Workers sorting peaches
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Item information
- Title:
- Workers sorting peaches
- Description:
- Transcribed from back: No. 4--In the trough at right, the culls are on their way out, workers allowing the marketable peaches to continue on for sorting. North Carolina peaches are grown in a thermal belt on the sandhills, which rarely feels extreme cold. Peach orchards are modern and big business, some of them covering hundreds of acres. The largest is 8 miles long.
- Topics:
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Agriculture
Community and Extension
- Subjects:
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Assembly-line methods
Crop science
Fruit trade
Peach
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Item identifier:
- ua023_007-006-bx0019-002-014
- Location:
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North Carolina
- Digital Project:
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University Archives Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Photograph Collection. Agricultural Extension and Research services (UA023.007) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
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