Buy Your Peach Trees This Year From ''Bountiful Ridge Nurseries' 



PI RCHASE YOUR TREES FROM A NURSERY TILYT IS ALERT TO THE FUTURE DE.>L\ND AND IS GROWING TREES AND 



VARIETIES THAT ARE PROVING SUPERIOR WHEREVER PLANTED. 



SOUTH HAVEX (lOA). An excellent peach, tree 

 thrifty and productive. Peach of Elberta type, 

 ripening 15 to IS days before Elberta. Freestone. 

 yello^T fleshed, ripens its crop over a period of 

 ten days, making it desirable for local or roadside 

 markets. 



niLET BELLE (11). Medium size, white fleshed, 

 freestone peach, beautiful red blush, and tough 

 skin, juicy and tender. 



SLAPPT IMP. (IIA). A selected strain of Slappy 

 which we consider superior to the regular Slappy 

 variety. Yellow freestone, very good quality, ri- 

 pening Hiley Belle time. 



T.\LIAXT (IIB). A seedling of Elberta Introduced 

 by Experiment Station. Vineland, Ontario, Can- 

 ada. A large yellow fleshed, high colored peach, 

 ripening 3 to 7 days after Vedette. Excellent 

 quality fruit, hardy tree and very productive. We 

 recommend the Valiant. 



GOUJEXE.4ST (X. J. 87) (IIC). See description 

 on page C. 



ECLIPSE (IID). Dark red, yellow fleshed, free- 

 stone peach, firm texture, good flavor. Ripening 

 with Hiley. 



CHAMPIOX Free 



mottled with red. 



(IIE). Large yellowish-white 

 Flesh white and red at pit. 



KALH.WEX (IIF). Originated in Michigan and 

 is a cross between J. H. Hale and Kalamazoo. 

 The trees are hardy, vigorous and fast growing, 

 appearing to be resistant to the common peach 

 diseases. The fruits are medium to large, very 

 attractive in appearance and are freestones. In 

 shape they are ovate to round and carry a brilliant 

 blush overlaid on a creamy yellow. They are high 

 in edible quality, firm and of fine texture. Kal- 

 haven ripens 3 to 5 days before Elberta and is 

 recomended to fill the season between Hale Haven 

 and Elberta. Supply of trees limited. 



EARLY ELBERTA (12) 



.\ Great Commercial Peach Ripening Just 

 Before Regular Elherta. 



Where Quality — Size — Productiveness and 

 Beauty Is Desired, Plant Our Old Original 

 Strain of Early Elberta. There is a difference. 



A great commercial peach in the Central and 

 Nortliern peach producing areas where the markets 

 are not too distant and quality is a deciding factor. 

 One of the most beautiful of the Elberta type peach- 

 es. A very large, attractively colored, yellow flesh- 

 ed, freestone peach ripening with Belle of Georgia 

 or from 3 to 8 days before the regular Elberta. The 

 highest quality peach of all the Elberta types grown 

 commercially. The trees are hardy, thrifty, and 

 bear consistently. The deep lemon yellow colored 

 skin, blushed with bright red makes it very attrac- 

 tive and the peach retains a beautif\il golden vel- 

 low color after being canned. IF YOUB MAEKET 

 DEMANDS QUALITY AND BEAUTY PLANT THE 

 EARLY ELBERTA. Our trees are propogated from 

 the old original strain of Early Elberta. 



PBIMKOSE (12A). A large yellow fleshed, free- 

 stone of good quality, ripens with Belle of Geor- 

 gia. 



SrililERCKEST <X. .J. 9i) (12B). See description 



on page 6. 



BELLE OF GEORGIA (12C) 



The White Peach That Has Stood the Test 

 of Time and Stands Today as the Leader of All 

 White Peaches of Its Season Adapted to Large 

 Commercial Plantings in .\11 Peach Producing 

 Areas. 



Fruit large, bright attractive red almost covering 

 the peach with white background. Flesh white, 

 highly flavored and very firm and known universal- 

 ly as one of the best shipping white peaches in cul- 

 tivation. Tree very vigorous, hardy and produc- 

 tive. Are you planting to supply the demand for 

 a good white peach? Plant Belle of Georgia. 



ELBERTA (13) 



The Famous Elberta Peach 

 Continues to be America's 

 Leading Commercial Peach! 



The Peach With a Pedigree — and the Worlds 

 Greatest Money Making Peach. 



Year after Year This Great Peach Brings A 

 Smile of Satisfaction To The Growers Count- 

 enance. 



Years of Propogation Have Produced Many 

 Inferior Strains of This Famous Peach and 

 .Are Responsible For Much Unjust Criticism 



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vigorous growing. 

 1 am very pleased 



Iberta resistant to most peach diseases, strong ;iiid 

 A crop at 2 years old at least Vs bushel to the tree, 

 with them. Wm. Tomlinson, Dover, Delaware. 



SHIPPER'S LATE RED (14) 



Fast Becoming A Favorite Wherever Planted. 

 Hard To Equal As A Large, Productive, 

 Handsome Peach To Follow Elberta. 



A large, very highly colored attractive red, yel- 

 low flslied freestone and good quality peach, of 

 distinct Hale type. Ripens just after Elberta and 

 .T. H. Hale. A good shipping peach, extremely pro- 

 ductive, very hardy and its beauty and size enables 

 it to bring top prices on the markets. This splen- 

 did variety should be planted more extensively as 

 we know "of no variety we can recommend more 

 highly for a peach to follow the Elberta. 



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of Quality a^iid Type. 



Plant Bountiful Ridge Se- 

 lected True Strain Elberta For 

 Greater Profits and Consumer 

 Satisfaction. 



Without question the greatest 

 commercial peach ever introduced. 

 It has proven its ability to adapt 

 itself to varied climatic and soil 

 conditions throughout the U. S. 

 and Canada, whether the climate 

 is hot or cold, whether the soil 

 is light sand or heavy clay, El- 

 berta can be depended on to give 

 you fine results. There is no pret- 

 tier peach when grown under 

 ideal conditions. 



The tree is hardy, disease re- 

 sistant, very thrifty and very pro- 

 ductive under most conditions. 

 The fruit is large to very large, 

 i\ freestone, skin a deep golden 

 yellow and highly colored. The 

 skin is tough and the flesh, while 

 lender and juicy, is of such tex- 

 ture that the ELBERTA IS FA- 

 MOUS FOR ITS ABILITY TO 

 CARRY TO DISTANT MARK- 

 ETS. The quality is classed as good, and the slight 

 bitter flavor is preferred by many. It is estimated 

 that ,")0% of all peachs planted are Elberta. As im- 

 proved types and varieties are introduced this ratio 

 is lowered but after all is said ELBERT.\ STILL 

 REMAINS THE WORLD'S LEADING COMMER- 

 CIAL PEACH. We are propogating our Elberta 

 trees from selected orchards of great bearing re- 

 cords and to the old original type of Elberta. 



J. H. HALE (13.A). Skin deep crimson, smooth 

 type without fuzz, flesh golden-yellow, firm, has 

 delicious flavor. Valuable as a commercial peach. 

 Win ship nearly as well as an apple. Ripens a 

 few days before Elberta. Self-sterile blossoms. 



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0i Random observations relative to conditions and behavior of certain peach varieties 



Pi '1 the test orchards of Bountiful Ridge Nurseries, Princess Anne, Md., Season 1940. 



Wxi The winter of 1939 and 1940 was very severe throughout, with temperatures falling as low as 



5 degrees below zero, and for a protracted period, low temperatures was experienced throughout 

 the entire winter. Durig tnhe blooming season in the orchard the weather was extremely cool 

 and at the height of bloom, on April 12. a freak storm from the east, with snow, sleet and ex- 

 treme low temperatures, recording of 25 degrees, was experienced on the mornings of April 13 

 and 14. This resulted in a heavy kill to most of the varieties in full bloom. Other varieties, 

 however, which were not so far advanced did not suffer to as great a degree as those which were 

 more open. However, good fruit sets were noted on Mavflower, June Elberta. Red Bird, Greens- 

 boro, Earlv Rose, Golden Jubilee. Carman. Rccliester, Crawford, Vedette, Eclipse, Hiley, Colora. 

 Georgia Belle, J. H. Hale, Elberta, Gage Elberta, Shippers Late Red, Veteran. Hope Farm and 

 AVilma. Other varieties in the orcliard set fair crops, but was further subject to adverse weather 

 conditions, when the hail storm on May 27 struck the orchard causing a great deal of damage to 

 set of fruit, knocking off many and destroying others. Following this freak storm, the weather 

 was drv throughout the entire growing season, which had a tendency to produce much small 

 fruit and premature ripening. Several varieties which were outstanding in behavior, might be 

 mentioned. . ,, , , » ti. 



The Erly-Ked-Fre produced a fair crop, notwithstanding that it was m full bloom at the 

 time the April storm hit and the low temperatures were experienced which killed a great many 

 of the blooms. The fruit developed rapidly and produced ripe fruit from blossom in 9G days; the 

 first fruits ripe around July 5 in this orchard and the crop lasted over a period of 12 days. The 

 fine color and large size of this quality freestone peach prevailed throughout the dipening period, 

 the fruit ranging up to 3y2" in size. To say that the quality was exceptional and the general 

 character of the fruit was o'utstanding, is putting it mildly. •.,, ^, c ^ ■ 



The Fisher set a nice crop of fruit which developed well in a normal way, with the hrst ripe 

 fruits in 105 days after blossom. The crop was picked on .July 27, with the first fruit show-ing 

 ripe on July 20.' The fruit run medium to large, and was of good quality, although was sligntiy 

 acid to the taste, due to the fact that the fruit ripened on young trees bearing their first crop and 

 there was some noticeable sticking of the flsh to the pit. 



Golden 

 oped norms 



The r 



wi^th a"ne°rrop"oVf?uit.'"Ve"h7ve"been 'adWs'ed "from'aiT s^tionV of "the country, where low tem^ 

 peratures were experienced last winter and crops lost on all other varieties, that Jhe Colora came 

 through with a full crop, practically everywhere. This was particularly so from those section* 

 of North Carolina which lost their crops on all varieties this past season. , , . ,. 



Vedette set a normal crop which carried through well to maturity. The fruit run medium 

 size was very handsomely colored and was of exceptional edible quality. The peach is firm, 

 hung to the tree well and is superior to the Veteran and Valiant under conditions here at Princess 

 Anne. We recommend further planting of this variety in most sections and particularly in south- 

 ern districts. , , , . 



The Hale Haven varietv, both in the test orchard block as well as at the nursery planting, 

 set a fair crop which developed normallv and produced fruits which were very large in size, high- 

 Iv colored, of fine qualitv and firmness. Tlie Hale Haven continues to improve under our condi- 

 tions and we whole-heartedlv recommend its planting in all peach growing districts for all plant- 

 ers desiring a peach to ripen ten to fifteen days before Elberta. In our opinion, it is one of the 

 outstanding introductions during the past 25 years. 



Elberta produced a fair crop in the orchard this year. The fruits were notable for their good 

 size, particularlv fine color and high quality. We find Bountiful Ridge Strain Elberta a distinct- 

 ive improvement on many strains of this old variety which are now being offered to the trade. 



Gage Elberta is another outstanding variety, one which we have for years been telling a story 

 about to the orchardist. Not alone for the fact that the tree is disease resistant to the most com- 

 mon peach diseases, but that it sets a crop of fine grade, high colored peaches that are unequaled 

 for qualitv and are in many ways superior to the regular Elberta. Plant more Gage Elberta. 



Shippers Late Red, another outstanding variety which Bountiful Ridge Nurseries have re- 

 commended of late years. Our strain here sliowed a very fine crop of fruit, whicli for size, quality, 

 appearance and shipping aliility, can be recommended to all commercial orchardists and we feel 

 sure that any future planting, where a variety is desired three to five days later than Elberta> 

 that Shippers Late Red is the answer. 



Watch our listings on the newer peaches from time to time. We will keep you informed thru 

 this column regarding the behavior of all new iieaches as we observe them. 



