. The Southern States. jja-j \ LE CONTE PEARS, GROWN IN GEORGIA. -shipped from their depots, shot throughin refrigerating cars along the greatSouthern trunk lines, is within reach ofa population of 30,000,000 of peoplewithin full time to be enjoyed in all itsfreshness and lusciousness. This facthas caught the attention not only of thefruit-grower but of the capitalist, andthe lands about Griffin andFort Valley today presentan unbroken scene of peachand grape plantations. Atthe one place they extendnorth and south along theCentral Railroad of Georgia,and southwest along theGeorgia Midland & Gul

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. The Southern States. jja-j \ LE CONTE PEARS, GROWN IN GEORGIA. -shipped from their depots, shot throughin refrigerating cars along the greatSouthern trunk lines, is within reach ofa population of 30,000,000 of peoplewithin full time to be enjoyed in all itsfreshness and lusciousness. This facthas caught the attention not only of thefruit-grower but of the capitalist, andthe lands about Griffin andFort Valley today presentan unbroken scene of peachand grape plantations. Atthe one place they extendnorth and south along theCentral Railroad of Georgia,and southwest along theGeorgia Midland & GulfRailroad, and at the otherthey reach north, east, southand west along the South-western and the Atlanta &Florida Railroads. At Fort Valley the acre-age is devoted almost ex-clusively to peaches, andcovers a space of some eightsquare are-V about 1,000,- 000 treesplanted andabout half amillion dol-lars investedin the orch-ards. Theprofits on thepeach cropof Houstoncounty, inwhich thetown is lo-cated,

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