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

Sumter county's biggest peach crop
in its 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 i'll full
swing druing the week, and the last
of the Georgia Bellies moved out the
first Of the week. The final ship
ments of Elbertas, a 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 lis cars, this means that the sea-
son IS bringing into Sumter county
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 tile direction
and supervision of John M. Coun-
ell. The Council peaches are NOV
ing this week at the rate of 3 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
i peaches in size, color, condition and
shipping quality. As a result, they
have been topping the market-reg
! ulariy, some Of Them going as high
as $3.50 per crate or better than ST.
700 per car grossn the highest price
paid this season fC. Sumter county
peaches in car lots. AS a result, some
of the Council peaches have netted
more than $1,000 per car, a figure
far surprising the returns received
by other groves. The fact that one
third of the total shipments from this
county is being made by the Coun-
ell orchard which is receiving top
prices, brings the average for the
/, county to the excellent net figure
named, probably $700 per car.
Mr. Council simply knows the
peach business" said local grower
= who has been less successful this
. l. / 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-
r 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
2 cars OF these Council Brathers
L
= dersonville, 10; r. d. Mcneil, Aries
a Station, 10, and Methvin Fruit Farms
2. The total shipments for this week
l. are estimated at from 26 to 29 cars,
= and for next week to 6 cars. Mr..
t McNeill finished his shipments for
e the season wit,. a single car from
e Aries Station Wednesday.
The Americus plant of the Allan
tic Ice & Coal Corporation, under the
management of Gray TiIlman, has
+ experienced the heaviest season III ic-
j ing cars. Not only has it done the
d heaviesc BUSINESS ocal}y in its his
= tory, but it has furnished ice for a
+ large number of cars out of Marshall,
= vile and Fort Valley, besides being
o called on to rN-ice a number of cars
during the season from the South
5 western branch of the Central from
q; around Cuthbert and elsewhere. The
3 plant, which was enlarged Two years
ago to take care of the increasing
demand of new orchards coming into
bearing, with large storage capaci-
g ty, has been amply able to meet the
/ demand at all times, at the same
: time providing for the local retail ice
trade without curtailment. This
a demand will continae to grow as new
: orchards come into bearing yearly.
= Dispatcher Here.
= Local shipments and car orders
: have been handled local this year
through E. E. Mckenzie, of Jack
n sonville, representative of the Fruit
e Growers Express, the concern oper-
ating the refrigerator cars. Mr. Me
Kenzie, having his office in the Of
flee of the ice company, has han
died the needs of the shippers ex-
I peditiously and with entire satisfac-
ton. he is an experienced man in
this line, going from place to place
! with the seasons for the movement
of fruits and vegetables, starting
| with the early vegetable crops in
/ Florida in the winter and ending In
tha North in the qat\ fall This