Georgia may be the "Peach State," but these days its getting a taste of its Utah-grown competition.

According to a story published today in The Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently sent 70,000 cans of peaches to charities in the Atlanta area. Utah apricots also were sent.

It's like sending ice to Eskimos, the newspaper said.

“It is ironic to be sending peaches to the Peach State,” said Brooke Hunter of Milton, who is helping distribute the cans of fruit. “People tell us the peaches will be gone in the blink of an eye. They’re not quite sure what to do with the apricots.”

There was a bumper crops of fruit this summer at the Mormon church orchards in Utah and Idaho. The fruit, which is picked and processed by church members at church facilities, was given to the needy. But there was still tons left over. So church officials called around and asked if others could use some fruit.

Atlanta, hit hard by the economy and recent hurricanes, jumped at the chance.

It's still too early to tell how the Utah produce measures up to Georgia's most famous fruit crop. “We trust the peaches will be good,” said one Atlanta official

Utah, of course, can guarantee it.