rfie Peach of the Future 





' -^ HALE HARRISON 



^^^ \ U.S. Patented BRILLIANT No. 814 



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Sensational! Netv! Colossal! 

 f Will Replace Elherta 



%^^^m Size — Uniform. Larger than the Elberta and varies very little, 



^s5% irrespective of heavy cropping. 



i Form — Globular, somewhat elongated, ovate-oval. 



Skin-Color — Brilliant cardinal red amost competely covering 

 a golden yellow ground color, even when growing in shade in 

 the interior of the tree. Has only a slight fuzz. 



Flesh — Fine grain and rich yellow with some red splashing 

 towards the stone. Flavor — superior and rated as excellent by 

 commercial growers, being distinctly aromatic and pleasing. 

 Quality — best. Stone: free, somewhat flat, roughtly corrugated 

 concentrically from the base, with base very narrow and tip 

 sharply pointed. Size: smaller stone or pit than that of the 

 g|H|Up , ■—■ '.-CW Elberta. 



^^^^^ ' . • _Jl^y Tendency to split: does not develop an inclination to split, 



"^ ,jM!^SI^™h' thus eliminating the possibility of the bitter flavor frequently 



found in the Elberta peach. 



Use: Commercial market, local, dessert, culinary, canning. 



Keeping Quality: Excellent. 



■f^ 0/ Excerpts of comments by Prominent Virginia growers 



Mr. C. Purcell McCue — "Personally, I feel this peach 

 will replace ELBERTA in this section." 



Mr. C. E. Starkweather — "It bears larger, better 

 Ar-TiiAi colored peaches even with a heavier crop than the 



SIZE OF PEACH E"'-^- d° " 



Mr. Oscar F. Jones — "The HALE HARRISON BRIL- 



PLANTED IN THIRTY-FOUR STATES LIANT peaches came through with a minimum of 



ORICIN-This sensational new peach was discovered by Mr. Oscar F '"jury while adjacent Elbertas were badly damaged." 



Jones, nearCrozet, Virginia m Ihe farrious mountainous Albemarle County ^^ L^^ -,- Carpenter— " If it proves out in tests as good as it 



section. He was manager for more than 30 years tor the A. C. Bruce . ■ i i i .... i j i_ ^i_ x i j 



orchards, who planted many thousands of Harrison grown peach trees, IS in its Original habitat 1 consider it to be .he greatest find 



starting in 1902. A life long horticulturist, he is a pioneer in one of the since Elberta in the 1870's." 



largest peach growing districts of the United States. k j ,-,,,,. « -,-, 



_ , X ^ V, J J »i. c ^ ,1 J Mr. Charles H. Martin — The parent tree of this peach is the 



Tree: Large to medium. Vigorous and rapid growth. Spreading and under x. _i ..r. ^ \i i _i i. -^ ■ 



cropping conditions appears to weep. Dense; hardy. Very productive, largest and the most prolific I ever saw and when it is 



bearing at an early age and carrying and maturing a load of fruit that loaded with those large, uniform fruit, one hundred per Cent 



commercial growers have estimated to be 20% greater than would be colored it is a sight to be remembered." 

 practical on an Elberta tree of similar size, since less pruning is required. 



Trunk— Slender to medium. The wood is tough and not brash and has ^'- Edward D. Daugherty "I know something of the HALE 



great flexibility. The bark resembles the Elberta. HARRISON BRILLIANT and consider it a very unusual 



Branches— Slender to medium Rapid growth. The wood is tough and variety which will soon replace Elberta if properly distributed 



not brash and has great flexibility and tensile strength. Requires less and advertised." 

 pruning than the Elberta. When heavily laden, branches bend gracefully 



with a minimum of breakage. Mr. H. P. Rhodes — "The 500 Hale Harrison Brilliant peach 



Leaves— The foliage as compared to the Elberta is darker and larger, trees I got from you and planted during November of 



The leaves are rich dark green and average one inch longer and one-eighth 1949, that 498 are growing and have made a tremendous 



inch wider than the Elberta, Also the leaves are wavy to slightly crinkled growth with dark green, healthy leaves and sturdy limbs. I 



with the edge coarsely serrated to almost smooth; obovate-lance-olate; „ „ t„ i- „ * tu , -. j «-^» lU u u i „i i-u 



base angle wide; glands reniform, 2-4 in number, inconspicuous, reddish "'as over to C ozet ths Summer and got three bushe s of this 



brown, amazing peach from Mr. Oscar Jones, they were off of the 



Flower buds— The bud and blossom are more resistant to frost and parent (16 years old) tree, which had probably twenty 

 freezes than the Elberta, the blossoms resembling the Elberta in color bushels which he sold off the tree for $4.50 per bushel, 

 and conformation but are somewhat deeper in shade. They were the most perfect example of a very large, de- 

 Resistance to: Brown rot — excellent. Experiments indicate that when licious firm peach I have ever seen. Will eventually replace 

 any breakdown of cellular structure takes place, it is not usually in the Elberta. I want to plant another block, as I believe and 

 form of a rot, but rather a gradual less of moisture fo lowed by shrive ing. ii i lU i -^ l \\i u i. \/- ■ • iU 

 ^ ' all of the fruit men of Winchester, Virginia agree with 



Fruit: Large (from 23/4x3 inches to 3x3V'2 inches), elongated ovate- ^e, that this peach is the answer to a fruit grower's prayer. 



oval. Color yellow with blush and mottling of red color; quite attractive- '^ o f r 



Suture striped with russet raised and slightly prominent. Cavity, narrow. PRICES' HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT PEACH TREES 

 deep, acute. Stem end narrow with slight ridging. Stem end aoO. suture 



firm (the entire fruit ripening evenly) . Fruit throughout the tree is quite One Year Budded I to 9 1 to 49 50 to 1 99 200 or 



uniformly large, even though pruning and fruit thinning were light. The Fine Quality Trees Trees Trees Trees more Trees 



fruit ripens in the Elberta seascn but will remain on the tree at a more "^ t^ <; t„nt O 7^ 1: 1 Qn CI ^n CI 3^; 



mature stage fo^ a longer period than will the Elberta. V f. ^^^^ * '^c ^'^c * ,c 



4 to 5 feet Z.OO I .65 1.35 I . I 5 



SHIPPING QUALITY: SHIPS WELL. BUSHEL BASKETS OF 3 to 4 feet 1 75 ) 40 110 95 



THE FRUIT HAVE BEEN SHIPPED BY EXPRESS, UNICED, TO 2 to 3 feet 150 120 90 75 



X^J^I^kV^ ITcVZ-Ic^^P ^^^Kt^^^^'^lV^ IWJ'^I^?'.^^;. ^'- ^ ° ^^^Cuire said- After investigating I found that this amazing 



DITION. BASKETS OF THE FRUIT HAVE BEEN SHIPPED peach is iust what I have been seeking for several years to grow instead 



PARCEL POST TO VARIOUS STATES AND HAVE BEEN DE- of Elberta at Carbondale, Illinois." Mr. McCuire telephoned his order to 



LIVERED IN PERFECT CONDITION express 700 Hale Harrison Brilliant peach trees 5 to 6 feet. 



GENUINE HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT PEACH TREES GROWN AND SOLD 

 EXCLUSIVELY BY HARRISON BROTHERS NURSERIES, BERLIN. MARYLAND. 



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