Table of Contents
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Chapter)
Chapter 1 -
The Beginning of an Era
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1
Chapter 2 -
The Ell-Dee Is Formed
........................................................................................
8
Chapter 3 -
Jack Kenney and Addison Downey
Lend Their Expertise
..................................
14
Chapter 4 -
Grover Eldridge Forms the
Hamilton Orchard Company
....................................
19
Chapter 5 - Other Farmers Begin to
Plant Peach Orchards and Reap
Profits ......................
23
Chapter 6 - The Boom Years,
1925-1931
.............................................................................
35
Chapter 7 - From Bust to Boom
Again
..................................................................................
42
Chapter 8 - The War Years and
Beyond
..............................................................................
46
Chapter 9 - The King Ceases to
Reign
.................................................................................
50
Chapter 10 - The Care of the
Orchards
................................................................................
51
Chapter 11 - The Packing Process
.......................................................................................
56
Chapter 12 - The Railroad
Connection
.................................................................................
69
Chapter 13 - Life in a Peach
Pickin' Town
............................................................................
78
Chapter 14 - Other Businesses
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89
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