HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN. MD. 



Milford, Conn., August 11, 1903. 

 Dear Sir — Your kind and thoughtful con- 

 tribution to our recent meeting at Yalesville 

 arrived in good 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, 

 somewhat like our Mt. Rose in taste and flavor. 

 Very truly yours, 



H. C. C. Mii.ES, 

 Sect, of the Connecticut Pomological Society. 



Redden, Del., December 29, 1903. 

 Gentlemen — I saw and sampled the Ray 

 peach last summer and thought that both trees 

 and peaches were the finest I ever saw. Such a 

 fine looking peach would, I am sure, bring 

 a good price in any first-class market. 



Respectfully yours, 



C. E. COMPTON. 



Seaford, Del., December 11, 1903. 

 Gentlemen— I think the Ray worth a place 

 among the best. We have many peaches that 

 are called good that are not as fine as the Ray. 

 The quality I should pronounce very good. 

 Yours very truly, 



Charles Friedel, Fruit Grower. 



Allen, Md., November 11, 1903. 

 Gentlemen — I should most heartily endorse 

 the introduction of the Ray if I had never seen 

 it. "When I recall the enormous profit of 

 $1,600.00 in three years from 264 trees, I consider 

 that its chief value lies in the fact at the time 

 it ripens there is no other peach of anywhere 

 near its equal in size and appearance on the 

 market. Very truly, R. Jones. 



RAY PEACH. 



Description of the New Peach 



RAY 



Ray— This peach is of the Chinese strain, a remarkable grower, so much so it is noticeable in the 

 nursery from other varieties. It ripens just after Troth's Early; size of Belle of Georgia or Moore's Favor- 

 ite; white flesh with red blush; a good shipper. The original tree has born 16 successive crops without a 

 single miss, and the small orchard of 264 trees, budded from same tree, 7 years old, has borne 4 successive 

 crops that have netted over twenty-two hundred ($2,200) dollars. We have the exclusive stock of this 

 variety, the first that has ever been offered, which we furnish at double price of regular variety of peach. 



PRICE OF RAY PEACH TREES 



Each. 



First-Class, XXX, 6 to 7 feet -------------- $0.40 



First-Class, XX, 5 to 7 feet - - - .30 



First-Class, 5 to 6 feet ----- .30 



First-Class, medium, 4 to 5 feet .24 



First-Class, light, 3 to 4 feet .20 



First-Class, branched, 2J^ to 3 feet - .16 



Dozen. 



Hundred. Thousand. 



;4.oo 



$18.00 



$160.00 



3.50 



16.00 



140.00 



3.00 



14.00 



120.00 



2.50 



12.00 



110.00 



2.00 



11.00 



100.00 



1.50 



9.00 



80.00 



WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY OF THE NEW PEACH— THE RAY 



The Ray peach came to hand. I think it is 

 quite an acquisition to the horticultural world, of 

 good quality and hardy, keeps like the Smock.— 

 Chas. H. Miller, Martinsburg, W. Va. 



The Ray peach was received, and I found the 

 quality excellent and the appearance very attrac- 

 tive.— The Phelps Pub. Co., Springfield, Mass. 



The Ray peaeh is beautiful in appearance and 

 has a fine flavor.—" Marylander and Herald," Prin- 

 cess Anne, Md. 



The Ray peach was beautiful in appearance and 

 delicious in flavor.— "The Ledger," Newark, Del. 



The Ray peach is fine in color, size and perfect- 

 ness, which makes it the coming peach. I con- 

 sider the Ray peach a very valuable early peach, it 

 is a fine size and has beautiful color. Its keeping 

 qualities stand second to none.— H. I. Dasher, 

 Ridgely, Md. 



The Ray peach came in a fine state of preserva- 

 tion and was very delicious. It is certainly a fine 

 article.— "The Apple Specialist," Quincy, Ills. 



The Ray peach was of splendid flavor and very 

 delicious. I found it to be of very fine quality, firm 

 and especially adapted to a well-cultivated taste. — 

 W, J. Kendrick, in "The Suffolk Herald," Suffolk, 

 Va. 



