Record #:

15751

Author(s):

Seay, Majel Ivey

Abstract:

Seay describes the peach industry in the Sandhills. Twenty-five years ago land was hardly worth anything there, but growing peaches has changed all that. J. Van Lindley of Greensboro is credited with having planted the first commercial orchard there in 1892, but it has been only in the last decade that the industry has developed. Over two hundred varieties of peaches grow in the country. The Elberta, Georgia Belle, and the Hilly are the most widely-grown varieties in the Sandhills.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 9, July 1935, p20, 22

Subject(s):

Peach industry--Sandhills