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  • November 2015 Issue
  • Story by Good Fruit Grower
  • University of Georgia honors peach grower

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has presented South Carolina peach grower Jimmy Forrest with the college’s Alumni Award of Excellence. Forrest, president of Dixie Belle Peaches, Inc., in Ridge Spring, South Carolina, was recognized as a national leader in the fruit growing and packing industries. Ranked as the nation’s fourth largest peach grower, Dixie Belle manages 2,600 acres of peach orchards. Forrest and Dixie Belle Peaches have shaped the vanguard of […]

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