. . . As One of America's Leading Fruits, 

 Peaches Continue to Be A Great Profit- 

 Maker and General Favorite of Growers 

 in Commercial and Home Plantings. 



Plant Bountiful Ridge Peach Trees Today! 



PROPER VARIETY AND TREE SELECTION WILL LEAD TO QUICKER 

 RESULTS AND GREATER PROFITS AND SATISFACTION 



GENERAL PEACH TREE SUPPLY 

 For Fall 1953 - Spring 1954 



We reserve this space each year to give you planters a 

 general idea of the supply of peach trees that will be avail- 

 able to plant. We base our remarks on Information we gath- 

 er from most of the tree growing nurseries in the U. S. It 

 is not a sales talk or the "same story each year" as some 

 may think, although it may sound along this line but just 

 think how long it takes to develope fruiting trees and then 

 judge how long it takes to build up a supply of trees in the 

 Nursery when a shortage once exists. 



Now briefly the facts are these: There is going to be a 

 general shortage of Peach trees for the planting season of 

 1053-54. Decreased plantings of seed, poor stands of seed- 

 lings and severe drouth damage in many sections are ac- 

 countable for this. We are primarily fruit tree and berry 

 plant growers and having built up a universal demand for 

 our trees each year, we do our best to maintain our plantings 

 so as to have from 250 to 300.000 peach trees to sell each 

 year and are glad to say we have this quantity this ye<ar 

 and yet are about sold out of some varieties before this 

 catalog is printed so we hope you will understand if we teil 

 you we cannot suppl.v a variety you may want as we will 

 not substitute unless you tell us to do so even though we 

 always burn many thousands of trees each year because the 

 planting demand will change while trees are in the process 

 of production over a three year period. Our favorable lo- 

 cation again proved of great value to us this past growing 

 season when severe drouth conditions existed in this and 

 other areas, because our high water table with certain grow- 

 ing practices kept our trees growing and our stock is fine 

 this year. Not oversize stock but good planter size with a 

 good root system that will make them do well for you when 

 planted. 



NOTE OUR NEW VARIETIES THIS YEAR. We believe 

 it justifies our statement that "When better fruit varieties 

 and trees are available, you will find them at Bountiful 

 Ridge Nurseries." 



SPECIAL NOTE 

 We want you to plant BOUNTIFUL RIDGE trees. 

 Our trees are as good as can be produced. When 

 wanting more than 300 peach trees write to us giv- 

 ing list and we will quote you special prices con- 

 sistent with market conditions at that time. 



A block of one year old peach such as these pictured are 

 ready to fill the planters' need this planting: season. 



Bountiful Bidg:e Grown Peach Trees are iamous for Early 

 and Rapid Growth, Quick to Bear, Heavy Production. 

 DON'T GUESS — BUY BOUNTIFUL RIDGE TREES. 



"niYTRFD (2c) Dixired, a product of the U.S.D.A., is a 

 lyi^^lXlLaLJ clingstone, medium size, round with 



light pubescence. About three-fourths of the surface is cov- 

 ered with a bright attractive red blush. Flesh is yellow, 

 firm but melting, medium textured and of good flavor. The 

 outstanding characteristics of Dixired are its unusual firm- 

 ness and slow rate of softening for an early peach, plus an 

 attractive appearance. The fruit acquires color long before 

 it is ready to pick. Dixired is recommended for trial as an 

 early shipping peach. 



PPT V PPT> PBP (2d) See outside front cover for nat- 

 rinii I -nril-'-r nri ^ ' ural Kodochrome color illus- 

 tration. Full description on pages 5 and G. Prices for Erly- 

 Red-Fre on Nematode Resistant Root Stock 10 cents extra 

 per tree on all grades. 



-4GOLDRAY «e) 



PRICES OF PEACH TREES 



(STANDARD TYPES) 



1-9 10-49 50-99 IC 

 Jumbo. Super or Giant Size .... S?2.90 $2.50 



5-6', 11/16 up 1.90 1.60 1.10 



4-5', 9 - 11/16 1.50 1.25 .90 



.'J-4', 7 - 9/16 1.20 1.00 .75 



2-3', 5 - 7/16 1.05 .90 .60 



2-3', % - 5/lC 85 .70 .45 



18-24" 70 .50 .35 



All prices are net f.o.b. Princess Anne, ^Nld. 



THESE PRICES APPLY ON AEL VARIETIES 



.95 

 .80 

 .65 

 .50 

 .40 

 .30 



NOTE 



Ripening order of varieties designated by bracketed 

 numbers after name. Varieties overlapping in ripening 

 season indicated by sub-letter. Example: Elberta and 

 Hale are about same season and are designated by num- 

 bers 11a and lib. 



M H VFT Pi\?l7FR (l) Earliest peach known. Dark 

 VfirX I r LiKJ VY JLn ' red all over ; beautiful appear- 

 ance. Carries well to market. Size medium, quality fair. 

 White cling. 



HILAND ^^^ See page 7 for full description. 

 CARDINAL ^^^^ See page 7 for full description. 

 REiJJC^AP ''^^ See page 7 for full description. 



A NEW BUD SPORT OF THE FAMOUS GOEDEN 



JUBIEEE PEACH. RIPENING TWO WEEKS EARLIER 



INTRODUCED BY BOUNTIFUL RIDGE NURSERIES 



SPRING 1950. 



First observed by us during fruiting season of 1939 on the 

 fruit farms of J. Roy Cunningham. Lancaster, South Caro- 

 lina, the original planting being made from Bountiful Ridge 

 grown trees. 



THE SIZE, BEAUTY, QUALITY AND GENERAL CHAR- 

 ACTERISTICS WERE SO OUTSTANDING, RIPENING SO 

 MUCH EARLIER THAN THE BALANCE OF THE GOLD- 

 EN JUBILEE TREE, WE FELT IT HELD REAL POS- 

 SIBILITIES. We began testing the variety, and we are glad 

 that it has proven even better than anticipated and we now 

 pass it on to the patrons of Bountiful Ridge Nurseries with 

 a sense of pride. 



GOLDRAY fruits large or larger than regular .Tubilee. 

 The quality is equal to Golden Jubilee. Goldray has a beau- 

 tiful bright red blush on a real golden background. Goldray 

 will cling to pit when not fully ripe and like regular Jubilee 

 has a tender skin and flesh, being more adapted for home 

 use. roadstand markets and nearby commercial markets. 

 GOLDRAY TREES are very vigorous, making a heavy set 

 of buds which in our tests have proven as hardy or more 

 hard.y than regular Jubilee resulting in very regular crops. 

 PLANT GOLDRAY AND STEP UP YOUR GOLDEN JUBI- 

 LEE SEASON. 



xEARLY EAST (N.J. 134) <2f) 



By popular demand we add the Early East to our peach 

 list because of its behavior in certain fruit districts. It is 

 medium to large, yellow fleshed, ripening about 10 days be- 

 fore Golden Jubilee. The fruit attains an attractive red col- 

 or and fair edible quality. It is hardy and productive. 

 Ships well and is recommended for home and commercial 

 plantings. Flesh clings to pit when hard ripe but becomes 

 free when fruit ripens. 



