CROPS OF GEORGIA

HARRISON DEMPSEY
COTTON

• Scientific Name: Gossypium

• Economic Significance: Production
of clothing and fabrics
• Two Facts: All of the cotton plant is
used, none wasted. Cotton Gin is a
nonalcoholic drink.
PECANS

• Scientific Name: Carya illinionensis

• Economic Significance: Used many
food products
• Two Facts: Most valuable nut
species in North America. Pecan
capital of the world is Georgia.
PEACHES

• Scientific Name: Prunus persisca

• Economic Significance: Produces
$47 million for Georgia a year.
• Two Facts: Georgia grows 130
million pounds of peaches every
year. Peaches are hand picked.
PEANUTS

• Scientific Name: Arachia hypogaea

• Economic Significance: high
demand for peanuts in international
market
• Two Facts: it takes 540 peanuts to
make a 12 oz jar of peanut butter.
The average peanut farm is 200
acres.
BLUEBERRIES

• Scientific Name: Cyanococcus

• Economic Significance: Blueberries
account for 30% of the value if
fruits in Georgia.
• Two Facts: ranked number one in
antioxidant health benefits. They
have been around for more than
13,000 years.
LINKS

• https://www.gfb.org/education-and-outreach/about-ga-agriculture.cms#:~:text=Georgia%
20is%20perennially%20the%20number,%2C%20cantaloupes%2C%20rye%20and%20ca
bbage.

• https://barnhardtcotton.net/blog/16-facts-about-cotton-that-you-dont-know/
• https://www.tropicalfoods.com/blog/pecanfunfacts/
• https://www.farmflavor.com/lifestyle/how-peaches-are-harvested-and-other-peach-fun-fa
cts/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20grows%20978%2C260,%2C%20white%2C%
20clingstone%20and%20donut
• https://www.nationalpeanutboard.org/news/fun-facts.htm
• https://www.bcblueberry.com/bc-blueberry-council/news/did-you-know-10-surprising-fac
ts-about-blueberries