1941 "Legend of the Peach" Harry Russell Wilkins verse

A 1941 copyright image, #N-481 and card #E-5060, published by Asheville Post Card Co. Some toning but never messaged or mailed, and sharp all around with no creases or tears. The four-stanza verse reads:

"The priceless wealth of Southern hills, Romance, faith, hope and endless toil Unite to give their best through me; I am a product of the soil.

The beauty of a maiden's cheeks, The sweetness of her rosy lips Are mine. Then should you wonder why My kind is borne by train and ships.

To markets of a far-flung world? The rains of spring, the summer's sun All add their virtues to my charms; Both man and Nature say, 'well done!'

Hail! friend or stranger, welcome South! To mountains or to ocean beach; The best we have is yours...partake! Seek first the luscious Southern Peach!"