Alto peach growers hopeful for plentiful crop this year

Posted 7:26AM on Sunday 7th April 2013 ( 12 years ago )

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Peach trees are in bloom at Hilltop Orchards on Echols Road in Alto. (Photo/Rob Moore)

Phillip and Kalen Echols evaluate blooms on a peach tree. (Photo/Rob Moore)

A freight train passes beside the blooming peach trees at Hilltop Orchards. (Photo/Rob Moore)

Pruning peach trees is an important part of orchard operation. (Photo/Rob Moore)

Phillip Echols recently traded for this 50-horsepower engine that belonged for former Gov. Ernest Vandiver's family in Lavonia. (Photo/Rob Moore)

Phillip Echols looks over some of the antique equipment in his shop. (Photo/Rob Moore)

Phillip Echols looks at a 110-year-old corn mill he recently restored. (Photo/Rob Moore)

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