New! Exclusive! TIC) OSO GEM 
The World's Largest Peach 
An amazing feature of the Rio-Oso-Gem is, it will 
ke on a good bright red color and yellow background 
two weeks before ripening, and even ten 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 prac- 
tically 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-Osio-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 extremely 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 coloring is unique, being a beautiful dark crim- 
son-red, running out to light crimson and into a rich 
mottle of crimson over the orange-yellow ground color. 
It is a good transcontinental shipper. 
LARGER THAN J. H. HALE 
Rio-Oso-Gem is a larger Peach than J. H. Hale and 
yields bumper crops, larger than Elberta. In our own 
and other orchards, Rio-Oso-Gem bears at a younger 
age than any of the other yellow varieties. 
Destined to be TRAVELS 3500 MILES 
See iat poncks One striking feature of Rio-Oso-Gem is the un- 
usually firm texture of the fruit. It will stand up and 
ship in excellent condition in standard refrigerator 
cars for long transcontinental hauls of 3500 miles in 
THE RESPONSIBLE A-1 shape for the markets. 
HARRISONS’ NURSERIES 
have been in ee Dus- 
iness since 1884, at Berlin, : 
Maryland. The Harrisons’ own | - OSO - GEM Harrisons’ Maryland Grown 
and operate More ett Peach Trees are the 
Sample of RIO-OSO-GEM Grown in Harrisons’ Orchards at Berlin, Maryland. 
Sold only by Harrisons’ Nurseries in numerous states. 
C ty, Maryland Ideal for Home Orchards Finest Quality in the World 
CUSTOMER AND BANK 
REFERENCE TWO WEEKS LATER THAN ELBERTA 
For customer references—— ThalRiss@co=Genuavonlel hesPeach ahcommercialume 
refer you to any fruit 
in America who has portance when ripening at any time during the Peach 
Harrison-Grown fruit season, but it is very fortunate that it ripens two weeks 
later than Elberta, which puts it at a time when there is 
vonk references — 0 other variety of commercial importance as a com- 
Trust Company of  petitor, and fills a long looked-for gap in commercial 
aryland, Baltimore, Mary- production, ripening when the markets are clamoring for 
nd; Calvin B. Taylor Bank- L- : : names 
ing ‘Co., Berlin, Maryland; | Peaches—this variety has sold at very much higher prices 
Exchange and Savings Bank, than Elberta and J. H. Hale. To prolong your Peach 
Berlin, Maryland. shipping season, we highly recommend 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 plantings of this remarkable Peach. 
MOST BEAUTIFUL PEACH ON EARTH 
1948 PRICES OF RIO-OSO-GEM 
U. S. Plant Patent No. 84. 
One-Year Budded Trees: 
1-9 10-49 SOormore 
Trees Trees Trees 
5 to 6 ft., 11/16 to 7/8 in. caliper ...$2.25 $1.90 $1.60 : : 
4 to S ft., 9/16 to 11/16 in. caliper .. 2.00 1.65 1.35 a 3 te i _ 
3 to 4 ft., 7/16 to 9/16 in. caliper my 1.40 1.10 ‘ ‘: Z . 
2 to 3 ft., 5/16 to 7/16 in. caliper 1.50 1.20 -90 @ \e} | 
2 to 3 ft., V4 to 5/16 in. caliper pulaee 1.05 .80 ‘ 3 % - 
lie Wokz eet Le. oe TL 90 .70 > vin? To 
1 to 14 ft. 1.00 .80 .60 lie - ee > ae 
PROLI FIC BEARER—RIO-OSO-GEM PEACH 
