The Nation's Greatest Early Commercial Peach ! 



ERLY-RED-FRE 



PLANT 



EBLV-IIED-FBE 



A PATENTED VARIETY 



INTRODUCED, GROWN AND 



SOLD EXCLUSHELY BY 



BOUNTIFUL RIDGE NURSERIES 



PLANT 



Jjottntifuliliage-Grown 



EBLY-REO-FIIE 



t;. s. plant pat. 320 



The Fruit Is: 



Large Size 

 Wliite Flesh 

 Freestone 

 Higlily Colored 

 Finest Quality 

 Disease Resistaiit 

 Good Shipper 

 A Money Maker 



r. S. PLANT PAT. 320 



The Tree Is: 



Thrifty Grower 

 Disease Resistant 

 Hardy In Wood 

 Hardy In Bud 

 Early Bearer 

 Heavy Producer 

 Self Fertile 

 Universally Adaptable 



i:rly-rii:d-fke iklits 

 "MOTHER NATURE'S GIFT TO THE PEACH WORLD" 



RIPENS WITH RED BIRD; ,3 TO 4 AVEEKS BEFORE GOEDEN JUBILEE 

 6 TO 7 WEEKS BEFORE ELBERTA— SEE FRONT COVER FOR COLOR ILLUSTRATION 



Producing orchards from Texas to Canada' and from Maryland to the State of Washington prove 

 the Universal adaptability of the Erly-Red-Fre. 



We never in all our experience as Nurserymen and Horticulturists seen a new peach with such wide 

 adaptability and prove so miiversally satisfactory to grower and consumer excepting possibly the famous 

 Elberta. 



The ERLY-RED-FRE ripens uniformly, does not show bruises readily and will keep and ship better than 

 ELBERTA. It is definitely the first ripening freestone peach now in cultivation to our knowledge, following close- 

 ly the Mayflower and preceding the Golden Jubilee by several weeks. 



The ERLY-RED-FRE originated as a chance seedling in the orchard of Wm. Perry near Chase City, Va. 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 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 peacli has one of the smallest pits of any cultivated peach we 

 know of in existance. 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 214" and up if desired. The tree is very vigorous, 

 resistant to Bacteriosis, bears while very young. 



REST PERIOD REQUIREMENTS 



Definite tests have been run now for several years in the Southern producing areas and ERLY-RED-FRE 

 shows less Rest Period requirement than ELBERTA and some years less than Hiley Belle and can normally be 

 classed with Hiley and Early Rose on rest requirements. Knowing this and the grower giving proper fertilization 

 and cultivation program ERLY-RED-FRE can be grown quite successfully through the great Georgia peach 

 section and further south at higher elevations. This means regular and heavy production of this great peach 

 when given proper care. 



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