Havoc, destruction, ruination and despair faced a great many fruit growers in the Spring of 1934-3o 
and again in 1940. United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Rural Economics 
report the crop for Ohio in 1939 as 64% and for 1940 only 31%. 
R€AD WHAT OTH€RS SAY 
Oak Harbor, Ohio, Oct. 12, 1936 
After checking the orchard of Mr. Charles Miller, north of Oak Harbor, Ohio, for the past several years in so far as his HAR¬ 
DEE peaches are concerned, I have found that regardless of the year, these trees always have a good crop. 
I. also, find that the fruit is very much like that of the Elberta, and as far as flavor is concerned, I believe that the HARDEE 
peach is much superior. 
For the above reasons, I am giving you an order for one hundred of your HARDEE trees. 
Yours very truly, A. W. MEIZNER. 
Oak Harbor, Ohio, September 23, 1940 
Your Hardee peach has again proven itself to be more winter hardy than most of the peaches ordinarily grown in this area. 
The survival of the buds last winter on Hardee was substantially greater than any other variety I checked. 
Where winter kilhng of buds is a factor, I would certainly consider this variety a real addition to a peach planting. From the 
standpoint of marketing the fruit, it ripens shortly after Elberta here and therefore usually commands a slightly better price. 
Very truly, CARL S. BITTNER, County Agent. 
Circleville, Ohio, March 11, 1939 
While I was County Agent in Ottawa County I observed the Hardee peach trees in Mr. Miller’s orchard, at Oak Harbor, Ohio 
in 1934. It seemed to be the only one that stood the severe weather in his orchard during the winter of ’34 and came through with 
a crop that Fall. 
Yours very truly, F. K. BLAIR, County Agent, Pickaway, Ohio. 
Danbury, Ohio, September 20, 1940. 
Relative to the Hardee Peach, would say that this year, we have had four year old Hardee trees right alongside Elbertas the 
same age and grown under the same conditions. Where the Hardee trees had a full crop the Elbertas had practically no fruit 
whatever. 
Yours very truly, A. W. KALB, 
The Danbury Fruit Growers Association, Danbury, Ohio. 
ONE PEACH COSTS $2,221.00 
SESSER, ILLINOIS, Sept. 21, 1940—Mr. and Mrs. Sam Moore ate a $2,221.63 peach at breakfast the other morning. It 
cost that much to nurse their 50 acre orchard through a cold winter, and a lone peach comprised the entire crop. 
LI ANN FRUIT FARMS 
Port Clinton, Ohio, September 23, 1940. 
I have made several attempts to visit you this fall and also to visit the Hardee Block in Mr. Moore’s orchard, but we have been 
so terribly busy this time of the year. We have our usual rush together with moving from one warehouse to another without dis¬ 
rupting our business, so it has been tough going. 
Regarding our own experience with your Hardee, you know that we have set out over 9000 trees of several varieties, including 
5000 peach trees. Although those trees are too young to bear fruit, we have had a small set of fruit on the Hardee this year, while 
other varieties were complete failures due to the cold weather we had the past season. 
We don’t know much about the size of the fruit, but we certainly know that the flavor is very good and they come off the pit 
very freely. We hope to learn more about them later. 
We will check up on the condition of the trees this fall and hope to see you after the rush is over. We will need a few more 
trees this fall. Keep us in mind. 
Very truly yours, S. N. LIANN. 
OHIO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 
Wooster, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1936 
I was glad to have an opportunity to see the Hardee peach in the Miller orchard near Oak Harbor last Saturday, Sept. 12. 
I have seen the variety fruiting here at Wooster several seasons. However in this particular season with the peach crop a 
complete failure here and elsewhere in the state except along the lake shore and with very heavy loss of trees, it was interesting 
to see this variety bearing a good crop of peaches in the orchard mentioned. 
Mr. Miller estimated his crop of Elbertas at 25 percent of the 1935 crop and I should estimate the Hardee at least 50 percent 
of a full crop. 
The peach itself is of the general Elberta type, equally as Aim and about the same size. It is equal or superior to Elberta ir 
quality. It differs from Elberta in that it is longer and the ground color appears to be a somewhat deeper yellow. The vareity has 
demonstrated that it is hardy both in bud and wood far beyond that of Elberta and most of the common varieties. This variety 
ought to help take some of the hazards out of peach growing. 
Cordially yours, C. W. ELLENWOOD, Associate in Horticulture. 
PLANT HARDEE FOR PROFITS 
THE FRENCH NURSERY COMPANY 
CLYDE, OHIO SINCE 1863 
