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Peach County, GA Housing Statistics

Peach county georgia dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units9,093100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached5,82164.01-unit, attached1441…

Koshigaya

(Encyclopedia) KoshigayaKoshigayakōshēˈgäyä [key], city (1990 pop. 285,259), Saitama prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Motoara River. A suburb of Tokyo noted for its peach orchards, Koshigaya…

flowering almond

(Encyclopedia) flowering almond, name for several species of ornamental shrubs of the genus Prunus, of the family Rosaceae (rose family), chiefly those which also include the true almond, peach, plum…

Naismith, James

(Encyclopedia) Naismith, JamesNaismith, Jamesnāˈsmĭth [key], 1861–1939, American athletic director, inventor (1891) of basketball, b. Almonte, Ontario. While an instructor of physical education at…

Cobb, Ty

(Encyclopedia) Cobb, Ty (Tyrus Raymond Cobb), 1886–1961, American baseball player, b. Narrows, Ga. In 1905 he joined the Detroit Tigers as center fielder and in his 24 years in the American League…

Escoffier, Georges Auguste

(Encyclopedia) Escoffier, Georges AugusteEscoffier, Georges Augustezhôrzh ôgüstˈ ĕskôfyāˈ [key], 1846–1935, French authority on cooking. Regarded by some as the greatest chef in history, he went to…

apricot

(Encyclopedia) apricot [Arabic from Lat.,=early ripe], tree, Prunus armeniaca, and its fruit, of the plum genus of the family Rosaceae (rose family), native to temperate Asia and long cultivated in…

Tyler, Royall

(Encyclopedia) Tyler, Royall, 1757–1826, American jurist, author, and playwright, b. Boston, grad. Harvard, 1776. He served in the colonial army during the American Revolution and later in the…

pectin

(Encyclopedia) pectin, any of a group of white, amorphous, complex carbohydrates that occur in ripe fruits and certain vegetables. Fruits rich in pectin are the peach, apple, currant, and plum.…

borer

(Encyclopedia) borer, name applied to various animals that are injurious because of their ability to penetrate plant or animal tissues. Among insects, some borers are beetles, e.g., the flatheaded…