For whatever reasons, the national cherry crop (CA??) started already
and is plentiful and CHEAP.  Paid $.99/lb. at the Asian supermarket.

On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> Up in the old Superfund site I hear they have some monster peaches growing
> in the new orchard there
>
> --FT
>
>
> On 5/31/17 3:09 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>
>> Might be imported from Woburn.
>>
>> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 3:02 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
>> mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Well I don't know about the rest of SC but I got 'em at the end of
>>     my driveway.  I guess Sidi has connections in the peach producers
>>     sector of the economy.  Had my last one this morning, gotta go get
>>     more in a little while.
>>
>>     --FT
>>
>>
>>     On 5/31/17 2:53 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>>
>>         With you or they is Fake news.  SC is supposed to be
>>         peach-deprived.
>>
>>         On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:38 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
>>         <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>
>>         <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>>>
>>         wrote:
>>
>>             The farmstand at the end of the driveway got fresh SC
>>         peaches in,
>>             they are awesome and I am in heaven.  I did not even look
>>         at the
>>             price.  Sidi's tomatoes should be ready any day now, I
>>         will be in
>>             second heaven.
>>
>>             --FT
>>
>>             On 5/31/17 2:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote:
>>
>>                 Southern states face summer without peachesPublished:
>>                 Wednesday, May 31,
>>                 2017
>>
>>                 A warm winter and a late spring cold snap have
>>         devastated the
>>                 peach crop
>>                 across the southern United States.
>>
>>                 Georgia's peach yield may be 25 percent of what it was
>>         last
>>                 year, according
>>                 to the Department of Agriculture.
>>
>>                 In South Carolina, which trails only California in peach
>>                 production, the
>>                 crop may be even worse compared with last year.
>>
>>                 "It's just really, really bad," said Juan Carlos
>>         Melgar, an
>>                 assistant
>>                 professor of pomology at Clemson University.
>>         "Historically bad."
>>
>>                 Workers, many of whom are from Mexico, are being laid
>>         off or
>>                 having their
>>                 contracts cut short.
>>
>>                 Much of the damage came from a three-day freeze in
>>         March that
>>                 wiped out the
>>                 blossoms and early fruit.
>>
>>                 The New England peach crop, however, looks great this year
>>                 (Kim Severson, *New
>>                 York Times*
>>                        <https://www.nytimes.com/
>> 2017/05/30/dining/peach-crop-georgia-south-carolina.html
>>         <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/dining/peach-crop-georgi
>> a-south-carolina.html>
>>                        <https://www.nytimes.com/
>> 2017/05/30/dining/peach-crop-georgia-south-carolina.html
>>         <https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/30/dining/peach-crop-georgi
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> Winston Churchill:
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> large or petty,
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