Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, December 07, 1913, Image 1
Here is the peach
that hangs high
and sweet all the
year around. Even
when the wind
of D ecember is
abroad, howling
down the chimneys,
and the snow falls
white, when all other
fruit is gone from
the tree, there are
plenty of peaches !
Round an icy corner
in the bitterest sea
son you will come
face to face with a
smooth, red-cheeked,
velvety specimen. In
sweet-smelling, faint-
green, tender spring
along with the rest of
the cloud-like blossoms
(almond - apple - cherry -
plum) peach-blossoms are
thick. In summer the
peach is in myriads every
where. I hey take to the
shimmering surf —they climb
mountains—and grow in ten
nis-courts—and dance the tango
under the moon. In red and
gold autumn they show their
ruddy cheeks on the city streets
and country roads. In winter
a man may find any variety
whatsoever—all sweet and fresh
and velvet - chinned. Peaches
grow all the year round in every
soil for every taste. You will
find it lovely in the fashion col
onies—and just as rich of bloom
and sweet in a tenement hole.
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Atlanta American
An All-Year-Round Peach A Nell Brinkley
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