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THE PILOT, Southern Pines. North^aroltoa
FRIDAY. JULY 16. 1954
Typical scene in packing sheds throughout
the Sandhills at this time of year. Above, in the
D. P. Gallimore shed on the Moore-Montgomery
line, a little fellow samples a peach while his
dad’grades the fruit as it goes by on a conveyor
(Photo by V. Nicholson)
Coolor Rsvoliitiottizos Shippmfl
Area Peach Harvest In Full Swing
Indusiry's History
In Sandhills Shows
Several Ups, Downs
By VALERIE NICHOLSON
The Sandhills peach crop is now
at its delicious peak. For two
weeks starting in mid-July the
*‘eating peaches”—large, round,
golden-colored, with rosy cheeks,
and juice that runs delectably
down your chin—are ripening in
the orchards, rumbling north in
an unending chain of trucks, and
on sale at farmyards and roadside
stands in Moore, Montgomery,
Richmond and, to a lesser extent,
their neighbor counties of Scot
land, Anson, Hoke and Lee.
Since early June the packing
sheds have been busy as the “can
ning peaches”—^Dixie Reds, Beau
ty Gems, Dixie Gems and Red
Havens—poured from the or
chards. Now in July come the
luxurious Golden Jubilees, Hun-
His, Hiley Belles, Hale Havens,
Georgia Belles and Elbertas.
Some of these names you may
not have heard before. New va
rieties are being developed all the
time. Some are so new, the trees
are only just now planted, and it
will be another couple of years be
fore you will be eating them. Car
dinals and Coronets, for instance,
which may turn out to be better
than any of the others. And all
are better than the ones you used
to eat. Today’s peaches, for in-
stance, have practically no fuzz.
They, are smoother, tenderer,
sweeter, juicier, more golden in
hue and—wonder of wonders —
they have no worms.
Peach growing has come a long
way in the past few years, using
modern science for an ever better
product, and to overcome prob
lems and flaws once taken for
granted. .
New sprays and insecticides
have proved effectivfe weapons
against old pests and plant dis
eases. The use of new fertilizers
arid constant development of now
varieties mean that “peaches are
better than ever.”
The Sandhill Peach Station, an
experiment station of N. C. State
College, with its own 40-acre
peach orchard, located at Winblow
on the Moore-Montgomery line, is
in the heart of most of these im
provements. Growers rely heavily
on the station’s experimental pro
gram and its results. They say,
“Without State College, there
would be no Sandhills peach in
dustry today.” I
Some growers have developed
extensive irrigation systems. Crop
dusting by airplane has become
commonplace.
Revolutionary Cooler
New and revolutionary within
the past ^o years is the Steri-
Cooler, or Hydra-Cooler. These
are two different trade names for
the same type of machine, install
ed in various sizes according to
the volume to be processed. The
North State Orchards, largest
shipper in the Sandhills, has one
64 feet long. The smaller D. P.
Gallimore orchard has one about
half that length.
The machine provides a long
tunlTel with a constant rain of ice
water inside, through which the
peaches in their baskets pass on
conveyor belts. After capping,
they move directly into trucks or
freight cars, and are on their way.
The ice water removes all “field
heat” from the fruit. It slows
down the ripening process so that
the peaches reach their destina
tion in perfect condition. They
stay orchard-fresh for two weeks
or longer, and, as one grower said,
“We can ship them around the
world if we want to.”
Moving slowly, the peaches are
under the shower for 22 minutes.
The water flukes through the
baskets, down and out over blocks
of ice and back into the machine.
At North State Orchards between
lEllerbe and Candor this requires
' 60 tons of ice a day, and L. G. De-
Witt, president and general man
ager, has. just built his own ice
making plant for the machine. ^
Two growers installed machines
last year, six have them this year,
and within the next two or three
years all who ship commercially
will have them. This year, since
the crop is short, neighbor is serv
ing neighbor, and practically all
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