S2 HAHRlSONS' NURSERIES. BERLIN, MD., U. S. A. 



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Ray 



Ripens August 10 to 20. Creamy white skin, splotched with deep 

 crimson and yelloio. Flesh white and firm. Size large. Freestone 



Ray is our own introduction, to which we give our unqualified 

 stamp of approval. It ripens about the same tim.e as Belle of 

 Georgia, perhaps a little later, and seems to be fully as good a 

 peach. 



ONE OF THE HANDSOMEST PEACHES 



You may say that people do not buy peaches to look at, and 

 you're right. If Ray had no other good points, it would sell upon 

 its appearance alone ; but in addition to this, it has a most deli- 

 cious taste. Although the flesh is firm, it is always tender : while 

 Ray peaches are juicy, they will stand a lot of handling. It takes 

 more than a good appearance to sell peaches to the same person 

 more than once. The appearance draws customers ; the taste 

 holds them; what better combination could you desire? 



A DANDY SHIPPER 



Ray can stand about as much handling and keep in good shape 

 as any peach we ever saw. All peaches must be handled pretty 

 tenderly, just because of the luscious qualities which make them 

 so desirable, but Ray seems able to endure more rough treatment 

 than the rest. 



Do not think that Ray is a novelty or an experiment ! It has 

 been thoroughly tested and is now being grown upon thousands of 

 trees in numerous orchards. In fact, we have planted many thou- 

 sands of trees ourselves, which shows exactly how much confidence 

 we have in it. When a new peach has been well tried out. the men 

 who first plant it and are able to place it upon the market first 

 are the men who get the large profits. Peach-growing is profitable 

 at all times, but when a desirable new sort comes into the market 

 it may sell for a dollar a basket more than the older, well-known 

 varieties. 



The white peach is considered by many people more tender than 

 the yellow. Whether this is so or not, the idea is strong enough 

 to make them demand white peaches. We prefer white peaches for 

 table use and yellow peaches for preserving and canning. 



OUR PEACH TREES ARE BUDDED FROM BEARING 

 ORCHARDS 



