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The Georgia Peach
By Alice D. Shepard
Approaching the home of the peaches
of Peach County, there is abounding
promise of hospitality in the bright
abundance of blossoms that greet one
weeks before the peaches themselves arc
to be seen. One looks out over rich
orchards, thick and glorious, enveloped in
a pink cloud of magic. beautiful
“It is a strange and sensa¬
tion to be in so deep an orchard that one
can not see where it begins or ends,” sur¬
rounded by magical purity, glory of
color and dream, But the blossoms pass
and the wonderful moment comes when
we meet that delightful family whose fame
is known to all the world.
The famous peach family of Peach
County are direct descendants of the
Chinese Cling peaches of Delaware, Tho
first to make her debut was Miss Elberta,
sponsored by her godmother, Mrs. S. II.
Rumph, for whom she was named.
Miss Elberta stirred the heart and cap¬
tured the instant interest of everyone by
her beauty anil queenly appearance, She
still holds that regard in the hearts of
her admirers, for no peach on the perfect con¬
tinent is considered so beautifully
as Queen Elberta.
The next debutante of the illustrious
family was Miss Georgia Belle, fairer and
daintier than her sister, taking her place
beside Elberta as a favorite; she retains
this enviable position to-day.
While Elberta and Georgia Belle are
obviously the favorites, there are other
sisters who are regarded by some with
preference for their hardihood. Unoeda,
Mayflower and Carmen, venturing the
early spring and risking the blighting
frost, receive generous admiration and wel¬
come.
The third sister in line, Miss Ililey Belle,
is very much like her sister, Georgia Belle,
with the same beautiful coloring, not quite
so delightful in savoriness but more de¬
pendable. prophesy possible future
If one were to a
favorite and rival of Elberta, one would
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THE LEADER-TRIBUNE
without hesitation select Miss Hale, the
youngest debutante of the family, a prin¬
cess rare, rosy and sweet, who looks with
faith serene into a future that will bring
the world to her feet.
Added to the innate charm of this de¬
lightful family is the grace of culture,
expressed in terms of the greatest ability
of our wise and sturdy tillers of the soil.
Nor has their education been neglected,
land each of the charming misses have their
degree either as “Doctors of IfeHydra
tion” or “Bachelors of the Can,” and tho
colleges giving these degrees are building
for greater achievement as the years go
by.
The world is fortunate that modern
transportation has wiped out boundary
lines, for members of this illustrious
family will now bo able to carry the
freshness of their presence to friends
across the sea; and so dainty is milady,
so immaculate the gown she wears, that,
as ever when royalty journeys, men are
even now preparing her parlor cars and
arrangements are being made that even
tho temperature of her Pullman shall not
vary as her travel is accomplished; travel stain and
all untouched by weariness or
she shall reach her journey’s end.
In her travels to foreign and distant
places she will also have the advantages
pf touring in cartons and tins by auto and
aeroplane; in fact, there is but one mode
of transportation that the Peach family,
111 their journey toward success, will
(repudiate; ‘it they may have opportunity, but
is probable that a great many years will
pass before this royal family will consent
to an excursion by radio.
The increase in Georgia’s pig crop in
the fall of 1924 is estimated at 13.6 per
cent, over 1923, as against a decrease of
5.9 per cent, in the pig crop estimated for
the rest of the United States, this result
being also largely due to the propaganda
of the hen, hog and cow program.
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O. E. PEARSON H. M. BRANHAM J. W. PEARSON
President Secretary and Treasurer Vice-President
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