[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17997-17998]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  PEACHES FROM SOUTH CAROLINA FARMERS

 Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, today, 10,000 fresh, juicy 
peaches from my home State have been delivered to offices throughout 
the Senate, House, and U.S. Capitol. I want to thank the South Carolina 
Farm Bureau Federation and the South Carolina Peach Council for giving 
my colleagues and their staffs this taste of South Carolina.
  For a tiny State, South Carolina is second only to California in 
peach production. This year we expect to harvest

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130 million pounds, and because of all the rain the peaches are plumper 
and juicier than they have ever been. So with all due respect to my 
colleagues from Georgia, South Carolina is known as the ``Tastier Peach 
State'' for good reason.
  I hope as all of us enjoy these peaches, we think about the farmers 
who get up early every morning and labor all summer in the heat and 
humidity to bring us this. We are so fortunate to have in this country 
safe, plentiful, and affordable fresh fruit and vegetables and none of 
us should ever take that for granted.
  Finally, I remind the rest of America to ask for South Carolina 
peaches at their groceries.

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