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HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT PEACH TREES HAVE B EEN PLANTED IN 34 STATES 



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Here are just a few of the comments growers have pass 



Mr. C. Purcell McCue, Ex-President, Virginia Horticultural Socie- 

 ty, Greenwood, Virginia, Albemarle County, says: 

 "A neighbor of mine Mr. O. F. Jones has been growing for the 

 past eight years, a peach, which I think is the answer for those 

 who have been seeking a variety to take the place of ELBERTA. 

 It has size, a prolific bearer, fast strong growing tree, develops 

 an unusual set of buds, all over the tree and particularly inside. 

 It is yellow, freestone, practically fuzzless, very high color and 

 colors anywhere in the tree it grows; flavor super id- to ELBER- 

 TA. Flesh very firm, with unusual resistance to brown rot. When 

 picked in eating condition remains firm for days. Ripens in EL- 

 BERTA season. It is a longer peach than ELBERTA, with a 

 distinct point, which point remains firm with body of peach. I 

 have watched this peach for past eight years. We expect to plant 

 two hundred of them as soon as trees are available. Personally, 

 I feel this? peach v/ill replace ELBERTA in this section. 



Mr. C. E. Starkweather; Crozet, Virginia, in the famous Albe- 

 marle County Peach Section, says: 



"With the background of 40 years in commercial fruit growing 

 I believe the new HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT peach will 

 eliminate Elberta in commercial peach planting. No one would 

 purchase Elberta when they can get this new peach at the same 

 price. This new peach is a knockout. It bears larger, better color- 

 ed peaches even with a heavier crop than the Elbertas do. In the 

 center of the trees where the foliage is dense the peaches still 

 get the fine color and are highly resistant to Brown Rot as well 

 as being more resistant to frost and also ship better than El- 

 berta." 



U. S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd, Winchester, Virginia, says: 

 "Thanks for your letter in regard to the new peach. I wish you 

 would send 25 of these trees to my foreman — Mr. Charles 

 Singhas, Byrd Orchards, Charles Town, West Virginia. With 

 kindest regards and best wishes, I am." 



Mr. Wallace J. White, Hartfield, Virginia, Middlesex County, 

 says: 



"I now have an orchard of 4,000 fruit trees and am interested 

 in planting some of the new peaches that origiiiated in Green- 

 wood, Virginia, as I understand that you people bought the pat- 

 ent and are offering this new peach." 



Mr. Oscar F. Jones, Discoverer of this famous peach, whose 

 Orchard is between Crozet and Greenwood, Virginia, says: 

 "On April 12, 1949, it was down to 16 degrees F. twice while 

 the HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT were in bloom." 

 Later 0. F. J. says, "The HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT 

 peaches came through with a minimum of injury while adjacent 

 Elbertas were badly damaged." 



Mr. Lee T. Carpenter, Louisa, Virginia, Louisa County, says: 

 "If it proves out in tests as good as it is in its original habitat 

 I consider it to be the gieatest find since Elberta in the 1870's. 

 The thing that struck me was it colored well before it was ripe 

 on the inside and outside of tlie tree and from thy bottom to the 

 top of the tree to such an extent that the entire tree could be 

 picked at one picking which would be a great time saver in com- 

 mercial orchards. Its flavor is far better than Elberta and its 

 shipping qualities are all that can be asked for as it has been 

 shipped several thousand miles arriving in good shape. This 

 peac^h is a splendid canner and also has very little fuzz which 

 adds to its attractiveness even though it is not put throuq:h the 

 brushing machine." 



ed on to us about the Hale Harrison Brilliant Peach. 



Mr. H. V. Scale, Culpeper, Virginia, Culpeper County, says: 



"I would like to have 200 trees of the HALE HARRISON 

 BRILLIANT and will take anything less that you can furnish." 



Mr. Charles H. Martin, Manager, Nininger Orchards, Roanoke, 



Virginia, Roanoke County, says: 



"I received the peaches in good condition and the large, uniform 

 size and the excellent color leaves nothing to be desired in the 

 new peach. 



"They are the most delicious peaches we have ever canned, and 

 while we raise several varieties, all we canned were the ones 

 we received from you. The ones we received from you last year 

 were on the road five days, yet they carne through in fine con- 

 dition, showing them to be excellent keepers. The parent tree 

 of this peach is the largest and the most prolific I ever saw and 

 when it is loaded with those large, uniform fruit, one hundred 

 per cent colored it is a sight to be remembered." 



Mr. Edward D. Daughtrey, President, Herbert Cold Storage and 

 Ice Company, Crozet, Virginia, says: 



"I know something of the HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT and 



consider it a very unusual variety which will soon replace El- 

 berta if properly distributed and advertised. Please send me two 

 hundred of these trees." 



Mr. Chesley A.- Haden, Outstanding Fruit Broker and Grower, 

 Crozet, Virginia, says: 



"I am delighted to learn from your letter of October 10th that 

 you folks have taken on the Jones peach for propagation, since 

 the evidence seems to point to something worthwhile. I presume 

 that you will have some of this stock on the market in the fall 

 and if I am living and still in the peach business I want to plant 

 a block of this variety." 



Mr Ray W. Warrick, Crozet, Virginia, says: 



"I have not seen this HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT peach. I 

 have heard some very good reports about it however " 



Mr. R. C, Moore, Horticulturist, Virginia Agriculture Station, 

 Blacksburg, Virginia, Montgomery County, says: 



"1 iiave been impressed by the size of its fruit especially since 

 the growers are being encouraged to produce larger peaches." 



Mr. H. P. Rhodes, Winchester, Virginia, in the Great Frederick 

 County Fruit Area, says: 



"Inclosed find check for $550.00 payment for 500 Hale Harrison 

 Brilliant peach trees, 3 to 4 feet. When these trees are ready to 

 set in November, 1949, kindly notify me and I will drive over to 

 Berlin, Maryland and get them with my V2 ton pickup truck. The \ 

 trees that I got last year have made a tremendous growth. I ! 

 believe that this peach will eventually replace the Elberta as a ■ 

 commercial variety. If this first block turns out like the original 

 tree fruit, I expect to plant a block out each year." 



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HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT PEACH TREES ARE GROWN AND SOLD EXCLUSIVELY BY 



Harrison Brothers Nurseries 



Telephone - Berlin 27 and 28 



Night Telephone - Berlin 3 



G. HALE HARRISON, Genaral Manager 



BERLIN, MARYLAND 



HARRISON GROWN FRUIT TREES ARE CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 



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