfac
ton. he is an experienced man il
this line, going from place to place
/ with the seasons for the movement
of fruits and vegetables, starting
i with the early vegetable crops il
+ Florida in the winter and ending II
the North in the lat> fall This
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