Simply nothing compares to the amazing flavor of a farm clean, perfectly ripe, sweet and juicy mango. There are hundreds of types of peaches, 40 which are typically grown within Georgia, which fall under two main categories; freestone or clingstone.
Freestone peaches are the variety you typically eat right out of the orchard, clean and as-is. The fruit is definitely removed from the seedling of the peach. Clingstone peaches are typically used for canning due to the nature of the hole clinging to the fresh fruit. At first it was believed that peaches originated in Persia, hence the botanical name of the peach, Prunus persica.
However it is now believed that The far east is the original house of the peach. Apricots have been grown within China since around the tenth century B.C. Beautiful historic Chinese works of art actually depict the familiar elegant peach. Spaniards are responsible for bringing peaches towards the New World, and colonists discovered peaches growing in the wild, most likely as a result of the Spaniard's introduction.
Apricots are Georgia's state fresh fruit, producing over One hundred thirty million pounds associated with peaches between mid-May to mid-August. According to the Georgia Mango Commission the very first mango tree orchards in Georgia were planted by settlers in the 1700's. Then in early 1800's peaches had been first grown in a commercial sense by S.H. Rumph of Marshalville sp. Marshallville, Georgia. S.H. Rumph is known as the "father of the (peach) industry".
S.H. Rumph originally started to breed the Elberta mango in 1879 from the seed of the Chinese stick peach. Elberta Peaches, called for his wife Elberta, are now world famous apricots because of their sweet fragrant taste, attractive wonderful color, and delicious disease resistance. Newer popular peach types include Flavorich, Springcrest, SpringPrince, Sunbrite, GoldPrince, RubyPrince, SummerPrince, JunePrince, SurePrince, Gala, Harvester, Red Planet, FirePrince, White Lady, Majestic, and many more!
Today most peaches produced in Atlanta originate from the main region of the state. This region, producing around 100 million pounds of the One hundred thirty million pounds associated with peaches annually includes; Macon, Monroe, Crawford, Houston, Taylor, and Peach Counties. Most of these peach farmers include family operate farms such as Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, GA, consisting of third, 4th, and even fifth generation family members.
Peaches have a bright future due simply to how incredibly delicious and healthy they are. A mango has many main nutrients like blood potassium, fiber, as well as nutritional vitamins A and C, yet is also cholesterol-free and low-calorie.
Studies on Atlanta peaches have shown proof of the benefit of eating clean peaches and stopping cancer and even cardiovascular disease. Traditional American the southern area of hospitality and truthful values have been the guiding principles for families growing apricots for many years, and this will continue to be the path for many years in the future.
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Victoria Gates is a very pleased supporter of small American businesses like the 5-Generation family run Pearson Plantation. You can find out more about their own operations and location by going to pearsonfarm on the web.
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