Alabama, Georgia fight over peaches

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Feb 24th 2006 @ 3:05PM

State representatives in Alabama recently moved to make peaches the state's official tree fruit. As can be expected, neighboring politicians in Georgia are less than tickled. The peach is already the state fruit of Georgia and South Carolina. Today's New York Times had some choice quotes from some of the politicians involved. Rep. James M. Martin, who sponsored the Alabama peach nomination, had this to say: "if you've ever tasted Alabama peaches, you'd throw rocks at Georgia." Georgia's agricultural commissioner replied, saying "I didn't realize Alabama had any peaches at all." According to the NYT, South Carolina produces more peaches than Georgia or Alabama.

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