The Fuzzy History of the Georgia Peach (2017)

[Moto7451]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fuzzy-history-georgia-peach-180964490/?no-ist

[danesparza]

Incredibly, peaches aren't in the state's top exports (source: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/state/data/g...) and aren't event mentioned in the state's agricultural section on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)#Agricultu....

How the heck did they come to be associated with peaches?

[TylerE → danesparza]

They were the first state in the US to grow them in quantity, although these days they are 3rd behind SC and Cali.

Peaches are just a niche fruit. Worldwide production is ~25M tons a year, mostly in China, with just under 1 million tons in the US. Oranges do about triple that, even more in the US.

[Scoundreller → TylerE]

For some reason, peach juice hasn't really caught on.

[TylerE → Scoundreller]

Low yield? I mean, it's still a fruit and has moisture content but it's much more...solid than an orange.

[matthewmcg]

Georgian here: South Carolina grows a better Eastern Peach.