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America’s Earliest Freestone Peach 
- ERLY-RED-FRE 
U. 8S. PLANT PATENT NUMBER 320 
Introduced, Grown and For Sale Exclusive- 
ly by Bountiful Ridge Nurseries 
“The Greatest Early Commercial, White 
Fleshed Peach of All Time; Standing With- 
out an Equal For Its Season”. 
Two and three year old 
trees bearing heavy crops 
in all Peach growing sec- 
tions during the fruiting 
season of 1941 bring letter 
after letter of praise for 
Erly-Red-Fre from Texas 
to New York State and 
Canada — from the Caro- 
linas to Washington State 
come these same reports— 
fruits and tree perform- 
ance beyond every expec- 
tation. 
Growers and _ Horitcul- 
turists marvel at its early 
ripening, its large size 
fruits, its beautiful color 
and shape, its superb qual- 
ity. The thriftiness and 
early bearing habits of the 
tree, the trees’ adaptabil- 
ity to varied climatic and 
soil conditions. 
It is truly acclaimed 
“The MARVEL of EARLY 
PEACHES”. 
The following letter is 
an example of the type let- 
ters we have received a- 
bout the Erly-Red-Fre and 
we wish space permitted 
listing more. 

Cunningham Farms 
Lancaster, S. C. 
July 10, 1941 
Bountiful Ridge Nurseries 
Princess Anne, Md. 
Dear Sirs: 
The Erly-Red-Fre’s turned 
out as fine as ‘SPLIT SILK’. 
I gave several samples away 
after they were tree ripened 
and every one to whom I 
gave samples came wanting 
to buy the peaches. The as- 
tounding part was the fact 
that some peaches which I 
had gathered rather green 
and was using on my Road- 
stand market ripened after 
four or five days and were 
good and sweet, one party 
saying, “he thought they were 
better and juicier than the 
tree ripened fruits.” Every- 
one thinks they are fine and 
even now keep coming back 
and asking if I don’t have 
more of the new peaches they 
bought week before last. 
One thing I forgot to men- 
tion, some of the Erly-Red- 
Fre fruits attained as large a 
size as 3 inch, and I believe 
they would average 214 inch 
or larger. 
Yours very truly, 
J. Roy Cunningham, 
The Fruit Is: 






Large Size 
White Flesh 
Freestone 
Highly Colored 
Finest Quality 
Firm 
Disease Resistant 
Good Shipper 
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ERLY-RED-FRE FRUITS 
RIPENS WITH RED BIRD; 3 to 4 WEEKS BEFORE GOLDEN JUBILEE; 
6 to 7 WEEKS BEFORE ELBERTA 
TREE REQUIRES (under definite test) LESS REST PERIOD THAN EL- 
BERTA. GEORGIA AND OTHER FAR SOUTHERN STATES CAN PLANT 
ERLY-RED-FRE KNOWING THEY WILL HAVE REGULAR, HEAVY PRO- 
DUCTION. 
THE ERLY-RED-FRE GIVES PROMISE OF “A NEW HOPE” 
EARLY PEACH INDUSTRY THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA. 
ERLY-RED-FRE should entirely replace Harly Rose, Mt. Rose, Uneeda, Red 
Bird and Greensboro in your orchard planting program. 
Fruits of Erly-Red-Fre shipped 2000 miles or more by Express arrived 
in Perfect Condition. 
We have never in all our experience as Nurserymen and Horticulturists 
seen a new peach with such wide adaptability and prove so universally sat- 
isfactory to grower and consumer excepting possibly the famous Elberta. 
The ERLY-RED-FRE ripens uniformly, does not show bruises readily and 
will keep and ship better than ELBERTA. It is definitely the first ripening free- 
stone peach now in cultivation to our knowledge, following closely the Mayflower 
and preceding the Golden Jubilee by several weeks. 
The ERLY-RED-FRE originated as a chance seedling in the orchard of Wm. 
Perry near Chase City, Va. Our attention was first called to this splendid peach 
in 1935. The second generation trees bore in 1937 at 2 years of age, the fruits on 
these being identical with those on the Parent tree. The fruit is very highly 
colored with an attractive bright red on a creamy white background. The skin 
is tough and medium thick. The flesh of the peach is of such texture that it 
does not show bruises through the skin for several days after being bruised and 
is a clear white through to the pit. We believe this peach has one of the smallest 
pits of any cultivated peach we know of in existance. The fruit averages large 
for an early peach, some specimens weighing 12 ounces and the entire crop under 
normal conditions and care can be packed out 214”’ and up if desired. The tree 
is very vigorous, resistant to Bacteriosis, bears while very young. 
NEW PRICES ON ERLY-RED-FRE 
IN THE 
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All prices are net f.o.b. Princess Anne, Md., unless on special quotations. 
NOTE—This variety is protected by U. 8S. Plant Patent and cannot be propogated 
by anyone other than Bountiful Ridge Nurseries for any purpose. 
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