Page 8 - Lake Front News July 2-15 2020 Edition

Page 8/LAKE FRONT NEWS/July 2-15, 2020
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More Than Just Peaches By Brad Swan, Catawba Peach Farmer
Every summer, as one of the last remaining peach growers on Catawba island, I take the opportunity to report on the annual crop as well as discuss related
thoughts. So for starters, the 2020 crop for local peaches looks to be very good. For the orchards just miles south of here however, things do not look
as promising. One very cold night in late spring may have totally destroyed their peaches, while the lake gave us a few more degrees.
Enjoying the great peach history of Catawba Island as I do, I could not but wonder how those early orchardists survived such a temperamental crop. By
the early 1900’s Catawba Island and surrounding areas had turned all available ground into peach growing. From the mid to late 1800’s this area was devoted almost exclusively to vineyards. Those vineyards supported over 70 local wineries as well as others in Cleveland and Detroit. There were three wineries on Catawba Island, 12 on Kelleys Island, 9 on South Bass Island and 47 in Sandusky.
Grape disease was the biggest reason for the switch to peaches and the locals embraced that switch with a passion. By the early 1900’s there were some years with up to 1 million bushels of peaches grown in the area. These crops supported a huge local economy. The supporting industries included packing houses, basket factories, canning factories, steamship lines, train lines and chemical companies. It seems that almost every household must have had a connection to the peach industry. So considering that weather or other factors would
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