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OUR COMPLETE PRICE LIST FOR FALL 1939 



Bountiful Ridge Nurseries 



AGAIN LEADS THE WAY 



In Producing Superior Fruit Trees and Berry Plants that Give Universal Satisfaction at Prices 

 That Represent America's Greatest Values in Nursery Stock 



The Day is Past When The Planter Can Afford to Buy "Just a Tree or Plant"! 

 ^ ^ Our Listings of New Varieties and Selected Types of Older Varieties Point the Way ]B ' " '^ 



V To Greater Production - Greater Consumer Satisfaction - Greater Profits to The Grower i^ 



Three Generations, With Over 75 Years of Fruit Tree and Berry Plant Production Experience 

 Bring You The Best Stock Man's Ingenuity Can Grow. 



THRIFTY— HARDY— DEPENDABLE PLANTING STOCK LEADS TO SUCCESS. 

 LET US HELP YOU TO PLAN AND PLANT FOR FUTURE PRODUCTION AND PROFIT. 



ADVANTAGES OF FALL PLANTING 



Uur year.s of experience ia the niirsery and or- 

 obard business has taught us that everyone sliould 

 practice fall planting, whenever it is possible to do 

 so, providing climatic conditions throughout the 

 winter are not too severe, and also providing they 

 can obtain well matured nursery stock. We especial- 

 ly recommend the planting of fruit trees and small 

 berry plants, with exception of Strawberry plants, 

 in most locations, but in case of doubt write us and 

 we will advise if it is practical for your particular 

 territory. 



The advantages of planting in the fall are; that 

 the grower can get freshly dug stock which never 

 goes through storage, and when planted from nur- 

 sery row to orchard, the roots will quickly heal 

 where cut when dug. Also winter rains will firmly 

 set the dirt about the roots and the tree is ready to 

 start with the first sap movement in spring. Again 

 by fall planting the grower has time to give more 

 attention to this work and better results will be ob- 

 tained by the extra attention to the planting. 



By fall planting, we mean anytime that the ground 

 is not frozen or the air temperatures not below 40 

 degrees during the fall and early winter months. 

 Should a cold snap come while planting, wait until 

 it warms up and go ahead, but be sure to mound a 

 cone of earth around the tree about 12" high to 

 afford support, drainage and protection from winter 

 winds. Note here, however, that we do not re- 

 commend planting to be made on land which has a 

 tendency to heave from frost, unless the tree is 

 treated as above, and in the case of plants, that the.v 

 lie lieavily mulched. In all cases do not trim or cut 

 back the tree until spring. 



Again be sure the nursery stock is well matured, 

 and if you deal with a responsible nurseryman, he 

 will not ship until the stock is right. Should you de- 

 sire fall planting we will do our jiart to give you the 

 right kind of stock. Let your order come forward 

 so we can prepare to ship at the right time. 



DELIVERY SERVICE 



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Our policy of giving free delivery on all orders 

 of $50.00 or more to distances of within five hun- 

 dred miles of our nursery will be continued this 

 year in spite of the fact that freight rates have been 

 advanced. Where orders are large enough to jus- 

 tify it, our trucks will deliver direct to your farms. 

 This means less than forty-eight hour service on 

 your stock from the time it is dug until it is deliv- 

 ered, ready to plant. Special freight allowances 

 will be made on large orders received from a dis- 

 tance of more than five hundred miles from our nur- 

 sery. 



SAVE 5c 

 ON EVERY 



$ DISCOUNTSol"^fElv$ 



We allow a cash discount on all orders received 

 before April 1, 1940. Where cash accompanies the 

 order, five per cent may be deducted, and also on 

 large orders where twenty-five per cent of the 

 amount is sent with the order and the balance is to 

 be paid on delivery of the trees or remittance made 

 before shipment. Put your money to work and take 

 advantage of this liberal discount. Buy and phtiit 

 Bountiful Ridgre grrown trees and plants this fall. 

 Make an investment for future income. Order 

 promptl.v. Our low prices are guaranteed onl.v un- 

 til January 1, 1940. 



f G E — 



tch will jGUi plant — Yearling i»ea*h Tree 

 or June Bud Peach Tree. 



We are going to present a few facts about the 

 growing of peach trees by these two methods and 

 let you be the judge as to which type of tree you 

 should select for planting. 



1. Yearling peach, or dormant bud peach as they 

 are sometimes called, are produced by planting the 

 peach seed in the fall, allowing the seedling to 

 grow during the following summer, the tree then 

 being budded in August, as a rule. This bud re- 

 mains dormant until the following spring when the 

 seedling top Is removed and the bud allowed to 

 grow, giving the bud a full summer to make its 

 growth and maturity. In the yearling tree you have 

 a root growth of two years and a top growth of 

 one year. 



'1. June budded peach are produced by planting 

 the seed in the fall, budding these seedlings early 

 the following summer in May or earl.v June. At the 

 time of budding, the seedling is cut or broken in the 

 top, and as soon as the bud starts, the seedling is 

 further broken down, and in a short time the entire 

 top of the seedling is removed. As the bud starts 

 fts growth the branches are suckered out to a cer- 

 tain height. This is done principally to force the 

 tree to a greater height. Under favorable conditions 

 June budded trees grow very rapidly and in most 

 cases are dug and sold to the planters the same 

 year, thus giving liini only a one year root and a 

 one year top to the tree. 



It has also been found that yearling peach trees have 

 proved n\ore disease resistant to man.v of the com- 

 mon diseases of the peach tree. T!ie yearling peach 

 tree lias a harder wood and a harder root system in 

 which to store an abundance of vitality and natural 

 stamina for resisting diseases, wliicli the young and 

 more tender wood of the .Tune budded trees does 

 not liave, due to its very short growing life. 



