‘ ‘ held at Louisville, from September 12 llhnmrrs Coon gre
111¥;ng11lSe*11e;1111e1` 11- _ _ _ Some nlce fruit was shipped from 8**
h 1 18. tine 0 year that the fall is llle llowllllg Gl.e€.ll_ Plllluculh llemlel, Bri
e d limits the fruit lists to those that Slllll Mol-gllllllclll llllll llolllsvllle BEC. ma
£;‘ii°"b;‘“;’£§l-;}l“E,lll?;i§,."1l$I;L1‘“·i~‘i‘i; 11 <·*l   1*rr   ··*· S **·*·>· ··*< * = ···· l"‘
* _ · proximately 100 cars of peaches. 'l`he 0*
        :11:; ;_1\*;:i1 ldlberta aleason opened in the Southern *;*1**
» · * · * _ *   iart of t ie state July 1S. Most of the 11*
Tne*`e ele- 1***“'e"e1`- **$111111Y me *11* l`ruit was off in the Northern part by \'0*
_ plays ol pears, peaches, grapes i***¢* Allgllst 1;:_ Most of the shipments Pvt
*1 nms 11 S1} _ _ _ in 1938 went out by truck. *****
` _Tne 111111 e1`11*1_ nemg 111:111 _1111S Ye111` 'l‘he season this year came on in such *~*'€
w1ll 1116811 thatiit is more difficult to ll way llml elle lleuelles le the Slmlll ]
_ make nn eX1111111- A 111`et *11`1ze 111111 of Kentucky were largely gone und the *1**
 ` 111een n1e1`e On Sncn 11 Year 1111 11 11`111 ones to the north, in llllnols and ln- **g*
net 11111*1 Snow 11111*- 111_e g*`9"`€*` 111111 11 diana, had not started moving when 1***
10**111011 111111 11°1`e 11`1111 1111*1 ye111` 11111 the Kentucky fruit rlpened, and a very ****
1 , W111 Snow 111111 he enren 1-111 11 wen ***311 tlne market was enjoyed. Practically
en1`e11111Y *11`e*1n1`en _1* 1111 121111111* all the No. 1 fruit brought from $1.65 St]
r S;§`”§§§uiZ"t§§§l"5E2i?c°§l.L‘£$ ?.§§3‘i3 *0 1§1‘1g1‘l"S *2**0 rr *···*Q;·** M ;*··*
_ _ ‘ pac ng iouse. The i ctjracwn ,
1f‘they have not received one of the County Pellell Gl.ewel.e Asseelullull  
fn11`Y*11en11n111_11S1S· used the services of a government in- 1’°‘
ne are n1`g1ng 1110Se who 111111*1 _*1`“1* speetor and were so pleased with the 111
this season to make an exhibit at Servlees lle eel.lm.me(l uml llley have lin
1ne 12111 ne fee as *1°sS1111e 11111 111111, requested like inspection for 1939. ‘111
*0 make 1ne 111111 ne*1n1`1·111e111 1111111111 _111` This money was most welcome to the 111'
= tractive but to make the competition gl.e“.el,S_ eslleellllly Sluee there le ll ra
keener. after lthe Judging has been llelll allele (,].01) geuemllee Tllle e(m_  
none 1nen11ne1111°n 1agS 111111 11e 111}1°€11 dition coupled with past experience 1*1
on the larger exhibits so that visitors ls eeuslllg qulle ll few gl.e“.el.e lo llllnk me
can see where they were produced. lu terms ef Selllllg more peeellee tu
——-——· There are a number of one, two and 111
· THE KENTUCKY PEACH SEASON three year peach plantings. now, and  
IY 1938 several growers are planning to set _
L _ considerable additional trees this fall. 111‘
, I The 1111111111 g1`11“`e1`$ 1111S Year 11*1*1 11 Most acreage is being set to the lil- 111
; Q slow start. After the freeze of April berm vm.lel,._ l**~
ei 9-10-11 most growers gave up hope. _ ` **1
- _ ` When it was discovered that all the }`41·*?" "*`**1N 1X 0*****-***'*$ _
l fruit was not killed i11 some orchards, This season was another test year 5**
i = 1 they came to life in a hurry and as far as peach tree locations are con- UU
‘ 7* i; started taking care of the crop. Many cerned, Entire orchards and whole ***’
  growers dehorned their peach trees to sections lost their crop from the late ***
‘, - renew the tops after it was found freeze—an example. the Princeton sec- 1**
.   Q their crop of fruit had been destroyed. tion, Here orchards on high and low 0*
. E i  One grower had started dehorning his land lost their fruit alike. In other FV
E j trees to renew the top, but close ex- sections near Bowling Green, Mayfield. ¢‘·
·   amination by several fruit men re- Paducah, Henderson, and Louisville SU
·{ 5 vealed many live peaches. A confer- the orchards on the higher elevations ill
. · E ‘ ence was held and the dehorning was came through with the best crop. In 1**
  yl called off. Some 4,000 field crates of orchards that had hills and dips, the **`
.j jg fruit were harvested from this orchard frost line could often be determined il
1 l i as a result. A crop worth saving! on the hillside, below which the trees ll
1     RIPENING SEASON EAM", hadlno fruit and above which they Gl
·   l .- _ __ _ carried a nice crop. ll
" 5   Segggel 1::;e1g11;1(§m;e1;i;1g1 \$1g;1k;1g§?l1i1;f t;I`hose who hawle seen thls llZll)l;0ll lin  
· · 3 5 _ _ _ o ter years an ave earne tie
  i l 1111111 **‘?1`ma1· Tn1S e111`1y 1`1pen111g On value of location are putting their new **
  Q l 1111111`1111 eengm many n1111Se“'1VeS 1111 trees on the higher levels and leaving **`
. E *ne11` gne1`n· In many Cases 1111 *1*e the bottoms and low places for general Y
y l local fruit was gone before the women cl.0llS_ 1;
;» l' began calling for it. This was all {1
Q rl_ wrong, for as they said,—"I have al- *N$*‘?U'*`** =\N** D*“*‘¥=\*‘**€S 3
_ ‘ QQ ways canned my peaches in August This was also a year when most s·
_° g and here they are already gone." peach insects and diseases gave a il
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