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We have received several hundred complimentary letters highly 

 praising the Rio Oso Gem peach, U. S. Plant Patent No. 84, from 

 all over the United States, some of the typical remarks are from 

 people such as Fussell-Graham-Alderson Company, Forest City, 

 Arkansas, "We have about 1,000 of Harrisons' Rio Oso Gem 

 peach trees from which we have been harvesting the largest and 

 prettiest peaches I ever saw. We sold our Elberta peaches, U. S 

 No. 1 grade at |2.25 per bushel and we had no trouble in picking 

 the Rio Oso Gem peaches, 2Vi inches and all up which we sold at 

 $4.00 per bushel, f. o. b. Forest City, Arkansas." 



Mr. Ben M. Gramling, the pioneer peach grower of Spartanburg 

 County, South Carolina, after the Spring 1949 frosts and freezes, 

 when the crops on most varieties of peaches were completely 

 killed and Elberta showing around 95 per cent fruit buds killed, 

 writes: "I am pleased to tell you that we have reports that the 

 Rio Oso Gem peach trees in this section have come through with 

 a full crop. While we do not have so many of these planted in 

 this section (Gramling, South Carolina), there are several orch- 

 ards in different sections of Spartanburg County and all I have 

 heard from are O. K." 



Mr. Charles Hcilig, Sewell, New Jersey, Gloucester County, said 

 that the most handsome and the best peach of the forty years 

 experience that he has had, was his fii'st crop of Rio Oso Gem 

 on 400 trees, three year old, from which he picked during early 

 September 324 bushels and which he sold at the average price 

 of 55.00 per bushel at his farm, grossing him more than $1,600.00 

 from this very young orchard. He bought 620 Rio Oso Gem trees 

 for planting this fall and said his future plantings would be Rio 

 Oso Gem. 



Mr. H. Frank Smith, Prop., Hillcrest Orchard, Dover, Arkansas, 

 {svrites, "This year's crop convinces me that the Rio Oso Gem, 

 U. S. Plant Patent No. 84, is the very finest peach and has cer- 

 tainly 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." 



Mr. E. R. Connor, Fruit Grower 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 thi-ee year old trees he picked a 300 bushel crop for 

 which he was offered $3.75 per bushel f. o. b. Stephen City, 

 Virginia for the entire crop, but he refused the sale so that he 

 could sell the peaches in smaller quantities at higher prices to 

 liis customers throughout the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and 

 nearby Cities. He planted 100 more trees two years ago which 

 had a few peaches on them this summer. Connor states he wishes 

 he had 5,000 Rio Oso Gem peach trees, U. S. Plant Patent No. 84, 

 planted in his orchard instead of 500. 



Mr. C. Orville Kersey, Pitman, New Jersey, Gloucester County, 

 said that the greatest and most beautiful peach he ever saw was 

 the Rio Oso Gem. He gave us an order for 1,000 trees of Rio Oso 

 Gem, U. S. Plant Patent No. 84, one year budded, 3 to 4 ft. with 

 check for §750.00, for November, 1949 planting. This peach 

 brought the highest prices of any variety of peach grown in 

 New Jersey this year. 



John L. Harrison, Harrisons' Orchards, Berlin, Maryland, planted 

 another orchard of Rio Oso Gem, U. S. Plant Patent No. 84, 

 consisting of 4,100 trees last March. We still have the utmost 

 faith in the Rio Oso Gem, as it is the greatest money making 

 peach we have ever known. We still have "quick frozen" Rio Oso 

 Gem peaches which were processed five years ago and still are 

 in good condition. These peaches were quick frozen on September 

 1, 1944 and are in excellent condition, with exceptionally fine 

 flavor and good, firm texture, being ideal for dessert eating. 



Mr. W. B. Hammett, Inman, South Carolina, in the famous 

 Spartanburg County peach district, who is Director of South 

 Carolina Peach Growers Association, wrote: 



"I am one of your patrons, I ordered thirteen hundred (1,300) 

 Rio Oso Gem peach trees U. S. Plant Patent No. 84, a couple of 

 years ago. I had the first peaches on this planting of which I 

 am well pleased. The size and quality of the peach is extra 

 fine. I am sending you a clipping of my Rio Oso Gem orchard so 

 you can see they are large trees for their age. I am a real booster 

 for your Nurseries as my orchard is on the main highway and 

 everyone interested in planting new varieties of peaches did 

 just stop and look, and look at the Rio Oso Gem peaches last 

 summer." 



Mr. Hammett sent us another order for Rio Oso Gem trees for 

 shipment during December, 1949. 



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New Lower Prices On Rio Oso Gem 



U. S. Plant Patent No. 84 



Trne-to-Name 1 to 9 10 to 49 50 to 199 



One-Year Budded Trees: Trees Trees Trees 



5- 6 ft. 11/16-7/8 in. caliper $1.95 $1.65 $1.30 



4- 5 ft. 9/16-11/16 in. caliper.... 1.55 1.30 1.00 



3- 4 ft. 7/16-9/16 in. caliper 1.30 1.10 .85 



2- 3 ft. 5/16-7/16 in. caliper 1.15 1.00 .70 



Prices F. O. B. Berlin, Maryland 



200 or 

 More 

 Trees 

 $1.05 

 .90 

 .75 



.60 



Founded 

 1884 



Over 4000 

 Jlcres 



EIO-OSO-GEM PEACHES BRING DOUBLE PRICES COMPARED TO 

 MOST VARIETIES 



Every year the Rio-Oso-Gem brings highest prices of 

 any variety on the American markets. 



HARRISON BROTHERS, PROPS. 



BERLIN, 



