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Samuel Rumph WPA Historical Marker
- Samuel Rumph WPA Historical Marker
- Located on Ga. 49 in the historic district of Marshallville,
Ga.
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(Text)
49 E-2
HOME OF SAMUEL HENRY
RUMPH
This house was built in 1904 as
the residence of Samuel Henry Rumph (1851-1922), father of Georgia's
commerical peach industry. A noted horticulturist, he originated
the Elberta peach at his Willow Lake Nursery, three miles east,
1870-1875. His invention, in 1875, of a peach shipping refrigerator
and of the rigid mortised-end peach crate made practical the
safe transit of fresh fruit. He developed many varieties of peaches
and other fruits and was the first Georgian to grow and ship
peaches on a commercial scale.
[WPA Marker]
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© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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