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The late-spring freeze that blanketed the South resulted in a devastating shortage for Georgia peach farmers, with a reported 90% crop loss across the board. And it wasn t just the Peach State s peaches, which are a major industry in Georgia, that were affected.
Due to this year’s unusually warm winter, Georgia peach growers are facing one of the worst seasons in memory. In this week's commentary, Salvation South editor Chuck Reece has a few words of lament for this situation and some thoughts about how to behave when you visit a fruit stand that has no peaches.