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Peach growers that we talked to were convinced of the importance of following a strict program of insect and disease control in their orchards. “I go strictly by the book." said Alice Wood. “1 think it's especially important to double-check safety precautions when using sprays and to make sure there is no residue when the peaches are ready to pick." Owings said that the spray program for peaches differed from that of apples because of the physical differences between the two types of trees.
Ted Walsworth of Washington, new to the county and to the peach business, said that he had a good season this year using sprays of very low toxicity. “I was trying for the least poisonous spray that would control peach damage,” Walsworth said. “I’m very happy with the results."
Orchardists with middle and late-season fruit were lucky this year because later peaches were not hurt by the extremely dry weather in June. Most growers here do grow at least some of the later-maturing types. Mrs. Herbert Foster said that the early drought had affected the size of the first peaches but not the later ones. The Fosters, who run the orchards and packing house just north of Flint Hill, have several varieties: Sun High, Shipper’s Red, and Red Haven. They also have orchards in different locations so that if one stand of peaches is badly hurt by weather conditions, another peach orchard may do fine.
Alice Wood grows some early peach varieties: Dixie
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