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County Peach Crop Bucks Trend in State's Harvest
University of Maryland agronomists Dr. Castillo Graham and A. F. Vierheller toured Hancock area orchards noting small peaches yet excellent quality with minimal disease. Labor shortages limit ginning. mule by prison and native workers used. Peach yields up to 20000 bushels daily in some orchards. full ceiling price paid for peaches over two inches. Apples smaller but overall good. coddling moth damage observed in Hancock. Harvest spread to Smithsburg and Oliversville with rain aiding moisture. Elberta, Shipper, and Hales varieties being gathered. Jonathan and Grimes Golden due around September 10 at Hancock. Roy Reeder’s Keedysville crop praised. Jamaican workers and penal farm labor active in southern county.
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