The Georgia peach
Subtitle: culture, agriculture, and environment in the American South
By: William Thomas Okie, Kennesaw State University
Series: Cambridge studies on the American South; Cambridge studies on the American South
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781107071728; 9781107417717
Subjects: Peach
Description: Imprinted on license plates, plastered on billboards, stamped on the tail side of the state quarter, and inscribed on the state map, the peach is easily Georgia's most visible symbol. Yet Prunus persica itself is surprisingly rare in Georgia, and it has never played a major part in the southern agricultural economy. Why, then, have southerners - and Georgians in particular - clung to the fruit? 'The Georgia Peach: Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South' shows that the peach emerged as a viable commodity at a moment when the South was desperate for a reputation makeover. This agricultural success made the fruit an enduring cultural icon despite the increasing difficulties of growing it. A delectable contribution to the renaissance in food writing, The Georgia Peach will be of great interest to connoisseurs of food, southern, environmental, rural, and agricultural history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-295) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : an invitation; title: A wilderness of peach trees; title: A baron of pears; title: Elberta, you're a peach; title: A Connecticut yankee in king cotton's court; title: Rot and glut; title: Blossoms and hams; title: Under the trees; title: Conclusion : a benediction.