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Peaches in North Georgia buck state trend, yield large crop
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A basket of peaches sits between rows of trees at Jaemor Farms on Wednesday. Jaemor and other North Georgia peach farmers have escaped the worst of the frost damage causing major problems for other Georgia orchards.
A dismal year for Georgia’s central and southern peach farmers means money is growing on trees for North Georgia orchards. Statewide, farmers could lose as much as 80 percent of their peach crop this year because of a March freeze, according to Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black. Not so for Jaemor Farms and other orchards in North Georgia, which are riding high on solid wholesale prices created by the scarcity of Georgia peaches in the market.