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The Georgia peach : culture, agriculture, and environment in the American South / William Thomas Okie, Kennesaw State University.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies on the American SouthPublisher: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2016Description: xvi, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1107071720
  • 9781107071728
  • 9781107417717
  • 1107417716
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB371 .O45 2016
Contents:
Introduction : an invitation -- A wilderness of peach trees -- A baron of pears -- Elberta, you're a peach -- A Connecticut yankee in king cotton's court -- Rot and glut -- Blossoms and hams -- Under the trees -- Conclusion : a benediction.
Summary: Imprinted on license plates, plastered on billboards, stamped on the tail side of the state quarter, and inscribed on the state map, the peach is easily Georgia's most visible symbol. Yet Prunus persica itself is surprisingly rare in Georgia, and it has never played a major part in the southern agricultural economy. Why, then, have southerners - and Georgians in particular - clung to the fruit? 'The Georgia Peach: Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South' shows that the peach emerged as a viable commodity at a moment when the South was desperate for a reputation makeover. This agricultural success made the fruit an enduring cultural icon despite the increasing difficulties of growing it. A delectable contribution to the renaissance in food writing, The Georgia Peach will be of great interest to connoisseurs of food, southern, environmental, rural, and agricultural history.
List(s) this item appears in: Fruit | Garden of Cultural Diversity
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB468.5.A2 O55 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800169526
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-295) and index.

Introduction : an invitation -- A wilderness of peach trees -- A baron of pears -- Elberta, you're a peach -- A Connecticut yankee in king cotton's court -- Rot and glut -- Blossoms and hams -- Under the trees -- Conclusion : a benediction.

Imprinted on license plates, plastered on billboards, stamped on the tail side of the state quarter, and inscribed on the state map, the peach is easily Georgia's most visible symbol. Yet Prunus persica itself is surprisingly rare in Georgia, and it has never played a major part in the southern agricultural economy. Why, then, have southerners - and Georgians in particular - clung to the fruit? 'The Georgia Peach: Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in the American South' shows that the peach emerged as a viable commodity at a moment when the South was desperate for a reputation makeover. This agricultural success made the fruit an enduring cultural icon despite the increasing difficulties of growing it. A delectable contribution to the renaissance in food writing, The Georgia Peach will be of great interest to connoisseurs of food, southern, environmental, rural, and agricultural history.

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