Communities that spread over a multi-county area often unite
each year for a common celebration. For the N.C. peach community, that event
occurs on the third Saturday in July in Candor, a
small town in Montgomery Country that brings everyone in the peach-growing Sandhills region together. Although Candor is the home of fewer than 900 residents, it hosts the N.C. Peach Festival because the peach is so important to its identity and its way of life.
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| The festival brings out peach costumes as music is played. |
Peaches are clearly the star attraction. Boxes, baskets, and
bags of freshly picked fruit are sold on sides of streets, from the back of
trucks, and at stands of service organizations and neighboring growers. A common
sight is a heavy box of peaches being carried by a person navigating through
the throngs of streetgoers.
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