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/