﻿ERLY-RED-FRE 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  PLANT 
  PATENT 
  NUMBER 
  320 
  

  

  America's 
  Earliest 
  

   Free-stone 
  Peach 
  

  

  Introduced, 
  Grown 
  and 
  For 
  Sale 
  Exclus- 
  

   ively 
  By 
  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  Nurseries. 
  

  

  Acclaimed 
  "The 
  Marvel 
  

   of 
  Early 
  Peaches" 
  

  

  As 
  Erly-Red-Fre 
  trees 
  are 
  

   fruited 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  the 
  

   southern 
  areas 
  into 
  the 
  far 
  

   northern 
  peach 
  districts 
  we 
  

   have 
  these 
  enthusiastic 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  from 
  growers 
  and 
  

   others 
  observing: 
  and 
  testing: 
  

   the 
  fruits 
  and 
  trees. 
  Read 
  

   what 
  they 
  say. 
  

  

  TEXAS 
  — 
  T 
  believe 
  you 
  have 
  

   the 
  GREATEST 
  EARLY 
  

   PEACH 
  IN 
  EXISTENCE. 
  

  

  ALABAMA— 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  no 
  

   Early 
  peach 
  that 
  can 
  com- 
  

   pare 
  with 
  the 
  ERLY-RED- 
  

   FRE. 
  

  

  NORTH 
  CAROLINA— 
  The 
  

  

  E 
  R 
  L 
  Y-R 
  E 
  D-F 
  R 
  E 
  came 
  

   through 
  fine 
  this 
  year. 
  Its 
  

   season 
  and 
  fine 
  quality 
  

   SHOULD 
  MAKE 
  IT 
  THE 
  

   GREATEST 
  PEACH 
  FOR 
  

   THE 
  SOUTHERN 
  GROW- 
  

   ER 
  EVER 
  INTRODUCED. 
  

  

  SOUTH 
  CAROLINA— 
  All 
  you 
  

   have 
  said 
  about 
  the 
  ERLY- 
  

   RED-FRE 
  is 
  true 
  and 
  you 
  

   haven't 
  told 
  half 
  the 
  story. 
  

  

  VIRGINIA— 
  Our 
  ERLY-RED- 
  

   FRE 
  ripened 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  

   Red 
  Bird, 
  fruits 
  just 
  as 
  

   large 
  or 
  larger 
  and 
  beautifully 
  colored. 
  

  

  MARYLAND— 
  YOU 
  HAVE 
  A 
  GREAT 
  PEACH. 
  WE 
  

   KNOW 
  OF 
  NO 
  PEACH 
  TO 
  EQUAL 
  IT 
  FOR 
  ITS 
  

   SEASON. 
  

  

  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  — 
  Our 
  Erly-Red-Fre 
  trees 
  bore 
  a 
  few 
  

   peaches 
  at 
  one 
  year 
  of 
  age. 
  The 
  fruit 
  was 
  very 
  large, 
  

   bright 
  red 
  all 
  over, 
  A 
  FREESTONE 
  OF 
  FINE 
  QUAL- 
  

   ITY. 
  

  

  CONNECTICUT 
  — 
  The 
  greatest 
  early 
  peach 
  I 
  ever 
  saw. 
  

  

  OHIO— 
  An 
  exceptional 
  peach. 
  ERLY-RED-FRE 
  aston- 
  

   ishes 
  one 
  for 
  its 
  size, 
  color, 
  extra 
  fine 
  quality 
  and 
  

   keeping 
  ability. 
  

  

  MICHIGAN— 
  WITHOUT 
  QUESTION 
  THE 
  FINEST 
  

   QUALITY 
  EARLY 
  PEACH 
  I 
  EVER 
  ATE. 
  

  

  OBSERVATIONS 
  AND 
  HISTORY 
  OF 
  ERLY-RED-FRE 
  

  

  We 
  wish 
  it 
  were 
  possible 
  to 
  give 
  complete 
  statements 
  

   from 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  observed 
  the 
  ERLY-RED-FRE 
  

   this 
  year. 
  In 
  all 
  our 
  experience 
  we 
  have 
  never 
  intro- 
  

   duced 
  a 
  variety 
  that 
  has 
  met 
  with 
  such 
  universal 
  ap- 
  

   proval. 
  The 
  fruits 
  on 
  our 
  own 
  trees 
  here 
  at 
  Princess 
  

   Anne 
  came 
  through 
  with 
  a 
  partial 
  crop 
  in 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  

   a 
  snow 
  and 
  sleet 
  storm 
  and 
  two 
  nights 
  temperatures 
  of 
  

   25 
  degrees 
  when 
  the 
  trees 
  were 
  in 
  full 
  bloom. 
  Some 
  

   other 
  varieties 
  did 
  not 
  set 
  a 
  single 
  peach 
  under 
  these 
  

   conditions 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  orchard. 
  This 
  test 
  orchard 
  also 
  

   went 
  through 
  a 
  very 
  severe 
  hail 
  storm 
  when 
  the 
  peach- 
  

   es 
  were 
  about 
  1/3 
  developed. 
  With 
  all 
  this 
  ye 
  had 
  some 
  

   fruits 
  on 
  trees 
  in 
  their 
  3rd 
  growing 
  season 
  measuring 
  

   3V 
  2 
  inches 
  and 
  perfect 
  specimens. 
  All 
  fruits 
  of 
  the 
  

   ERLY-RED-FRE 
  were 
  ripe 
  and 
  gone 
  before 
  Red 
  Bird 
  

   harvest 
  was 
  completed. 
  

  

  WE 
  FEEL 
  WE 
  HAVE 
  GIVEN 
  TO 
  THE 
  FRUIT 
  

  

  The 
  Fruit 
  Is: 
  

   Large 
  Size 
  

   White 
  Flesh 
  

   Freestone 
  

   Highly 
  Colored 
  

   Finest 
  Quality 
  

   Firm 
  

  

  Disease 
  Resistant 
  

   Good 
  Shipper 
  

  

  PLANT 
  

  

  THIS 
  YEAR 
  

  

  ERLY-RED-FRE 
  FRUITS 
  

  

  RIPENS 
  WITH 
  RED 
  BIRD; 
  3 
  to 
  4 
  WEEKS 
  BEFORE 
  GOLDEN 
  JUBILEE; 
  

   6 
  to 
  7 
  WEEKS 
  BEFORE 
  ELBERTA 
  

  

  GROWING 
  WORLD 
  ONE 
  OF 
  THE 
  GREATEST 
  EAR- 
  

   LY 
  PEACHES 
  OF 
  ALL 
  TIME. 
  We 
  have 
  tried 
  not 
  to 
  

   be 
  over 
  enthusiastic 
  about 
  this 
  peach, 
  prefering 
  to 
  let 
  

   others 
  boost 
  it 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  grown 
  it 
  under 
  their 
  

   own 
  conditions. 
  Statements 
  such 
  as 
  we 
  list 
  here 
  from 
  

   all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  attest 
  to 
  its 
  adaptability 
  

   and 
  the 
  general 
  satisfaction 
  you 
  can 
  expect 
  from 
  your 
  

   ERLY-RED-FRE 
  trees. 
  PLANT 
  YOUR 
  ORCHARD 
  OF 
  

   ERLY-RED-FRE 
  THIS 
  YEAR. 
  

  

  The 
  "ERLY-RED-FRE" 
  originated 
  as 
  a 
  chance 
  seed- 
  

   ling 
  in 
  the 
  orchard 
  of 
  Wm. 
  Perry 
  near 
  Chase 
  City, 
  Va. 
  

   Apparently 
  the 
  "ERLY-RED-FRE" 
  is 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  

   planting 
  of 
  a 
  Red 
  Bird 
  Peach 
  Seed 
  planted 
  fall 
  of 
  1928. 
  

   Our 
  attention 
  was 
  first 
  called 
  to 
  this 
  splendid 
  peach 
  in 
  

   1935. 
  The 
  second 
  generation 
  trees 
  bore 
  in 
  1937 
  at 
  

   2 
  years 
  of 
  age, 
  the 
  fruits 
  on 
  these 
  being 
  identical 
  

   with 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  Parent 
  tree. 
  The 
  original 
  tree 
  

   and 
  second 
  generation 
  trees 
  both 
  bore 
  a 
  heavy 
  crop 
  

   in 
  1938, 
  it 
  being 
  necessary 
  to 
  thin 
  the 
  fruit 
  on 
  all 
  trees. 
  

   These 
  same 
  trees 
  repeated 
  in 
  1939, 
  having 
  a 
  normal 
  crop 
  

   on 
  them 
  which 
  was 
  thinned 
  lightly, 
  when 
  other 
  varie- 
  

   ties 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  orchard 
  were 
  killed 
  out 
  almost 
  entirely 
  

   with 
  late 
  frosts. 
  The 
  fruit 
  is 
  very 
  highly 
  colored 
  with 
  

   an 
  attractive 
  bright 
  red 
  on 
  a 
  creamy 
  white 
  background. 
  

   The 
  skin 
  is 
  tough 
  and 
  medium 
  thick. 
  The 
  flesh 
  of 
  the 
  

   peach 
  is 
  of 
  such 
  texture 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  show 
  bruises 
  

   through 
  the 
  skin 
  for 
  several 
  days 
  after 
  being 
  bruised 
  

   and 
  is 
  a 
  clear 
  white 
  through 
  to 
  the 
  pit. 
  We 
  believe 
  this 
  

   peach 
  has 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  smallest 
  pits 
  of 
  any 
  cultivated 
  

   peach 
  we 
  know 
  of 
  in 
  existence. 
  The 
  fruit 
  averages 
  large 
  

   for 
  an 
  early 
  peach, 
  some 
  specimens 
  weighing 
  12 
  ounces 
  

   and 
  the 
  entire 
  crop 
  under 
  normal 
  conditions 
  and 
  care 
  

   can 
  be 
  packed 
  out 
  2 
  1 
  / 
  4" 
  and 
  up 
  if 
  desired. 
  The 
  tree 
  is 
  

   very 
  vigorous, 
  resistant 
  to 
  Bacteriosis, 
  bears 
  while 
  very 
  

   young. 
  It 
  should 
  prove 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  money 
  making 
  

   peaches 
  ever 
  offered 
  Southern 
  

   Peach 
  growers, 
  because 
  it 
  is 
  

   definitely 
  the 
  FIRST 
  RIPEN- 
  

   ING 
  FREESTONE 
  PEACH 
  NOW 
  

   IN 
  CULTIVATION 
  TO 
  OUR 
  

   KNOWLEDGE. 
  FOLLOWING 
  

   CLOSELY 
  THE 
  MAYFLOWER 
  

   AND 
  PRECEDING 
  THE 
  GOLD- 
  

   EN 
  JUBILEE 
  SEVERAL 
  

   WEEKS. 
  

  

  Prices 
  given 
  are 
  

   per 
  tree 
  

  

  5-6 
  ft.. 
  11/16 
  in... 
  

   4-5 
  ft.. 
  9-11/16 
  in 
  

   314-5 
  ft.. 
  8/16 
  in.. 
  

   3-4 
  ft.. 
  7/16 
  in.... 
  

   2-3 
  ft.. 
  5-7/16 
  in. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  2-3 
  ft.. 
  Light 
  

  

  18-24 
  in 
  

  

  12-18 
  in 
  

  

  1 
  to 
  

  

  10 
  to 
  

  

  50 
  to 
  

  

  300 
  to 
  

  

  600 
  or 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  49 
  

  

  299 
  

  

  599 
  

  

  more 
  

  

  $1.00 
  

  

  $ 
  .75 
  

  

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  .50 
  

  

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  .40 
  

  

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  .35 
  

  

  .75 
  

  

  .50 
  

  

  .35 
  

  

  .30 
  

  

  .28 
  

  

  .60 
  

  

  .45 
  

  

  .33 
  

  

  .27 
  

  

  .25 
  

  

  .50 
  

  

  .40 
  

  

  .28 
  

  

  .23 
  

  

  .20 
  

  

  .45 
  

  

  .35 
  

  

  .25 
  

  

  .20 
  

  

  .17 
  

  

  .35 
  

  

  .30 
  

  

  .20 
  

  

  .16 
  

  

  .14 
  

  

  .30 
  

  

  .25 
  

  

  .17 
  

  

  .14 
  

  

  .12 
  

  

  .25 
  

  

  .20 
  

  

  .15 
  

  

  .12 
  

  

  .10 
  

  

  NOTE: 
  This 
  variety 
  is 
  protected 
  by 
  II. 
  S. 
  Plant 
  Patent 
  and 
  cannot 
  be 
  propogated 
  by 
  anyone 
  other 
  than 
  Boun- 
  

   tiful 
  Ridge 
  Nurseries 
  for 
  any 
  purpose. 
  

  

  All 
  prices 
  are 
  net 
  F.O.B. 
  Princess 
  Anne, 
  Md. 
  Special 
  quotations 
  and 
  delivered 
  prices 
  on 
  large 
  quantities 
  given 
  

   upon 
  request. 
  

  

  