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EVERYTHING IS PEACHY

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The peaches are ripe and juicy, the sweet corn thick and tasty and tomatoes bursting with flavor at Lightfoot Farms on Ill. 127 south of Vergennes. Margaret Lightfoot said that after two spotty years in which freezing tempartures and then hail hurt the crop, this year's yield couldn't be better.

"The peaches this year are beautiful," Lightfoot said. "We have varieties that will last until the end of September."

Lightfoot manages the farm with her husband, Robert Lightfoot, son Charles Lightfoot. She said the family planted the first fruit trees in 1987. Today, the grow 40 acres of peaches and 25 acres of apples.

In addition to fruit and vegetables, Lightfoot Farms grows flowers, including mums, and pumpkins for the fall season.

The orchard is open seven days a week.

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