﻿Plant 
  Our 
  Improved 
  Strains 
  Of 
  All 
  Varieties 
  For 
  Greater 
  Success 
  

  

  We 
  Present 
  "THE 
  FRUIT 
  WORLD" 
  of 
  

  

  His 
  Majesty 
  "The 
  Apple" 
  

  

  ff 
  

  

  Reigns 
  as 
  the 
  King 
  of 
  Fruits 
  

  

  Our 
  Variety 
  Listings 
  Lead 
  the 
  

  

  "March 
  of 
  Progress 
  to 
  Better 
  Fruits" 
  

  

  Today, 
  More 
  Than 
  Ever 
  Before, 
  the 
  Progressive 
  

   Planter 
  Realizes 
  the 
  Paramount 
  Importance 
  of 
  

   Variety 
  Selection 
  — 
  Tree 
  Selection 
  and 
  Judicious 
  

   Planting 
  as 
  an 
  Investment, 
  for 
  Future 
  Produc- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  Future 
  Profits. 
  

  

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  YOU 
  PLANTING 
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  BEST? 
  

  

  RECENT 
  INTRODUCTIONS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  OUTSTANDING 
  VARIETIES 
  TO 
  MEET 
  

  

  MODERN 
  DAY 
  DEMANDS 
  

  

  WRIXPARENT 
  

  

  (U. 
  S. 
  PLANT 
  PATENT 
  NO. 
  38S) 
  

  

  THE 
  KB 
  \<p 
  OF 
  ALL 
  EARLY 
  APPLES 
  

  

  1940 
  REGISTERED 
  THE 
  HIGHEST 
  PRICES 
  IN 
  RECENT 
  YEARS 
  ON 
  EARLY 
  APPLES 
  

  

  Plant 
  To 
  Maintain 
  Your 
  Early 
  Apple 
  Production. 
  Lead 
  the 
  Season 
  With 
  Wrixparent 
  and 
  Lodi 
  

  

  You 
  will 
  find 
  a 
  color 
  reproduction 
  of 
  the 
  WRIX- 
  

   PARENT 
  from 
  Kodochrome 
  natural 
  Color 
  Photograph 
  

   on 
  the 
  outside 
  cover 
  page 
  of 
  this 
  catalogue. 
  The 
  pic- 
  

   ture 
  was 
  taken 
  June 
  18, 
  1939, 
  at 
  Magnolia, 
  Delaware, 
  

   at 
  which 
  time 
  a 
  handsome 
  and 
  profitable 
  crop 
  of 
  fruit 
  

   was 
  being 
  picked 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Mcllvain's 
  WRIXPARENT 
  

   orchards. 
  

  

  Found 
  as 
  a 
  chance 
  seedling 
  in 
  the 
  Yellow 
  Trans- 
  

   parent 
  orchard 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Wrixham 
  Mcllvain 
  near 
  Mag- 
  

   nolia, 
  Delaware 
  about 
  1920. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Mcllvain 
  after 
  several 
  years 
  observation 
  deter- 
  

   mined 
  the 
  variety 
  to 
  be 
  superior 
  in 
  every 
  way 
  to 
  the 
  

   Transparent 
  and 
  grafted 
  over 
  his 
  Transparent 
  orchard 
  

   to 
  this 
  variety. 
  This 
  2nd 
  generation 
  orchard 
  now 
  17 
  

   years 
  of 
  age 
  has 
  been 
  producing 
  heavy 
  crops 
  for 
  13 
  

   years. 
  A 
  3rd 
  generation 
  orchard 
  was 
  planted 
  in 
  1935 
  

   and 
  began 
  bearing 
  at 
  4 
  years 
  of 
  age. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  more 
  

   spreading 
  than 
  Transparent, 
  vigorous 
  and 
  hardy 
  in 
  

   wood 
  not 
  being 
  subject 
  to 
  blight 
  and 
  other 
  fungus 
  

   diseases. 
  The 
  fruit 
  averages 
  large 
  in 
  size 
  being 
  a 
  little 
  

   more 
  flat 
  in 
  shape 
  than 
  Transparent 
  and 
  packing 
  out 
  

   commercial 
  sizes 
  of 
  2%" 
  and 
  2 
  1 
  4" 
  at 
  picking 
  time. 
  The 
  

   Wrixparent 
  ripens 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  days 
  before 
  the 
  yellow 
  

   transparent 
  and 
  ripens 
  its 
  fruit 
  evenly 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  en- 
  

   tire 
  crop 
  may 
  be 
  harvested 
  in 
  two 
  pickings 
  if 
  desired. 
  

   It 
  is 
  an 
  attractive 
  light 
  green 
  color 
  without 
  markings 
  ; 
  

   the 
  flesh 
  is 
  white, 
  crisp, 
  sprightly, 
  very 
  fine 
  in 
  texture 
  

  

  Our 
  Supply 
  of 
  Trees 
  Is 
  Very 
  Limited 
  For 
  Spring 
  1941 
  Delivery. 
  Prices 
  of 
  Wrixparent 
  Are 
  10c 
  Per 
  Tree 
  

   More 
  Than 
  Other 
  Standard 
  Trees 
  Listed 
  On 
  The 
  Following 
  Pages 
  In 
  All 
  Grades. 
  

  

  and 
  does 
  not 
  bruise 
  readily 
  or 
  turn 
  dark 
  after 
  bruis- 
  

   ing. 
  Sub-acid 
  in 
  flavor 
  and 
  unsurpassed 
  as 
  a 
  cooking 
  

   apple. 
  The 
  fruit 
  keeps 
  well 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  held 
  for 
  10 
  to 
  

   15 
  days 
  after 
  picking 
  without 
  storage. 
  The 
  Wrixparent 
  

   is 
  an 
  annual 
  bearer 
  and 
  continues 
  to 
  bear 
  large 
  fruits 
  

   on 
  the 
  older 
  trees. 
  

  

  Brief 
  Facts 
  About 
  The 
  Wrixparent 
  

  

  1. 
  EARLINESS 
  — 
  Ripens 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  days 
  before 
  Yellow 
  

   Transparent. 
  

  

  2. 
  ANNUAL 
  BEARER— 
  Normal 
  to 
  heavy 
  crops 
  each 
  

   year. 
  

  

  3. 
  LARGE 
  SIZE 
  — 
  Apples 
  under 
  normal 
  conditions 
  

   pack 
  out 
  2 
  1 
  / 
  4" 
  and 
  2%" 
  size 
  and 
  up. 
  

  

  4. 
  QUALITY 
  — 
  Unexcelled 
  as 
  an 
  early 
  cooking 
  apple. 
  

  

  5. 
  SHIPPING 
  ABILITY— 
  Does 
  not 
  show 
  bruises, 
  

   will 
  carrv 
  to 
  distant 
  markets, 
  and 
  will 
  keep 
  for 
  weeks. 
  

  

  G. 
  TREE 
  IS 
  VIGOROUS, 
  SEMI-SPREADING 
  

   GROWTH 
  HABITS, 
  BLIGHT 
  RESISTANT, 
  COMES 
  

   INTO 
  BEARING 
  EARLY. 
  

  

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  Is 
  A 
  New 
  Bountiful 
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  From 
  Any 
  Other 
  Nursery. 
  

  

  Warning 
  : 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  patented 
  variety 
  and 
  cannot 
  be 
  

   prorogated 
  for 
  any 
  purpose 
  by 
  anyone 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  

   Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  Nurseries. 
  

  

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