Georgia peach crop decimated by bad weather, warming climate

Al Pearson holds peaches grown on his family's orchard, which as been in operation for five generations. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Summer is around the corner, and in Georgia, summer means peaches. 

But horticulturists at the University of Georgia say roughly 90% of the Peach State’s crop has been destroyed by bad weather and a warming climate.

The last time things were this bad was 1955, according to Lawton Pearson of Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, Georgia.