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Peaches just fine after frigid cold

In their dormant stage, peaches can withstand temperatures as low as a few degrees below zero.

0108peaches — In their dormant stage, peaches can withstand temperatures as low as a few degrees below zero.

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Updated: Jan 8, 2014, 5:30 AM

Published: Jan 8, 2014, 1:42 AM

The frigid cold hasn’t damaged peaches and strawberries at Jaemor Farms, but it may have put a hurt on insects. And for that, “I’m thanking God,” said Drew Echols, manager at Jaemor, 5340 Cornelia Highway, Alto. “We have had some mild winters, and a lot of times it takes a cold winter to kill some of the bugs we have had to deal with,” he said.

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