The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-25
Peach CROP IS.
AT FLOOD TIDE.
Mrs. GrOce Urges Visitors
To Try Luscious S. c.
Fruit
By MRS. WALTER GRoCE

We had stopped writing for a
while TO enjoy summer vacation
but when the floOd-tide of the
peach crop came in and we saw
all those lovely red, and golden
peaches adjoining our highways,
and streets, and road sides, we
inst had to take up our pen and
say something in their favor, for
after all they are one of the var
ious varieties of fruits that beau
tify our city, and help to bring
visitors to it. Often our Florida
friends say. "Why, we try to time
our visits to Hendersonville when
your delicious peaches are there.
Well. we know how that is for we
like to visit Florida when he de-
licious citrus fruit is ripe.
Down at the Ease of these Blue
Ridge mountains in what is known
as the Piedmont, or foot-hill reg
ion. is South Cardinals Garden of
Eden where all these juicy peaches
come from. Really if you were to
drive by there in the early Spring
when the whole sill sides are ar
rayed in the loneliness of rose
pink blossoms, around which hum
ming bir'Es fit, and dart away
with stolen sweetness. and bees
busy themselves drawing win
ter's snpply from the nectar fill
ed csIix. you would see miracle
of lJveIipcss. Then when gentle
bre exc plucks those petals one by
ore and watts them down over the
fresh plowed ground. whirling in
to the burroughs and roadways to
be tro,iden under foot of man and
beast, you think your hill sides are
stripped of their beauty. and now
cease to furnish adornment for
the surrounding country, but wait
when those petals fell there was
Left a rose frings which protected
tie tiny peach babies. and day by
day the wind, and the ram, and
the sunshine coaxed them to grow
and grow. Later on you chance
ITO look at the hillsides again. and
behold, another miracle! Large
red or yellow peaches hang tempt
ingly among the green foliage.
This is one of the perfect gifts
that come down from above-fOr
only God can make a peach.
Ballenger's orchard peaches
that you find out on the Flat Rock
road at "tent" near the Pig and
Whistle are the ones that we know
about. They have been so well
cared for, and have ripened into
perfection under the guidance of
skillfuI hands. They are brought
up from South Carolina every day
in truck loads for all the Hender-
sonville people and their summer
visitors to feast upon. No more
luscious fruit ever grew than these
NOT even in the Garden of Hes
perides, and by the way it depends
upon just which state you reside
in as to what the Golden Apples
that grew in the Garden of Hes
perides were any way-if in North
Carolina they were the yellow
Pippin Apples, if in Florida they
were her delicious Oranges, and
if in South Carolina, any one
would know they were the liberia
Peach. We would rather believe
that the ancestors of these luscious
peaches that give to US ambrosia
and nectar-the food and drink
of the gods-were not the promo
tiers of the sin that caused the
downfall of mankind, nor when
tossed sowed the discord by the
selection of one out of the three
most beautiful women in the
world, thereby leading to a ten
year war of seige.
Have you ever cast other than
a casual glance at this fruit as
You passed along the streets where
they are displayed in boxes? II
not. try looking appraisingly and
see if you can resist that persuas-
i've appeal it gives. Try eating one,
it has an apnetizing flavor. This
fruit is what our city offers to
her visitors. Enjoy it while you
may. Send boxes of them to your
friends who are not so fortunate
as to come here for the summer
They have Pnouph Wholesome