His Majesty “I'he Apple” 
“Reigns as the King of Fruits” 
OUR VARIETY LISTINGS LEAD THE 
“MARCH of PROGRESS to BETTER FRUITS” 
Today, More Than Ever Before. the Progressive 
Planter Realizes the Paramount Importance of 
Variety Selection—Tree Selection and Judicious 
Planting as an Investment, for Future Produc- 
tion and Future Profits. 
ARE YOU PLANTING THE BEST? 
Modernize Your Orchards: Remove Those Slacker Trees and Varieties 
Let Us Help You to Plan and Plant For Future Production:and Profit 
and Consumer Demand. 
1941 VIVIDLY DEMONSTRATED THE VALUE OF VARIETY SELECTION 
The Day Is Past When The Planter Can Afford to Buy “Just A Tree or Plant’! 
LET US HELP YOU TO PLAN AND PLANT FOR FUTURE PRODUCTION AND PROFIT! 


RECENT INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW OUTSTANDING VARIETIES 
WRIXPARENT 
(U. S. PLANT PATENT No. 388) 
America’s Earliest Apple—Ripening 2 Weeks Before Yellow Transparent! 
EARLY APPLES HIT THE “COME BACK TRAIL” IN 1941 
In spite of extreme drought conditions in 1941 WRIXPARENT sized up well and averaged OVER 
$2.00 PER BUSHEL FOR THE ENTIRE CROP OF No. 1 FRUITS. 
Piant To Maintain Your Early Apple Production. Lead the Season With Wrixparent and Lodi. 
BRIEF FACTS ABOUT THE WRIXPARENT “WRIXPARENT AND ITS COMPETITORS” 
1. EARLINESS—Ripens 10 to 15 days before Yellow 
Transparent. 
2. ANNUAL BEARER—Normal to heavy crops each 
year. 
3. LARGE SIZH—Apples under normal conditions 
pack out 24%”’ and 2%” size and up. 
4. QUALITY—Unexcelled as an early cooking apple. 
5. SHIPPING ABILITY-—--Does not show bruises, 
will carry to distant markets, and will keep for weeks. 
6. TREE IS VIGOROUS, SEMI - SPREADING 
GROWTH HABITS, BLIGHT RESISTANT, COMES 
INTO BEARING BARLY. 
Found as a chance seedling in the Yellow Trans- 
parent orchard of Mr. Wrixham Mellvain near Mag- 
nolia, Delaware about 1920. 
Mr. Mellvain after several years observation deter- 
mined the variety to be superior in every way to the 
Transparent and grafted over his Transparent orchard 
is variety. This’ 2 generati 2 ow 18 ; ; x k 
Wontenee pene aye ee ia tenor ean DEAS 14 Photograph showing relative size of Wrixparent over 
years. A 3rd generation orchard was planted in 1935 its two nearest competitors. Left, Transparent; center, 
and began bearing at 4 years of age. The tree is more  Wrixparent; right, Lodi. Note size. All picked the 
spreading than Transparent, vigorous and hardy in . tae y 19th, 1941 
wood not being subject to blight and other fungus ‘*™e Gay, June tb : 
diseases. The fruit averages large in size being a little 
more flat in shape than Transparent and packing out A color reproduction of the WRIXPARENT from nat- 
commercial sizes of 24%” and 2%” at picking time. The ural Color Photograph on the outside cover page of 
Wrixparent ripens from 10 to 15 days before the Yellow this catalogue. The picture was taken June 18, 1939, at 
Transparent and ripens its fruit evenly so that the en- Magnolia, Delaware. 
tire crop may be harvested in two pickings if desired. 
It is an aitractive light green color without markings; his . J ‘ ‘ ° ‘ 
the flesh is white, crisp, sprightly, very fine in texture This Is A New Bountiful Ridge Introduction and 

and does not bruise readily or turn dark after bruis- Cannect Be Purehased From Any Other Nursery. 
ing. Sub-acid in flavor and unsurpassed as a cooking 
apple. The fruit keeps well and can be held for 10 to WARKNING—Wrixparent and Colora Red York are 
15 days atter picking without storage. The Wrixparent patented varieties and cannot be propagated for any 
is an annual bearer and contiues to bear large fruits purpose by anyone, other than Bountiful Ridge Nur- 
on the older trees. series. 
We can only supply the Wrixparent in one year old trees in the various grades during Spring of 1942. We 
will have two year old trees in all sizes for delivery during the fall planting season of 1942 and spring of 1943. 
PRICES OF ALL APPLE VARIETIES ARE ON PAGE 15. 
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