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' PEACH 
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HARDEE TREE HAS BUMPER CROP 
AFTER l93A’s LONG 18° BELOW ZERO 
Scientists Hall HARDEE as the Most Important 
Peach Discovery in Past 25 Yeai 
ORTICULTURISTS from 
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group of scientists who hail the Hardee OS the States in 1933-34. 
most important peach discovery in the post 
twenty-five years. To dote, the United States Hardee has been recognized by the Uni1 
Government patent office has granted but States Government as possessing ext 
one hundred and twenty plant patents since ordinary cold resisting qualities. Foi 
1 ^.. 4 -u 1 c- charocteristic, an exclusive and pri 
ORTICULTURISTS from all sections of the pr 
the country have joined the enthusiastic failure in 
p of scientists who hail the Hardee as the States in 
important peach discovery in the past 
twenty-five years. To date, the United States Harot^..> 
Government patent office has granted but States Govi 
one hundred and twenty plant patents since ordinary co 
the patent law was revised to provide for this characterist 
field of discovery. Only six of these patents quality, tl 
have been granted on peaches. Not one of Potent No 
these six patented varieties, except Hardee, been arani 
claims distinction for cold resisting qualities. 
The increasing severity of winters in the 
peach growing states has brought alarm to 
thousands of growers. Section after section 
reports that popular, old varieties are failing 
to beor after sub-zero cold spells experi 
all sections of the previous winter. Witness the great crop 
i^;i- Michigan, Ohio and New York 
ic, an exclusive 
Patent Office 
and 
quality, the Patent Office granted Plant 
Patent No. 120. Only six peach patents have 
been granted and only one (Hardee) for cold 
resisting properties. 
Growers from many sections sc 
Hardee at Wooster and endorsed it en 
siastically. The Ohio State Agricultural 
periment Station authorities regard it as 
of the finest and most hardy peaches ever 
tested at the station. 
this 
priceless 
ienced 
WINTER OF 1933-34 KILLED OR INJURED 
70 % OF NEW YORK'S PEACH TREES 
- iiioDD D/i titled "Statistics of the Peach Industry 
1934" in table 7, page 4, shows that 70 per 
The winter of 1 933-34 was also the most 
severe in many years in the great peach 
state of New York. The U. S. Government 
Department of Agriculture, Bulletin, en- 
1934 in table 7, page 4, shows t 
cent of all trees of bearing age were killed 
or injured by excessive cold. The price paid 
growers for peaches in the autumn of 
1934 tells the rest of the story. Every 
grower knows it. A bad year, trees 
dead with cold, no fruit and high 
prices. Hardee is the answer to this 
problem. Scientifically cultivated to 
resist cold, this sturdy variety has 
proved it produces bumper crops where 
other varieties freeze. 
The country has been 
waiting for HARDEE, 
widespread interest is 
shown as letters pour 
in from more than 
forty states. 
U.S. GOVERNMENT GRANTS HARDEE 
PEACH PATENT FOR PROTECTION 
P LANT Patent No. 1 20 was granted to the 
^ owner of the Hardee peach, Donald S. 
Byers, of Clyde, Ohio, on January 1 5, 1 935. 
The sixth peach patent granted since the 
patent laws were revised. Hardee was 
awarded this U. S. Government protection 
to safeguard its owner from infringements 
and to reward his scientific effort. 
The Hardee is an Elberta type with all 
that famous type's many advantages in 
addition to the hardiness to resist excessive 
cold. Not only is the peach a "sure-cropper" 
after severe winters, it is also an excellent 
shipper. Thick-skinned, beautifully colored 
and with firm flesh, it has extraordinary 
commercial characteristics. A vigorous 
grower and sturdy, the Hardee is interme¬ 
diate between J. H. Hale and Elberta in 
habit. These extra characteristics are all in 
addition to the fact that IT PRODUCES 
PEACHES AND LOTS OF THEM WHEN 
ALL OTHER TREES FAIL. 
U. S. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT FINDS PEACH 
PRICES DOUBLE AFTER BAD WINTER-KILLINGS! 
The United States Government Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture Bulletin on average 
peach prices during the 1933-34 season 
shows that in the large and important peach 
producing areas such as New York State, 
winter-killings boost the grower's price. The 
natural scarcity after these frequent killing 
cold winters sends the price of peaches up 
to double their worth in normal years. Ac¬ 
cording to "Statistics of the Peach Industry" 
table 1 6, page 24, the farm price of peaches 
per bushel in New York State in 1933 was 
$1.10 per bushel and in 1934 it was $2.1 5 
per bushel. Protect ycc.rself against loss by 
this increasingly frequent hazard, cold. 
Make sure you get your share of the profits 
every year by ordering the cold-resisting 
Hardee peach tree. It will make profits for 
you when common sorts fail and when prices 
are highest. 
SCIENTIFICALLY DEVELOPED TO RESIST COLJ) 
Hardee Tree Boosts 
Growers Peach Profits 
The picture at left is a genuine 
photograph of the Hardee taken in the 
autumn of 1934, following the most 
disastrous winter peach growers can 
remember in the Middle West. Offi¬ 
cial temperatures recorded at the Ohio 
Agricultural Experiment Station at 
Wooster, Ohio, in the winter of 1933- 
34 showed record low readings of 1 8 
degrees below zero. Note the beauti¬ 
fully full-shaped trees, heavy with 
fruit. Picture taken at Wooster, Ohio, 
Summer 1934. The inventor and dis¬ 
coverer, Don S. Byers, and Dr. Shoe¬ 
maker, head of the stone fruits divis¬ 
ion of the Ohio Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station are shown by the famous 
test trees at Wooster, Ohio. 
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