We Pne^^t ^^hc Bountif ul Pcach World" ^^ i9^o 



In A Succession of Recent Outstanding Introductions in Addition to the Old Populor Varieties Which Have 

 r Proved Their Superiority and Ability to Produce Profitable Crops. 



EACH SICCEEDLNG YEAR PROVES the WISDOM of FOLLOWLNG CLOSELY BOUNTIFLL RIDGE LISTIN<;S and RECOMMENDATIONS. 



Amen4CG^ CdAlieii ^^eeiio^te Peach 



ERLY-RED-FRE 



r. S. PLANT PATENT NUMBER 320 



Introduceil, Grown and For Sale Exclusively By 

 Bountiful Ridge Nurseries. 



AcclcUmed "^Ue Ma^ioei o^ ^a^ Pe<iclte4.^^ 



As Erly-Red-Fre trees are fruited all the way from the southern 

 peach areas into the far northern peach districts we have these 

 enthusiastic statements from growers and others observing and test- 

 ing the fruits and trees. Read what they say. 



TEXAS — After eating the peaches and knowing its season, I believe you 



have the GREATEST EAKLY PEACH IN EXISTENCE. 

 AI.ABAMA — I know of no Early peach that can compare with the ERLY- 

 KED-FRE. Its earllness. high color. Superb Quanty and being a free- 

 stone will make it our GREATEST EARLY PEACH. 

 GEORGIA — Our two year old trees bore fruits here superior in appearance, 

 size and quality to the sample fruits .vou sent to us. I wish my Early 

 Rose were all ERLY-RED-FRE. Shipping ability, large size, fine color, 

 freestone of superb quality should make it a winner. 

 NORTH CAROEINA— The ERLY-RED-FRE came through fine this year. Its 

 season and fine quality SHOULD MAKE IT THE GREATEST PEACH FOB 

 THE SOUTHERN GROWER EVER INTRODUCED. 

 SOUTH CAROLINA— All you have said about the ERLY-RED-FRE is true and 

 you haven't told half the story. We have never seen anything like this peach 

 for Early Bearing. The fruits are large size, beautifully colored and have 

 qualify as good as the best which with combined shipping and keeping 

 al)ility puts it at the top of all Early Peaches. 

 VIRGINIA — Our ERLY-RED-FRE ripened as early as Red Bird, fruits just as 

 l.irge or larger and beautifullv colored. The quality was excelleet. YOU 

 HAVE A GREAT PEACH IN THE ERLY-RED-FRE. 

 JI.ARYLAND— YOU HAVE A GREAT PEACH. WE KNOW OF NO PEACH 

 TO EQUAIi IT FOR ITS SEASON. Being a freestone, having large size, 

 high color, excellent qualitv and apparent shipping ability should MAKH 

 IT OUR GREATEST EARLY PEACH. 

 DELAWARE — The ERLY-RED-FRE is without question the finest early peach 

 we ever grew. ERLY-RED-FRE is bound to create an outlet for Early 

 reaches at highest prices. 

 NEW .JERSEY — Our Eriv-Red-Fre trees bore a few peaches at one year of age. 

 The fruit was very large, bright red all over, A FREE-STONE OF FINE 

 QUALITY. We have never seen an early white peach with so many good 

 points to recommend it and onlj- wish we had room to plant twice as many 

 trees. 

 CONNECTICUT — The greatest early peach I ever saw. Its hard to imagine 

 eating a peach of its size, beauty and quality ripening that early. Y'ou 

 really have a winner. 

 OHIO — An exceptional peach. ERLY-RED-FRE astonishes one for its size, 

 color, extra fine quality and keeping ability. Should be a fine shipper and 

 a money maker. It is very unusual to find a variety so Early to be a free- 

 stone peach. 

 MICHIGAN— WITHOUT QUESTION THE FINEST QUALITY EARLY PEACH 

 I EVER ATE. TO FIND A PEACH WITH ALL THE QUALITIES OF 

 ERLY-RED FRE IS RARE INDEED. Truly it will become the PEACH of 

 EARLY PEACHES. My hat is off to the ERLY-RED-FRE. 

 We wish it were possible to give complete statements from those who have 

 observed the ERLY"-RED-FRE this year. In all our experience we have never 

 introduced a variety that has met with such universal approval. The fruits on 

 our own trees here at Princess Anne came through with a partial crop in the 

 face of a snow and sleet storm and two nights temperatures of 25 degrees when 

 the trees were in full bloom. Some other varieties did not set a single peach 

 under these conditions in the same orchard. This test orchard also went 

 through a very severe hail storm when the peaches were about 1/3 developed. 

 With all this we had some fruits on trees in their 3rd growing season measuring 

 .3% inches and perfect specimens. All fruits of the Erly-Red-Fre were ripe 

 and gone before Red Bird harvest was completed. 



WE FEEL V\'E HAVE GIVEN TO THE FRUIT GROWING WOULD ONE 

 OF THE GREATEST EARLY PEACHES OF ALL TIME. We have tried not 

 to be over enthusiastic about this peach, prefering to let others boost it after 

 they have grown it under their own conditions. Statements such as we list here 

 from al sections of the country attest to its adaptability and the general sat- 

 isfaction you can expect from vour ERLY-RED-FRE trees. PLANT YOUR 

 ORCHARD OF ERLY-RED-FRE THIS YEAR. Indications are that our sup- 

 ply of ERLY-RED-FRE trees will be quicklv absorbed YOU CANNOT BUY 



THE TREES FROM ANYONE BUT THE BOUNTIFUL RIDGE NURSERIES 



so pl.iee your order early and avoid disappointment. 



The "ERLY-RED-FRE"' originated as a chance seedling in the orchard of 

 Wm. Perry near Chase City, Va. Apparently the "ERLY-RED-FRE" is the 

 results of the planting of a Red Bird Peach Seed planted fall of 1928. Our 

 attention was first called to this splendid peach in 1935 and we instructed Mr. 

 Perry to bud the variety off to see whether it would reproduce true to type in 

 succeeding generations. The second generation trees bore in 1937 at 2 years of 

 age. the fruits on these being idntical with those on the Parent tree. The orig- 

 inal tree and second generation trees both bore a heavy crop in 1938, it being 

 necessary to thin the fruit on all trees. These same trees repeated in 19.39, hav- 

 ing a normal crop on them which was thinned lightly, when other varieties in 

 the same orchard were killed out almost entirely with late frosts. The fruit is 

 very highly colored with an attractive bright red on a creamy white back- 

 ground. The skin is tough and medium thick. The flesh of the peach is of such 

 texture that it does not show bruises through the skin for several days after 

 being bruised and is a clear white through to the pit. We believe this peach 

 has one of the smallest pits of any cultivated peach we know of in existence. 

 The fruit averages large for an early peach, some specimens weighing 12 

 onnces and the entire crop under normal conditions and care can be packed 

 out 2%" and up if desired. The tree is very vigorous, resistant to Bacteriosis, 

 bears while very young and is very popular. It should prove one of the best 



The Fruit Is: 

 Large Size 

 White Flesh 

 Freestone 

 Highly Colored 

 P'inest Quality 

 Firm 



Disease Resistant 

 Good Sliipper 

 .\ .Money Maker 



The Tree Is: 

 Hardy 

 Vigorous 

 Early Bearing 

 Disease Resistant 

 Heavy Bloomer 

 Frost Resistant 

 Self-fertile 

 Bears Consistently 



Limb of 2 year old ERLY-RED-FRE Peach Tree 

 Showing Fruit. For Kodochrome color photograph 

 see outside back page of cover of 1940 catalogue. 



money making peaches ever offered Southern Peach growers, because it is de- 

 finitely the FIRST RIPENING FREESTONE PEACH NOW IN CULTIVATION 

 TO OUR KNOWLEDGE, FOLLOWING CLOSELY THE MAYFLOWER AND 

 PRECEDING THE GOLDEN .JUBILEE .SEVERAL WEEKS. 



NOTE; This variety is protected 1>y I'. S. IMunt Patent and cannot be prop- 

 iiciitol by an.<tone other than Bountiful Kidtre Nurseries for any purpose. 



1-9 10-49 50-299 300-599 600 or more 



.".-« ft., 11/16 in 1.00 .75 ,50 .40 .35 



4-5 ft., 9-11/16 in 75 .50 .35 .30 .28 



3%-5 ft., 8/16 in 60 .45 .33 .27 .25 



3-4 ft., 7/16 in 50 .40 .28 .23 .20 



2-3 ft., .5-7/16 In 45 .35 .25 .20 .17 



2-3 ft.. Light 35 .30 .20 ,16 .14 



18-24 in 30 .25 .17 .14 .12 



12-18 in 25 .20 .15 .12 .10 



All prices are net F.O.B. Princess Anne, Md. Special quotations and deliv- 

 ered prices on large quantities given upon request. 



The FISHER ?^ch 



U S PLANT PAT NO 233 



The Fisher Peach Is Hardy — Medium to Large Size — Higlily Colored 



With Handsome Appearance, Superb Quality and Shipping Ability. 



Growers In All Peach Producing Areas Can Realize Its Possibilities. 



Step Up Your Yellow Pea«h Season By Planting 



Fisher Peaeh Trees This Year. 



Observations of the FISHER PEACH on fruiting trees in the TEST 



Orchards of the Bountiful Ridge Nurseries neat Princess Anne in 1940. 



We are pleased to say that about 80 trees of the Fisher peach planted March, 

 19:i8, in our test orchard have given us some interesting data on this peach which 

 we pass on to you. 



The trees had a light bloom set. The blossoms opened medium to late and 

 were not affected materially by snow and sleet storm of April 12, followed b.v 

 temperatures of 25 degrees. Fruit set well in proportion to blossoms. Fruit 

 withstood the severe hail storm hitting this orchard May 27. The fruit on these 

 young trees has sized up well, many peaches being 3 inches or better in diam- 

 eter. The tree is proving vigorous, foliage somewhat subject to Bacteriosis. 

 Fruit seems fairly resistant to Bacteriosis. Picked first soft ripe peaches July 

 18, general picking July 27 to Aug. 3. W^ere still harvesting Red Bird, Greens- 

 boro and Early Rose when Fisher started. Fisher cleaned up before starting 

 Golden Jubilee. 



Fruit averaged large, were very highly colored and very attractive and most 

 excellent quality. The flesh of the peach is a clear yellow showing no red at all 

 even about the pit. Some trees showed the fruit to be perfectly free-stone, fruit 

 from others dinged to the pit. We experienced some extreme high tempera- 

 tures from July 20 to 28 which ripened peaches too fast, many fruits showing' 

 the effects, and this in part may account for some fruits clinging to the pit. 

 Fruits were very high quality, somewhat more acid than Jubilee or Early Elber- 

 ta, not so much as some types Elberta. From observations this year in this or- 

 chard you can expect the fruits to cling to the pit while trees are young in many 

 cases but we are confident as your tree settles down to real production at about 

 5 years of age the fruits will be free-stone. These are the facts friends. We 

 believe after trial you will find it to be one of the fine peaches preceeding the 

 Golden .Tubilee season and we recommend it especially for the central and north- 

 ern districts. The Fisher peach was discovered as a bud sport of the Valiant 

 in August 19.34 at the Dulverton Fruit farms owned by Mr. C. Howard PisLer 

 Sons. Queenstown, Ontario, Canada, 



1-9 10-49 50-299 300 or more 



5-6 ft., 11/16 " up $1.00 S .75 $ .50 $ .40 



4-5 ft., 9-11/16" up 75 .50 .35 .30 



3-4 ft., 7-9/16" 60 .45 .30 .85 



2-3 ft., 5-7/16", heavy 50 .40 .25 .20 



2-3 ft., light 40 .30 .20 ,17 



12-18 inch 30 .20 .16 .18 



.\ll prices are net F.O.B. Princess .\nne, Md. Special quotations and drtlr- 

 ered prices on larjce qaantities given upon request. 



