Archive image from page 215 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1670. Unpruned thick-topped Peach tree. style of shipping package was used, âpaper-wrapped fruit placed between layers of cotton, excelsior, paper, etc., and sent by express or steamer, âand all brought about the same ret
Archive image from page 215 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture . Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches cyclopediaofame03bail Year: 1906 1670. Unpruned thick-topped Peach tree. style of shipping package was used, âpaper-wrapped fruit placed between layers of cotton, excelsior, paper, etc., and sent by express or steamer, âand all brought about the same returns, 'Arrived in bad order.' Only occasional lots paid a profit. Finally, heavy refrigerator boxesthat wouldhold about; G bushels of fruit in packages, PEACH and a sufUcient quantify of ice, with strong caster wheels under them so they could be trundled in and out of freight cars, were utilized to bring Peaches north by Savannah and Charleston steamers; and by re-icing on the steamers much of the early fruit came through in good order and sold at such satisfactory prices as to encourage the \Ah , 'I, â dh': . 'i'' sending of the large midsummer Peaches to market in the same way, and the planting of moderate sized or- chards and the further experimenting with seedlings and varieties best suited to long shipments. The perfection of the refrigerator car for fruit trans- portation, improved machinery for the cheap manufac- ture of ice, the consolidation of various small railway lines into great through routes of transportation, and a full appreciation by their managers of the importance of a .successful I'l-ai'li imlustry, and last but not least, the originating' ..f tin- ICIIitrta Peach by Mr. Rumph, were the final f;Hi'T- in developing the great commercial Piarh imlntry in Georgia, and its smaller counterpart- in s. i ., Miss., Ark. and Texas. The year ~'i aw th. iii~t large Peach crop success- fully harvi- ml ami Profits were large, and be
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