GENERAL HINTS ON PLANTING DISTANCE. ETC. 



Distance for Planting: — Square Method 



Distance for planting different kinds of fruit trees, etc., square method. 



Peach. 16 to 25 feet apart each way. 

 .Standard Apple. 25 to 40 feet apart each way. 

 Dwarf Apple. See page 22. 

 Cherr.v (Sour). 16 to 25 feet apart each way 

 Cherry (Sweet). 25 to 40 feet apart each way. 

 Standard Pear. 24 to 40 feet apart each way. 

 Plum. 20 to 24 feet apart each way. 

 Pecans and Black Walnuts. 40 to 80 feet. 

 Filberts. 6 to 8 feet. 

 English Walnuts. 30 to 40 feet. 

 Chestnut. 25 to 35 feet. 



Grape Vines. Rows 8 to 10 feet apart, 8 feet apart in row. 

 Blueberries. Rows 7 to feet apart, plants 5 to 8 feet apart 

 in row. 



Black Raspberries and Dewberries. Rows o feet apart, 4 to 



5 feet apart in row. 

 Blackberries. Rows 6 feet apart, 3 feet apart in row. 

 Red Raspberries. Rows 5 to 6 feet apart, IVi to 2 feet apart 



in rows. 

 Strawberries, Field Culture. Rows 3^i to 4 feet apart, 16 to 



24 Inches apart in row. 

 Strawberries, Garden Culture. Rows 24 to 30 inches apart. 



12 to 18 inches In row. 

 Asparagus, (field grown). Rows 5 feet apart, IS to 24 inches 



apart in row. 

 Asparagus, (in beds). Rows 2 feet apart. 12 to IS inches 



apart in row. 



XUMBER OF TREES OR PLANTS TO THE ACRE (Square System) 



RULE — Multiply the distance in feet between the row by the distance the plants are: Number of square feet for eacli 

 plant, which, divided into the number of square feet in the acre (43.560), will give the number of plants or trees to the 

 acre. 



Distance Xo. of Trees 

 9 feet apart each way 537 



10 feet apart each way 435 



11 feet apart each way 360 



12 feet apart each way 305 



13 feet apart each way 257 



14 feet apart each way 222 



15 feet apart each way 193 



1(1 feet apart each way ITii 



Distance No. of Trees 



1 foot apart each way 43,560 



2 feet apart each way 10,890 



3 feet apart each way 4,840 



4 feet apart each way 2,722 



5 feet apart each way 1,745 



li feet apart each way 1,210 



7 feet apart each way 88S 



8 feet apart each way (Sii 



Distance No. of Trees 



17 feet apart each way 150 



18 feet apart each way 134 



19 feet apart each way 120 



20 feet apart each way 109 



25 feet apart each way 69 



30 feet apart each way 48 



35 feet apart each way 35 



411 feet apart each way 27 



How to Order From Bountiful Ridge Nurseries 



All prices in this catalog are net F.O.B. Princess Anne, Md. No discount allowed. Delivered prices will be 

 gi\en on any stock wanted if you write giving size and number of trees wanted. The prices quoted herein are 

 for sliipping season of Fall 1956 and Spring 1957. However, all prices as listed in this catalogue will be effec- 

 tive luitil our new catalogue or price list is printed for Fall 1957. Spring 1958. 



PLEASE NOTE — Any Sales Tax wliich may be imposed on nurserj- stock by State or Federal authority 

 should be added to the amount fo your order. You will be advised of any changes or additions which may 

 be made when orders are acknowledged. 



OUR SHIPPING SEASON 



We pack and ship all through the winter to Southern 

 States. Our regular shipping and packing season usually 

 opens here about the 15th of October and continues until 

 May 10. Our fall shipping season opens about October 1st 

 on some items. 



OUR TERMS 



Our terms are cash except in large orders wlien satisfac- 

 tory reference is given ; then one-tliird the amount of the 

 order must be sent and the balance on arrival of trees at 

 depot. On early orders one-third the amount can be sent in 

 and balance a few days before shipment. Prices in this Cata- 

 log are for FALL 1956 and SPRING 195". 



HOW TO REMIT 



Remittance should be made either by Post OflSce Money 

 Order, Registered Letter, or by Check on your Bank. 



ORDER EARLY 



We earnestly request our patrons to send their orders in 

 early and specify when they wish them shipped. We pride 

 ourselves on making prompt delivery but sometimes in our 

 rush season we cannot get the orders shipped on the exact 

 time, and must ask our customer's indulgence for a week or 

 so and shipment will be made as promptly as possible. If 

 time of shipment is left to us we can assure our customer of 

 receiving stock in perfect condition and in proper planting 

 season. 



MISTAKES 



We use every precaution that is humanly possible to avoid 

 mistakes and believe that we are as near free from them as 

 an.v Nurser.vman in the United States ; but in the event any 

 of our stock should prove untrue to name under which it is 

 labeled or sold, it will be our option to replace original order 

 as ordered or refund the amount paid for stock ordered upon 

 proper proof that such stock shipped was not true to name. 

 Further than this we are not responsible. 



SPECIAL NOTICES 



All quotations, acceptances of orders and promises of 

 shipment are subject to change, limitations or cancella- 

 tions made necessary by State, Government regulations 

 or other Hazards beyond our control, affecting our op- 

 erations. 



BOrNTIFUL RIDGE NFRSERIES 



RECEIVTNG STOCK IN COLD WEATHER 



In event it should turn cold after your stock has been 

 shipped to you and there is a possibilit.v tliat there is frost 

 in the box in which the stock is shipped, put the bo.v in a 

 place where the temperature is above freezing — a cellar or a 

 frost-proof building, and do not disturb for 5 to 7 days, at 

 which time stock can be removed from the box in flrst-class 

 condition. Under no circumstances should .vou open a box 

 when you think there is frost in it. it will kill it. But if 

 allowed to thaw out in tlie box. the stock will not be in- 

 jured. Be sure and follow this practice. 



OUR REFERENCES 



.Vs to our responsibUity, we refer you to the Salisbury 

 National Bank, Salisbury. Md.. Farmers & Merchants 

 Bank, Salisbury. Md.. Bank of Somerset. Princess Anne, 

 Md., Dunn & Bradstreet and to any of our thousands of 

 customers throughout the country that you might know 

 or whose name .vou find in this catalog, and the various 

 State Departments in the Eastern U. S. 



CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION — DUPLICATE OF NUMBER 23 



September 7. 



THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That on the 5th day of September. 1956 we examined the Nursery Stock of the Bninililiil 1 

 Nurseries, growing in their nurseries at Princess Anne. County of Somerset, State of Maryland, in accord:in(.' wii 

 laws of Maryland, 1898, Chapter 289, Section 58. and that said nurseries and premises are apparently free, so i:ir as .: 

 determined by inspection from San .lose Scale, Peach Yellows, Pear Blight and other dangerously injurious insnt prsi; 

 plant diseases. 



THIS CERTIFICATE Is valid until September 30, 1957, unless sooner revoked, and does not include nursery stool 

 grown within this State, unless such stock is previously covered by Certificate and accepted by the State Entoniologisl 

 State Pathologist. G. S. LANGFORD. Chief Inspector 



ERNEST N. CORY. State Entomologist L. O. WEAAT3R. State Pathologist 



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