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Hark Twain . Said : " The true Georgia water melon is above, apart, and not to lie mentioned with the common things of earth. It is one of the world's chief lux uries, being by the grace of God over all the fruits of the earth. When one has tasted it he knows what angels eat. It certainly was not a Georgia watermelon that Eve partook; we know it because she re pented." Annual shipments of watermelons from Geor gia amount to more than 12,000 carloads. They grow in all sec tions^ but principally along the Savannah River and in South Georgia. 102 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA rye), grass (Johnson), grass (Kentucky blue), grass (meadow fescue), grass (oat), grass (orchard), grass (Para), grass (pe rennial rye), grass (rescue), grass (Rhodes), grass (Sudan), grass (Texas blue), grass (water), millet (German), Timothy, vetch (hairy), vetch (spring)—32. Fruit Crops—Apple, apricot, banana (Lady Finger), black berry, blueberry, cabbage palmetto, cantaloupe, citrange, citron, cherry (sour), cherry (sweet), crabapple, currant, dewberry, fig, gooseberry, grape (bunch), grape (Muscadine or Scuppernong), grapefruit, haw, huckleberry, kaki (Japanese persimmon), kum- quat, lemon, loquat, mulberry, mushmelon, nectarine, olester (Japanese), olive, orange, pawpaw, palmettoberry, peach, pear, persimmon, piemelon, plum, pomegranate, quince, raspberry, roselle, Satsuma orange, strawberry, watermelon, wonderberry— 46. Nut Crops—Acorn (sweet), almond, beechnut, chestnut (Jap anese), chestnut (native.), chestnut^ (Spanish), chinquapin, filbert, hazelnut, hickorynut, pecan, walnut (black), walnut (English), walnut (Japanese)—14. Sugar and Oil Crops—Cane, castor bean, peanut, rape (flax seed), sorghum, sunflower (Russian)—6. Aromatic and Herb Crops—Anise, balm, borage, caraway, cat nip, coriander, deer tongue, dill, ginseng, golden seal, horehound, lavender, Marjoram (sweet), mint, pennyroyal, peppermint, poppy, rosemary, sage, savory, sweet basil, tea, thyme, tobacco, wormwood—25. WATERMELONS—THE FRUIT THAT GEORGIA MADE FAMOUS
FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 103 Peaches Internationally famous, the Georgia peach is the queen of • fruits, as cotton is the king of soil products. A peach is a peach, but the Georgia peach, beautiful, fragrant, flavorous, cool and luscious, excells them all. The total production of peaches in the State in 1915, according to United States Government re ports, was 5,330,000 bushels, averaging over a dollar a bushel. In 1914 the production was 5,785,000 bushels, at a farm value of $1.26 a bushel. California produced nearly twice the number of bushels that Georgia did in 1915, but its value per bushel was little more than half that of Georgia's, and no other State ap proached anywhere near the value of Georgia's crop. There were 4,468 cars of peaches shipped from the State in 1915, of which seventy per cent, were through the Georgia Fruit Ex change, the thorough marketing system of which, through selling agents in 246 cities, supplemented by the co-operation of the rail roads, enabled it to avoid glutting the markets, and to obtain the best possible prices. This organization has been a valuable object lesson to the growers of other fruits. Its operations have been counted thus far to marketing the peach crop. About eighty-five per cent, of the peach growers belong to the exchange. The growth of the peach industry in Georgia has been remark able. Fifty years ago there were only a few small orchards near Augusta. The first refrigerated car of peaches went to New York in 1887. That gave great impetus to- the planting of or- The Glorious Promise of Fruitage. •§> 3> Fort Valley Peach Or chard—six years old—in Full Midsummer Foliage
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Hark Twain . Said : " The<br />
true <strong>Georgia</strong> water<br />
melon is above, apart,<br />
and not to lie mentioned<br />
with <strong>the</strong> common things<br />
<strong>of</strong> earth. It is one <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> world's chief lux<br />
uries, being by <strong>the</strong><br />
grace <strong>of</strong> God over all<br />
<strong>the</strong> fruits <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> earth.<br />
When one has tasted it<br />
he knows what angels<br />
eat. It certainly was not<br />
a <strong>Georgia</strong> watermelon<br />
that Eve partook; we<br />
know it because she re<br />
pented."<br />
Annual shipments <strong>of</strong><br />
watermelons from Geor<br />
gia amount to more<br />
than 12,000 carloads.<br />
They grow in all sec<br />
tions^ but principally<br />
along <strong>the</strong> Savannah<br />
River and in South<br />
<strong>Georgia</strong>.<br />
102 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA<br />
rye), grass (Johnson), grass (Kentucky blue), grass (meadow<br />
fescue), grass (oat), grass (orchard), grass (Para), grass (pe<br />
rennial rye), grass (rescue), grass (Rhodes), grass (Sudan),<br />
grass (Texas blue), grass (water), millet (German), Timothy,<br />
vetch (hairy), vetch (spring)—32.<br />
Fruit Crops—Apple, apricot, banana (Lady Finger), black<br />
berry, blueberry, cabbage palmetto, cantaloupe, citrange, citron,<br />
cherry (sour), cherry (sweet), crabapple, currant, dewberry, fig,<br />
gooseberry, grape (bunch), grape (Muscadine or Scuppernong),<br />
grapefruit, haw, huckleberry, kaki (Japanese persimmon), kum-<br />
quat, lemon, loquat, mulberry, mushmelon, nectarine, olester<br />
(Japanese), olive, orange, pawpaw, palmettoberry, peach, pear,<br />
persimmon, piemelon, plum, pomegranate, quince, raspberry,<br />
roselle, Satsuma orange, strawberry, watermelon, wonderberry—<br />
46.<br />
Nut Crops—Acorn (sweet), almond, beechnut, chestnut (Jap<br />
anese), chestnut (native.), chestnut^ (Spanish), chinquapin, filbert,<br />
hazelnut, hickorynut, pecan, walnut (black), walnut (English),<br />
walnut (Japanese)—14.<br />
Sugar and Oil Crops—Cane, castor bean, peanut, rape (flax<br />
seed), sorghum, sunflower (Russian)—6.<br />
Aromatic and Herb Crops—Anise, balm, borage, caraway, cat<br />
nip, coriander, deer tongue, dill, ginseng, golden seal, horehound,<br />
lavender, Marjoram (sweet), mint, pennyroyal, peppermint,<br />
poppy, rosemary, sage, savory, sweet basil, tea, thyme, tobacco,<br />
wormwood—25.<br />
WATERMELONS—THE FRUIT THAT GEORGIA MADE FAMOUS
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