Are There Peaches in the Peach Orchard?

[born2see]

This is for those fortunate ones who have been to the battlefield.

In researching the 63rd Pennsylvania to find out why, for a regiment that only lost 1 killed at Gettysburg, could hold off two of my brigades as long as they did, I came across this:

The Peaches Survive

Farmer Sherfy salvaged as many of the damaged orchard trees as he could and planted new tress to replace those that died. He continued to sell canned peaches from his orchard as he had before it was touched by war, but he added an advertisement that they were from his original peach trees on the battleground! Today, the Gettysburg peach orchard has been replanted and is maintained as a recreated battlefield site.

What do they do with the peaches now?

The restored trees are ornamental, so no fruit is produced. If you are looking for some fresh, local peaches, try the farmers markets and modern Gettysburg peach orchards in late July and August.

So what does "ornamental" mean? Are they fake?

Not really important in the grand scheme of things but I'm curious.

Thanks,

B

[Little Powell]

Not fake at all.. The peach trees are still there and they bare fruit.

http://www.gettysburgdaily.com/?p=8384

[born2see]

Little Powell wrote:

Not fake at all.. The peach trees are still there and they bare fruit.

www.gettysburgdaily.com/?p=8384

Though researchers and farmers have gotten control of the disease in the last decade (it was declared eradicated in October of last year), it was decided to make the trees in the Sherfy Peach Orchard devoid of fruit, growing them in a purely ornamental capacity.

To the surprise of many, fruit has appeared on peach trees in the replanted Peach Orchard at Gettysburg National Military Park.

Looks like Mother Nature won that one... :laugh: