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(Continued from Page li 7 people to help thin their t-ees and then to pick peaches. Thinnim would have begun about 2 months and would have continued up until about June 28 when picking usually begins. But this year the Lees have hired no one. Because of the poor harvest, there simply is no work to be done. Meanwhile, the Lees will continue spraying for insects, in half doses, to prevent such problems as peach tree curl.
Jerry Jenkins of Woodville, who owns and operates an 18-acre peach orchard, predicted in early May that he would lose 95 percent of his peaches but added “you really can’t tell until June.” In a phone conversation, Jenkins said his prediction had come true; he lost about 95 percent.
So far Jenkins has picked about
90.5%