ADDITIONAL  INFORMATION  ABOUT  PEACHES

1. Peach trees are pruned to look like an umbrella turned upside down.
2. Some cold weather is needed for the fruit buds on the trees to set, but a late freeze destroys the entire peach crop.
3. Peaches are rich in vitamin A, and one medium-sized peach contains only 35 calories.
4. Alabama peach growers harvest their peaches riper than many other growers in the southeast.   For this reason their peaches have a better flavor.
5. Chilton County is known as the "Peach Capitol of Alabama."
6. The water tower alongside Interstate 65 in Chilton County is shaped like and painted like a gaint-sized peach.

EXTENDED ACTIVITIES

1. Have the students mark Clanton, Alabama, on their treasure maps with a picture of a peach.
2. Make copies of the book about Mike and Muffy's visit to the peach orchard  for the students to read to one another and take home to read with others.
3. Bring ripe peaches to school for the students to feel and taste.  Have the students suggest words that describe the peaches and write  them on the board.  Ask the students to make sentences using the words.
4. Read the book James and the Giant Peach to the students and then ask them to write their own stories about peaches.