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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA 105
mile square, on either side of the Central Railroad tracks, and ex
tending from above Fort Valley to below Marshallville, more
than one-third of the peaches in the State are grown.
Another important peach section is in Yonah Land, along the
main line of the Southern Railway in North Georgia. A still
newer section, giving promise of abundant yield, is in the Pine
Mountains, 40 miles north of Columbus. Suitable lands for
peach orchards may be bought from $25 to $100 an acre, de
pending on their condition of improvement and their proximity
to a railroad station. Mountain side orchards have many advo
cates, who claim that they are not so susceptable to injury by
cold snaps as those in bottom lands, and that mountain soil and
air give special flavor and color to the fruit.
On the eastern slope of White Oak mountain, near Ringgold,
Ga., and only a few miles from Chattanooga, Tenn., J. E. Satter-
field cleared land in 1912 and planted ten acres in peaches, one in
pears, one in cherries, one in grapes and two in apples. He
planted one-year old peach trees. They came into bearing in 1915,
the Mayflower and Red varieties the last of May, the Slappy the
middle of July, the Carman the first of July, and the Elbertas
about the middle of August. The quality of his fruit was such
HOUSTON COUNTY PEACH ORCHARD—FULL CROP OF FRUIT