{"id":4823,"date":"2015-08-24T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=4823"},"modified":"2024-11-20T14:50:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T19:50:29","slug":"august-is-national-peach-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=4823","title":{"rendered":"August is National Peach Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>August is National Peach Month!<\/p>\n<p>You can learn more about peaches, their history in Georgia, and their role in our state&#8217;s economy \u00a0by reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiaencyclopedia.org\/articles\/business-economy\/peaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this New Georgia Encyclopedia\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0about peaches.<\/p>\n<p>The DLG also has plenty of resources documenting peach farming,\u00a0production, and consumption.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4825\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/hargrett\/caes\/jpgs\/0004-001-001-120-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4825 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Grading-and-packing-peaches-Marshallville-300x240.jpg\" alt=\" Black and white. Grading and packing peaches - Marshallville. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) Photograph Collection, University Archives, Hargrett Library, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Grading-and-packing-peaches-Marshallville-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Grading-and-packing-peaches-Marshallville.jpg 884w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grading and packing peaches &#8211; Marshallville. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences (CAES) Photograph Collection, University Archives, Hargrett Library, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4826\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4826\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/cgi-bin\/govdimag.cgi?path=dbs\/1979\/ga\/a410_pp4\/m1\/1979\/h6.con\/&amp;user=galileo&amp;sessionid=80c07240-1510222596-5911&amp;serverid=DU&amp;instcode=uga2&amp;return=ggpd%3fuserid%3dgalileo%26dbs%3dggpd%26action%3dretrieve%26recno%3d1%26numrecs%3d25%26__rtype%3drecno%26key%3ds-ga-ba410-pp4-bm1-b1979-bh6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4826 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-To-Choose-and-Use-Fresh-Georgia-Peaches-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Brochure titled &quot;How to choose and use fresh Georgia peaches. Georgia. Dept. of Agriculture. Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peaches.&quot; Paper is a lighter orange color and text\/images are a dark orange.\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-To-Choose-and-Use-Fresh-Georgia-Peaches-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-To-Choose-and-Use-Fresh-Georgia-Peaches-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/How-To-Choose-and-Use-Fresh-Georgia-Peaches.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to choose and use fresh Georgia peaches. Georgia. Dept. of Agriculture. Agricultural Commodity Commission for Peaches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4827\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4827\" style=\"width: 237px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Woman-in-peach-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4827 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Woman-in-peach-tree-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of Audrey Fagan in Blooming Peach Tree During Peach Festival, Fort Valley, Peach County, Georgia, 1924. Peach Public Library, Fort Valley, Georgia.\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Woman-in-peach-tree-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Woman-in-peach-tree.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph of Audrey Fagan in Blooming Peach Tree During Peach Festival, Fort Valley, Peach County, Georgia, 1924. Peach Public Library, Fort Valley, Georgia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4828\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4828\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cdm.georgiaarchives.org:2011\/cdm\/ref\/collection\/spc\/id\/124\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4828 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Peach_orchard-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a peach orchard. spc20-011c, Box 20, Small Print Collection, RG 48-2-1, Georgia Archives.\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Peach_orchard-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Peach_orchard.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peach orchard. spc20-011c, Box 20, Small Print Collection, RG 48-2-1, Georgia Archives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Enjoy these resources, and enjoy a fresh peach while they&#8217;re still in season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August is National Peach Month! You can learn more about peaches, their history in Georgia, and their role in our state&#8217;s economy \u00a0by reading this New Georgia Encyclopedia\u00a0article\u00a0about peaches. The DLG also has plenty of resources documenting peach farming,\u00a0production, and consumption. Enjoy these resources, and enjoy a fresh peach while they&#8217;re still in season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"tags":[316,315],"class_list":["post-4823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commemorative-events","tag-agriculture","tag-peaches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4823"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9068,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4823\/revisions\/9068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}