‘A perfect year so far' for growing peaches
Fair weather boosts crop for festivals

 
By Hailey R. Branson
Published: July 18, 2008

PORTER — The peaches are looking good this year.

Just in time for the Porter Peach Festival — which begins today — the local peach harvest is ripe and better than it has been in five years.

Because there was an adequate amount of rain and no big freeze in Porter this year, the peaches are faring well.

"It's just been a perfect year so far,” said Brad Criner , FFA advisor for the Porter School Dist...


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