12 Peach-Growing 



prising personality. For the student of pomology, the 

 history of the growth and development of such an industry 

 holds a great fascination, but present purposes would not 

 be served by following this course farther. Enough has 

 been presented to show that the development of the peach 

 industry has been practically coincident with the growth 

 and development of the country itself since the beginning 

 of colonial times. 



