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Peanuts:

A Famous Plant in Georgia

   By: Ward P. Burke
Facts About Peanuts
• Nearly ½ of the peanuts in the US are
  grown in GA

• In the past year, 70 GA counties produced
  1.9 billion peanuts
Facts About Georgia Farmers
• GA has about 14,000 farms growing
  peanuts

• GA has about 4,500 peanut farmers

• Sylvester is the peanut capital of the world
Types of Peanuts
• There are four types of peanuts
  – Runner
  – Spanish
  – Valencia
  – Virginia
Runner Peanuts
• Primarily used as
  peanut butter
Spanish Peanuts
• Primarily used as
  candies and peanut
  oil
Valencia Peanuts
        • Sweetest of the four
          types
Virginia Peanuts
• Mainly roasted and sold in and out of the
  shell
George Washington Carver
• Created over 300 uses for peanuts
• Some of these uses are:
  – Coffee
  – Ink
  – Shoe polish
  – Shaving cream
  – Leather dye
Source
• Georgia Peanut Commission: Kids’ Corner
  – http://www.peanutcircusclub.com/

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