MACON, Ga. – Middle Georgia peach growers are expecting a bumper crop this summer, though the start of peach season will be slow.
Peach growers got plenty of beneficial “chill hours” this winter for the first time in three years, The Telegraph reported.
That means that growers have emerged from the spring freeze threat with their crop largely intact.
A couple of freezes in early March killed a large portion of the early varieties that were already blooming, said Jeff Cook, the county agent for Peach and Taylor counties.
However, the rest of the crop that wasn’t blooming during the freezes is in good shape, Cook said.