17 Quotes by John Beasley

But Georgia has maintained a reputation for having the best, most consistent-tasting peanuts around because our growers get the crop in when it needs to come in. We need to continue doing this, because the peanut industry is competitive, and consumers will taste the difference.

Harvesting at optimal maturity is extremely important as far as flavor is concerned. We know from previous research and from the industry that when immature peanut kernels are processed, they develop a bitter or off-flavor taste.

Katie was really lucky because she had her handbag on the floor at the table and when they marched us off, they sort of missed it.

Mark will be very nervous -- each week is a new step for him, but he's going in the right direction.

It doesn't take many nights of temperatures in the mid-to- lower 50s to shut the maturity process down.

We had a lot of peanuts dug before they were physiologically mature. We had more complaints about peanut flavor that year than any other. The peanuts had a big enough size, but when they were roasted, they gave off a bitter taste.

Yeah were really happy. Three seconds is a bit of a bummer and I'm sure if we rode it again we could go quicker, but everyone only gets one go and I'm very happy with the boys.

with some of the temperatures we've had recently and the isolated rainfall we've had, a good two or three inches of rain widespread across the peanut belt would actually be a very positive thing for us.

Even though the correct pathway can be walked in only 15 to 20 minutes, most wandering maze-goers will require about one hour to travel through the maze,