And Now A Nematode Resistant 

 Peach Root Stock 



Bountiful Ridge Nurseries Again Leads In Offering Improved Stock To Its Customers. 



Root nematode has taken a heavy toll of peach trees in the orchards of the central and southern 

 districts for many years, in many cases killing the trees and in others reducing the yields thru loss of 

 vigor to such extent the orchard had to be abandoned or removed. This trouble is particularly pre- 

 valent in the sandy and sand loam soils of the warmer climates. The U. S. D. A. and various State 

 departments began searching for a nematode resistant stock many years ago and we believe the first 

 resistant stocks were brought into this country from the Yunnan Province of China and introduced for 

 testing purposes during the Fall of 1922. Since then it has been a process of elimination to find the 

 most resistant of the many seedlings brought into the country and much credit must go to the personnel 

 of the I'. S. D. A. Stations in Georgia and California for continuing these eliminations in the interest of 

 the fruit growers. One type named Shalil probably first received considerable publicity, this being 

 followed closely with releases of a type called Yunnan. 



Both of these types proved almost 100% resistant to Root Nematode. However it was not only a 

 question of this stock being resistant to Nematode but adapting itself in general to growing conditions 

 here in the United States. Our own experiments with Shalil began in 1934 and this type was quickly 

 eliminated for our section because Shalil would not go into dormancy, by natural means, sufficiently 

 early, resulting in the stock being frozen dead during the following winter. Our idea of course was to 

 plant our own orchard of these for seed production for peach stocks. Further checks seemed to estab- 

 lish that while Shalil grew well and was very resistant to Nematode it did not produce consistent crops 

 for seed purposes in other sections of the South. Later we began testing Yunnan and we are glad to 

 say the original top worked trees of this type have never shown any winter injury but they have not prov- 

 ed very productive for this section and it seems we will have to depend on our seeds of these resistant 

 types being grown further South. We do know that Yunnan is very productive in sections of Georgia 

 and we are now getting our seeds of Yunnan from a fruiting orchard a few miles from the U. S. D. A. 

 Station of Fort Valley, Ga., and are using nothing but FIRST GENERATION SEEDS FOR PLANTING 

 AND WHICH ACCORDING TO TESTS HAVE PROVEN JUST AS RESISTANT TO ROOT NEMA- 

 TODE AS THE ORIGINAL STOCKS WHICH WERE BROUGHT TO THE U. S. A. FROM CHINA. 



WE BUDDED MORE THAN 10,000 YUNNAN SEEDLING DURING AUGUST 1946 AND THESE 

 TREES WILL BE READY FOR DELIVERY DURING FALL 1947 and SPRING 1948. WE BUDDED 

 EVERY SEEDLING OF YUNNAN STOCK THIS YEAR TO ERLY-RED-FRE, OUR OWN INTRO- 

 DUCED AND PATENTED VARIETY BECAUSE ERLY-RED-FRE IS PROVING SO SATISFAC- 

 TORY AND SUCH A MONEY MAKER FOR THE MORE SOUTHERN GROWERS WE FEEL IT 

 ONLY RIGHT WE SHOULD GIVE THIS GREAT PEACH THE PREFERENCE IN DISTRIBUTING 

 THEM GROWN ON THIS NEMATODE RESISTANT STOCK. We are expanding our plantings this 

 year (1946) of Yunnan seeds and with normal germination should bud more than 50,000 peach on this 

 nematode resistant stock during August 1947 and it is our intention to continue to expand our plantings 

 of this type stock IF THE ORCHARDISTS WILL BUY AND PLANT THE TREES WE GROW ON 

 THESE STOCKS AS WE HAVE THEM TO OFFER. 



These Yunnan seed cannot be grown like most of our seedling peach seed are produced. It is nec- 

 essary to maintain a regular orchard of the trees which must be cultivated, sprayed and cared for just 

 like any other commercial orchard and the fruits at present have no other value except the seeds for 

 planting purposes. Present types are clingstone and the pulp must be cut from the seed by hand, the 

 seeds cleaned and properly cured which all makes expensive seed for planting purposes. Germination 

 so far has not been much above 5*0% of seeds planted. OUR TOTAL ADDITIONAL COSTS IN 

 GROWING TREES ON THIS TYPE OF STOCK ARE SUCH THAT WE CANNOT SELL THE VA- 

 RIETIES WE OFFER AS BEING GROWN ON YUNNAN NEMATODE RESISTANT ROOT STOCKS 

 FOR LESS THAN 10c PER TREE ADDITIONAL IN ALL GRADES, ABOVE OUR REGULAR PUB- 

 LISHED PRICES IN OUR REGULAR CATALOGUE. SHOULD YOU DESIRE ERLY-RED-FRE ON 

 THIS TYPE STOCK FOR PLANTING IN FALL 1947 WE ASK YOU TO MAKE YOUR RESERVA- 

 TION PRIOR TO PLANTING TIME. 



"When better trees are grown for the Orchardist, Bountiful Ridge Nurseries will be growing them" 



A large truck load of Bountiful 

 Ridge Grown Fruit Trees and Plants 

 ready to leave our Nursery for de- 

 livery to Planters. 



We invite you to come and get 

 your planting stock when prac- 

 tical. You can then inspect our 

 Nursery and the stock you plant. 



We believe you will find our pro- 

 duction 3Iethods — Our Soil — O u r 

 Storages — Our Personal Supervision 

 and Our Handling Facilities to be 

 among the best in the Nurseries of 

 the United States. 



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