HARRISON'S NURSERIES. BKRIyIN, MD. 



College Park, Md., December 3, 19C3. 

 My Dear Sirs: — From, my observation of the Ray 

 peach one could not propagate too many of them. 

 Give them judicious cultivation, intelligent fertiliza- 

 tion and careful management tor success. 

 Yours verj' truly, 



R. W. Sylvester, 

 Pre& of Maryland Agricultural College. 



Salisbury, Md., Dec. 4, 1003, 

 Gentlemen : — I have noticed 

 with interest a small orchard and 

 have seen each crop of fruit the 

 trees have borne. I am fully con- 

 vinced from my observation that 

 the Ray is a valuable sort and 

 worthy of close attention by nur- 

 serymen and growers. 



Yours very truly, 



Wm. M. Cooper, 

 Sec. of Wicomico Building 

 and Loan Association. 



W. M. OOOPER. 



Ivaurel, Del,, December 3, 1903. 

 Dear Sirs: — In reply to yours of 1st will say I was 

 at the Field Meeting last summer and rode through 

 the peach orchard and ate some of the fruit of the Ray 

 variety. We pronounced them first-class peaches, 

 good color and flavor. 



Yours truly, 



VV. T. Recards, 

 Laurel Flour Mills. 



Seaford, Del,, December 5, 1903. 

 Gentlemen: — I was very favorably impressed with 

 the Ray peach and trees. Would like to have a few 

 myself. 



Yours truly, 



J. E. Dutton. 



Allen, Md., December 6. 1903. 

 Gentlemen: — Taken all in all, the Ray seems to us 

 to be a good standard variety of peaches and would 

 make a very nice orchard, or fit well in a succession 

 of varieties in a large market orchard, or in a small 

 collection to reach through the season for domestic 

 use. 



Yours very truly, 



Mr. & Mrs. W. Goodell, 



Tyaskin. Md., December 3, 1903. 

 Gentlemen:— Yours received and contents noted. 

 You asked my opinion on the Ray peach. I attended 

 the Field Meeting and saw the Ray peach and sampled 

 it, and must say I never saw a finer peach in my life. 

 I brought a few home and .<-howed them to some peo- 

 ple and all who saw it pronounced it a very fine peach. 

 If I were going to plant an orchard I would not hesi- 

 tate to plant that variety. 



Yours very trulv, 



W. W. Graham. 



Laurel, Del., December .'. 1903. 

 Gentlemen: — Replying to your inquiry as to tny 

 opinion of the Ray peach as seen and sampled, I be- 

 lieve it is a money maker for the peach grower and is 

 certainly worth propagation. I have never seen a finer 

 orchard in fruit than this one. 



Yours very truly, 



Cordrey Bros. 



I believe that profitable peach growing in the fu- 

 ture will only result from the practice of planting only 

 the newer varieties which have sprung from the Chi- 

 nese Cling parentage, one of which I believe the Ray 

 peach to be. 



Yours respectfullv. 



Theo. Townsend. 



Camden, Del., December 5, 1903. 

 Gentlemen: — Yours in inquiry about the Ray 

 peach. The trees and peaches I saw were very vigor- 

 ous and thrifty. As annual bearers they fill the bill, 

 the size of the peach is all right, color good with fin? 

 blush, quality not the best, but equal to some of our 

 largely grown varieties. The planting of Yellow 

 peaches has been pretty much overdone and there will 

 be and is now a great demand for a good white peach. 

 The orchards being planted in this neighborhood have 

 a great proportion of white fruit. 

 Yours truly, 



C. G. Brown. 



Milford, Conn., August 11, 1093. 

 Dear Sir: — Your kind and thoughtful contribution 

 to our recent meeting at Yalesville arrived in tjod 

 shape, and the peaches which you call Ray were very 

 fine. All present were given a chance to test the fruit 

 at the dinner tables. Mr. Hale, President Piatt and 

 others who looked over the peaches as soon as I opened 

 the crates, pronounced them excellent peaches, some- 

 what like our Mt. Rose in appearance and flavor. 

 Very truly yours, 



H. C. C. Miles, 

 Sec. of the Connecticut Pomological Society. 



Sycamore, Del., December 7, 1903. 

 Gentlemen : — Your letter of the 4th received and 

 contents noted. Will say in reply the Ray peach trees 

 were the finest I ever saw, and the flavor of the Ray 

 is excellent. I am quite sure it will be a good fruit 

 for propagation. 



Yours respectfullv, 



Peter J. Messick, 



Milford. Del., December 3, 1903. 

 Mr. Harrison: — The Ray peach commands a place 

 in our orchards as one of our best varieties. I would 

 be pleased to set some of them. 



Yours respectfully, 



B. P. B. Woodall. 



Easton, Md., December 8, 1903. 

 Dear Sirs: — Yours of the 4th at hand. In regard 

 to the peach you refer to, I did sample those peaches 

 and I certainly liked the quality and the appearance of 

 of the peach. I heard a good many speak very 

 highly of it and wanted to know if they could get any 

 trees of the kind to plant. If I were planting an 

 orchard I would plant largely of the Ray if I could 

 get them. 



Very respectfully, 



A. J. Stewart. 



Salisbury, Md., Dec. 9, 1903. 

 Gentlemen ; — Your esteemed 

 favor of the 1st received, and in re- 

 ply begto say that I certainly think 

 the Ray peach one of the finest I 

 ever saw. They seem to be such 

 prolific bearers. If I were engaged 

 in farming I should certainly have 

 some of the Ray peach trees. 



Yours respectfully, 

 C. R. Disharoon, 

 Maj'or of Salisbury, Md. 



C. R. DISHAROON. 



Redden, Del., December 29, 1903. 

 Gentlemen:— In reply to your favor of the 2nd 

 would say that I saw and sampled the Ray peach last 

 summer and thought that both trees and peaches were 

 the finest I ever saw. I certainly think they should be 

 propagated largely. Such a fine looking peach would 

 I am sure bring a good price in any first-class market. 

 Respectfully yours, 



C. E. Compton. 



