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An amazing feature of the Rio-Oso-Gem is, it will take on a good bright red color 
and yellow background 2 weeks before ripening, and even 10 days before actual ripening 
time the percentage of bright red color is decidedly more than most other varieties. 
When Rio-Oso-Gem is ready to pick and ship it has practically a solid red color. There 
is no other peach known that carries such a high percentage of red color on the fruit 
as this marvelous Rio-Oso-Gem. 
EXPERT FRUIT GROWERS SAY O. K. 
Rio-Oso-Gem has now fruited in practically every peach district of the Union. Veteran 
peach growers of the nation are loud in their praise of this startling variety. Rio-Oso- 
Gem has passed the experimental stage and proven an outstanding commercial variety, 
superseding the famous Elberta of the Victorian era. 
BIGGEST PEACH ON EARTH 
The Rio-Oso-Gem is a perfect freestone, form is globular, slightly elongated, of ex- 
- tremely large size, averaging in diameter from 234 to 334 
inches, deep yellow flesh, very fine grain, firm texture, with very 
excellent flavor, being rich, sweet and slightly spicy. The color- 
ing is unique, being a beautiful dark crimson-red, running out 
to lighter crimson and into a rich mottle of crimson over the 
orange-yellow ground color. It is a good transcontinental 
shipper. 
MOST BEAUTIFUL PEACH ON EARTH 
1945 PRICES OF RIO-OSO-GEM 
U. S. Plant Patent No. 84 
1 to9 10to0 49 50 to 300 
PROLIFIC BEARER—RIO-OSO-GEM PEACH 
1-Yr. Budded Trees , eee ee azo 
v 6 to 7 ft., % to 1 in. cal. ...$2.75 2135 24 
RIO.OSO.GEM 5 to 6 ft., 11716 to % in. cal. 2.25 1.90- 1.60 
4 to 5 ft.,.9/16 ‘to 11/16 in. 
| Ideal for Home Orchards 7 fh gr Re Mn ee ee 2.00 1.65 1.35 
TWO WEEKS LATER THAN ELBERTA 3 to 4 ft., 7/16 to 9/16 in. cal. 1.75 1.40 1.10 
The Rio-Oso-Gem would be a peach of 
commercial importance when ripening at 
any time during the peach season, but it 
is very fortunate that it ripens 2 weeks 
later than Elberta, which puts it at a time 
when there is no other variety of commercial import- BEARS HEAVIER 
ance as a competitor, and fills a long looked-for gap THAN 
in commercial production, ripening when the markets ELBERTA 
are clamoring for peaches—this variety has sold at 
very much higher prices than Elberta and J. H. Hale. 
To prolong your peach shipping season, we highly rec- 
ommend to you planting the Rio-Oso-Gem. Harrisons’ 
have planted twelve thousand Rio-Oso-Gem in their 
own famous orchards. We have the utmost faith in 
the Rio-Oso-Gem, and we will also make future plant- 
ings of this remarkable peach. 
There is a brilliant future in store for the progressive 
| orchardist who plants Rio-Oso-Gem peach trees. 
Protected by U. S. Plant Patent 
| No. 84 
Exclusive Propagation and Sales Rights of the Rio- 
Oso-Gem in the Following States Granted to Harri- 
sons’; 
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District 
of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Missis- 
sippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North 
Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia 
and West Virginia. Also sales rights in Ohio, Indiana, 
Illinois, Missouri. : 
Destined 
COMMERCIALLY TESTED sent ecetined 
America’s Highest Price Peach peading commercial peoch 
: = a i i iu ards a erlin, 
PLANT Now! 1945 Marianas Souk Gali by Hericons' Nurseries aanuaTnerOus states. 
Rio Oso Gem—The Outstanding Profit Making 
Peach—THE BEST PEACH 
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