ORIGINAL STRAIN 

 U. S. PLANT 

 PATENT 



#84 



HARRISON 

 BROTHERS, 



BERLIN, 

 MARYLAND 



New! Exclusive! 

 Sensational ! 



YELLOW FREESTON 



The World's Greatest Peach 



The sensational Peach which has caused the greatest amount 

 of favorable reports of any Peach introduced in a half century 

 is that marvelous, big Peach, the World's largest, being a pat- 

 ented variety, the Rio-Oso-Gem, U. S. Plant Patent No. 84. 

 It has now been fruited in all Peach-grbwing districts in the 

 United States and Canada, and has definitely proven itself to 

 be the best all-around commercial Peach. Ask any man who 

 has grown the Rio-Oso-Gem. 



THE BEAUTIFUL GLORIFIED PEACH 



This beautiful Peach has a brilliant, bright red color, running 

 around 95% good red, whereas they ore easy to pock as U. S. 

 Fancy grade. The size of the Peach is all that anyone can 

 expect, as many of these Peaches will run a pound or more 

 in weight and in mony instances have been reported that the 

 crop would average three-quarters pound per Peach. The flam- 

 ing, beautiful bright red color in the cheek, along with an 

 ottractive orange-colored background, has earned It an envious 

 reputation as being the prettiest Peach grown. 



BEST FLAVORED COMMERCIAL PEACH 



The unexcelled flavor is better than that of J. H. Hale and 

 Elberto. The enticing flavor mokes it a very popular Peoch 

 for fresh eating. The rich flavor is retained when canned or 

 preserved. Now recognized as the leading conning Peach in 

 California. Rio-Oso-Gem is the only Peach which con be pro- 

 cessed by quick freezing and still retain its firm texture, with 

 its beautiful, rich, golden yellow flesh ond the some flavor as 

 when picked. We have quick frozen Rio-Oso-Gem Peaches 

 which were picked and processed on September 1, 1944, which 

 are still holding up in excellent condition. 



RECORD BREAKER FOR LONG DISTANCE 

 SHIPMENTS 



The Rio Oso Gem js the be^t of all Peoches for long distance 

 shipments ond the fruit will stond up longer offer being picked 

 than any other variety of Peach in existence. This stupendous 

 variety adopts itself exceedingly well for shipments in refrig- 

 erator cars ore-cooled, under stondard refrigeration for trans- 

 continentol hauls. This is the greotest Peach for shicHnents on 

 trucks under ventilation, os its hard, firm texture insures or- 

 rivol in excellent condition. 

 NATION'S HIGHEST NET CASH MONEY-MAKER 



RIO-OSO-GEM Amerka'rLeoding 



■ iscAl Kf\0 MnkilF ORfHARDS Commercial Peach. ^ 



lUCAL rWK nwivic WKV,nM^wj Sample of RIO-OSO-GEM Grown in Morrisons' Orchards at Berlin, Maryland. 



Starts to ripen 7 to I days later than Sold only bv Harrisons' Nurseries in numerous stotes. 



Elberta. Rio-Oso-Gem is a very prolific 1^^^^ WHAT FELLOW GROWERS SAY 



bearer and dependable annual cropper. ^^ ^^^^ received several hundred complimentary letters highly . praising the Rio-Oso-Cem 



RIO-OSO-GEM IS NO EXPERIMENT Peach, U. S. Plant Patent No. 84. from all over the United States, some of the typical remarks 



Colonel and Mrs. Frank Sleeter, Round Hill, are from people such as Fussell-Craham-Alderson Company, Forest City, Arkansas: "We have 



Virginia, wrote, "We have the land ready for about 1.000 of Harrisons' Rio-Oso-Gem Peach trees from which we have been harvesting the 



the 800 Rio-Oso-Cem peach trees, 5 to 6 feet largest and prettiest Peaches I ever saw. We sold our Elberta Peaches, U. S. No. 1 grade at 



for April, 1950 planting. It is a wonderful $2.25 per bushel and we had no trouble in picking the Rio-Oso-Cem Peaches 2Va inches and 



peach and we have had marvelous results up which we sold at $4.00 per bushel, f. o. b. Forest City, Arkansas." 



marketing it last year at $6.00 per bushel, in Mr. H. Frank Smith, Prop. Hillcrest Orchard. Dover, Arkansas, writes: "This year's crop con- 

 spite of the low market price prevailing during vinces me that the Rio-Oso-Cem. U. S. Plant Patent No. 84, is the very finest Peach and has 

 the summer of 1949." certainly proven such with me. It has very fine qualities as a canner and people go wild about 



it. It always brings the highest prices for me." 



fJ^X^V^^^UnWHHHI ^'^' ^'^^'''^^ Heilig, Sewell, tvlew Jersey, Gloucester County, said that the most handsome and 



'CfiMflHlM^^HHI the best Peach of the forty years' experience that he has had was his first crop of Rio-Oso-Cem 



on 400 trees, three years old, from which he picked during early September 324 bushels and 



_ . j^_ ■^"^m.-M vBf ^^i.^H ^ which he sold at an average price of $5.00 per bushel at his farm, grossing him more than 



>>,i ^Bf^ i. ^— ^^T|Ml(f*Tf^J|i^fcyM $1,600.00 frbm this very young orchard. He bought 620 Rio-Oso-Cem trees for planting November, 



and said his future plantings would be Rio-Oso-Cem 



AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS PEACH 



Mr. E. R. Connor, fruit grower and broker, of Stephen City, Virginia, in the famous Frederick 



County fruit section, was exceptionally well pleased with his first crop of Rio-Oso-Gem Peaches 



on his three-year-old trees which he picked during early September. From his 400 trees, three 



''!rf'VK^V^ ■■ V^ars old, he picked o 300-bushel crop for which he was offered $3.75 per bushel, f. o. b. Ste- 



^W l^^^ff ■ phen City, Virginia, for the entire crop, but he refused the sole so that he could sell the Peaches 



' ~ ■ in smaller quantities at high prices to his customers throughout the Shenandoah Volley of Vir- 



^- i^pv^rvs ginia and nearby cities. He planted 100 more trees two years ago which had a few Peaches on 



^ -Jp^S^M them this summer. Connor states he wishes he had 5,000 Rio-Oso-Gem Peach trees, U. S. Plant 



Patent No. 84, pinnted in his Orchard instead of 500. 



RIO-OSO-GEM IS A "MUST" FOR EVERY GROWER 

 There are still big cash profits in Peaches, provided you grow the right varieties ond in the 

 [•«7^^^«BJH|m%j»^w » near future you will see where the Rio-Oso-Gem, U. S. Plant Patent No. 84, will be getting more 



*^^^IIMaKWmMr^L.mfmmm ■/ prominence each year. It is predicted that within a decade or so, it will be the most extervsively 



planted commercial Peach in America. 



-'; ^Hbiimv^^^^^r^ ^^^"^ beautiful peach on earth 



^'"' ■ ' ■' ^^" ^ PRICES 0bL8|g-0S0-GEM IQRIGlNAk SISAINi- 



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^f.i^t^^'sjp'^ A ^ ^ True-to-Nome 1 to 9 10 to 49 50 to 99 100 or 



^ J^WjPf Ajft^^^y "WY-y^ff FV^^ One-Year Budded Trees Trees Trees Trees More Trees 



P 'W^BOBHliii tmJiPC^V^r 5-6 ft., n/ie-'ya in. caliper $2.35 $1.90 $1.35 $1.10 



, J* T^CiJ^Mwir^lKJK*/ J 4-5 ft., 9/16-11/16 in. caliper 1.90 1.65 1.10 .95 



f^ /.iWl^S^W ^tiX W^f^m 3-4 ft., 7/16-9/16 in. caliper 1.60 1.35 .95 .80 



fkMf^J^^m'W^^m,MMF^\. i^jm^^J^ SOLD out for spring i960. AVAILABLE FOR FALL 1960 SHIPMENT. 



PMrfiHi^ iiBH ■ w ^.-^-TL^P-— :» -..:: INTRODUCED BY HARRISONS' NURSERIES. 



PROLIFIC BEARER— RIO-OSO-GEM PEACH 



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