GENERAL HINTS ON PLANTING DISTANCE, ETC. 
Distance for Planting — Square Method 
Distance for planting different kinds of fruit trees, ete., square method. 
Peach. 16 to 25 feet apart each way. Black Raspberries and Dewberries. Rows 5 feet apart, 4 to 
Standard Apple. 25 to 40 feet apart each way. 5 feet apart in row. 
part AS) See pee = : : _ Blackberries. Rows 6 feet apart 3 feet apart in row. 
‘herry (Sour). o 25 feet apart each way. Red R: ies. , i, 
Chori (Siwest), won tormontooteapart leach ase ec Z hepberrice Rows 5 to 6 feet apart, 1% to 2 feet apart 
Standard Pear. 24 to 40 feet apart each way. 
Plum. 20 to 24 feet apart each way. 
Pecans and Black Walnuts. 40 to 80 feet. 
Strawberries, Field Culture. Rows 34 to 4 feet apart, 16 to 
24 inches apart in row. 
Filberts. 6 to 8 feet. Strawberries, Garden Culture. Rows 24 to 30 inches apart, 
English Walnuts. 30 to 40 feet. 12 to 18 inches in row. ; 
Chestnut. 25 to 35 feet. Asparagus, (field grown). Rows 5 feet apart, 18 to 24 inches 
Grape Vines. Rows 8 to 10 feet apart, 8 feet apart in row. apart in row. 
Blueberries. Rows 7 to 9 feet apart, plants 5 to 8 feet apart Asparagus, (in beds). Rows 2 feet apart 12 to 18 inches 
in row. apart in row. 
NUMBER OF TREES OR PLANTS TO THE ACRE (Square System) 
RULE—Multiply the distance in feet between the row by the distance the plants are: Number of square feet for each 
plant, which, divided into the number of square feet in the acre (48,560), will give the number of plants or trees to the acre. 
Distance No. of Trees Distance No. of Trees Distance No. of Trees 
1 foot apart each 9 feet apart each 17 feet apart each 
2 feet apart each 10 feet apart each 18 feet apart each 
19 feet apart each 
20 feet apart each 
25 feet apart each 
30 feet apart each 
35 feet apart each 
40 feet apart each 
11 feet apart each 
12 feet apart each 
13 feet apart each 
14 feet apart each 
15 feet apart each 
16 feet apart each 
feet apart each 
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How to Order From Bountiful Ridge Nurseries 
All prices in this catalog are net F.O.B. Princess Anne, Md. No discount allowed. Delivered prices will be 
given on any stock wanted if you write giving size and number of trees wanted. The prices quoted herein are 
for shipping season Fall 1959 and Spring 1960. However, all prices as listed in this catalogue will be effec- 
tive until our new catalogue or price list is printed for Fall 1960, Spring 1961. 
PLEASE NOTE—Any Sales Tax which may be imposed on nursery stock by State or Federal authority 
should be added to the amount of your order. You will be advised of any changes or additions which may 
be made when orders are acknowledge. 
OUR SHIPPING SEASON 
We pack and ship all through the winter to Southern SPECIAL NOTICES 
States. Our regular shipping and packing season usually 
opens here about the 15th of October and continues until 
May 10. Our fall shipping season opens about October Ist 
on some items. 
All quotations, acceptances of orders and promises of 
shipment are subject to change, limitations or cancella- 
OUR TERMS tions made necessary by State, Government regulations 
Our terms are cash except in large orders when satisfac- oF other Hazards beyond our control, affecting our op- 
tory reference is given; then one-third the amount of the erations. 
order must be sent and the balance on arrival of trees at BOUNTIFUL RIDGE NURSERIES 
depot. On early orders one-third the amount can be sent in 
and balance a few days before shipment. Prices in this Cata- 
log are for FALL 1959 and SPRING 1960. RECEIVING STOCK IN COLD WEATHER 
HOW TO REMIT In event it should turn cold after your stock has been 
Remittance should be made either by Post Office Money shipped to you and there is a possibility that there is frost 
Order, Registered Letter or by Check on your Bank. an the box in which the stock is shipped, put the box in a 
i place where the temperature is above freezing—a cellar or a 
ORDER EARLY frost-proof building and do not disturb for 5 to 7 days, at 
We earnestly request our patrons to send their orders in which time stock can be removed from the box in first-class 
early and specify when you wish them shipped. We pride condition. Under no circumstances should you open a box 
ourselves on making prompt delivery but sometimes in our When you think there is frost in it, it will kill it. But if 
rush season we cannot get the orders shipped on the exact ®2llowed to thaw out in the box, the stock will not be in- 
time, and must ask our customer’s indulgence for a week or Jured. Be sure and follow this practice. 
so and shipment will be made as promptly as possible. If 
time of shipment is left to us we can assure our customer of 
receiving stock in perfect condition and in proper planting OUR REFERENCES 
season. MISTAKES ey to our een we refer you to the Salisbury 
We use every precaution that is humanly possible to avoid = ational OS alisbury, Md., Farmers & Merchants 
mistakes and believe that we are as near free from them as Bank, Salisbury, Md., Bank of Somerset, Princess Anne, 
any Nurseryman in the United States; but in the event any Md., Dunn & Bradstreet and to any of our thousands of 
of our stoek should prove untrue to name under which it is customers throughout the country that you might know 
labeled or sold, it will be our option to replace original order 
as ordered or refund the amount paid for stock ordered upon 
or whose name you find in this catalog, and the various 
proper proof that such stock shipped was not true to name. State Departments in the Eastern U. S. 
Futher than this we are not responsible. 
CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION — DUPLICATE OF NUMBER 23 
August 20, 1959 
THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That on the 15th day of August, 1959, we examined the Nursery Stock of the Bountiful Ridge 
Nurseries, growing in their nurseries at Princess Anne, County of Somerset, State of Maryland, in accordance with the 
laws of Maryland, 1898 Chapter 289, Section 58, and that said nurseries and premises are apparently free, so far as can be 
determined by inspection from San Jose Seale, Peach Yellows, Pear Blight and other dangerously injurious insect pests and 
plant diseases. 
THIS CERTIFICATE is valid until September 30, 1960, unless sooner revoked, and does not inelude nursery stock not 
grown within this State, unless stock is previously covered by Certificate and accepted by the State Entomologist and 
State Plant Pathologist. 
L. O. WEAVER, State Plant Pathologist G. S. LANGFORD State Entomologist 
In addition to the above Certificate every shipment going outside of the infested area of the Japanese Beetle has a cer- 
tifleate of the U. S. Department of Agriculture showing the shipment is free from Japanese Beetle. 
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