GENERAL HINTS ON PLANTING DISTANCE, ETC. 
Distance for Planting—Square Method 
Distance for planting different kinds of fruit trees, ete., square method. 
Peach. 16 to 26 feet apart each way. Black Raspberries and Dewberries. Rows 5 feet apart, 
Standard Apple. 25 to 40 feet apart each way. 4 to 5 feet apart in row. ; 
Cherry (Sour). 16 to 25 feet apart each way. Blackberries. Rows 6 feet apart, 3 feet apart in row. 
Cherry (Sweet). 24 to 40 feet apart each way. Red Raspberries... Rows 5 to 6 feet apart, 1% to 2 feet 
Standard Pear. 24 to 40 feet apart each way. apart in rows. 
Plum. 20 to 24 feet apart each way. - Strawberries, Field Culture. Rows 3% to 4 feet apart, 
Pecans and Black Walnuts. 40 to 80 feet. 15 to 20 inches apart in row. ' 
Filberts. 6 feet to 8 feet. ‘ Strawberries, Garden Culture. Rows 24 to 30 inch apart, 
English Walnuts. 30 feet to 40 feet. 12 to 18 inches in row. 
Grape Vines. Rows 8 to 10 feet apart, 8 feet apart in Asparagus, (field grown). Rows 5 feet apart, 18 to 24 
row. inches apart in row. : 
Blueberries. Rows 7 to 9 ft, apart, plants 5 to 8 ft. Asparagus (in beds). Rows 2 feet apart, 12 to 18 inches 
apart in row. apart in row. 
NUMBER OF TREES OR PLANTS TO THE ACRE (Square System) 
RULE—Multiply the distance in feet between the row by the distance the plants are; number of square feet 
for each plant, which, divided into the number of square feet in the acre (48,560), will give the number of plants 
or trees to the acre. 
Distance No. of Trees Distance No. of Trees Distance No. of Trees 
1 foot apart each way........ 43,560 9 feet apart each way.......... 5387 iv feet, apart, eachmwa yi eeieieor 150 
2 feet apart each way........ 10,890 10 feet apart each way.......... 435 18 feet apart each way.......... 134 
3 feet apart each way........ 4,840 11 feet apart each way.......... 360 19 feet apart each way.......... 120 
4 feet apart each way........ 2,722 12e feet apart. cach swayeees sce 305. 20 feet apart each way.......... 108 
5 feet apart each way........ 1,745 13 feet ‘apart each wayosr ans 257 21 feet apart. each) way)... scree 69 
6 feet apart each way........ 1,210 14 feet apart each way.......... 222' — 80 feet apart, each way...) 48 
7 feet apart each way........ 888 15 feet apart each way.......... 193 35 feet apart’ each way.......... 35 
8 feet apart each way........ 680 16 feet apart each way.......... 170 40 feet apart each way.......... 27 

How to Order From Bountiful Ridge Nurseries 
All prices in this catalog are net F.0.B Princess Anne, Md. No discount allowed. Delivered prices 
will be given on any stock wanted if you write giving size and number of trees wanted. The prices 
quoted herein are for the shipping seasons of Fall 1947 and Spring 1948. Place your order early. 

PLEASE NOTE—Any Sales Tax which may be imposed on nursery stock by State or Federal 
authority should be added to the amount of your order. You will be advised of any changes or 
additions which may be made when orders are acknowledged. 

OUR SHIPPING SEASON 
We pack and ship all through the winter to Southern 
States. Our zee sla shipping peg pace, season usual- SPECIAL NOTICES 
ly opens here about the 15th o etober and continues . 
ear May 10. Our fall shipping season opens about All quotations, acceptances of orders and 
October Ist on some items. promises of shipment are subject to change, lim- 
OUR TERMS itations or cancellation made necessary by State, 
2 Government regulations or other Hazards beyond 
Our terms are cash except in large orders when sat-: : é 2 
Do reference is given; then one-third the amount our control, affecting our operations. 
of the order must be sent and the balance on arrival of 
trees at depot. On early orders one-third the amount BOUNTIFUL RIDGE NURSERIES 
can be sent in and balance a few days before shipment. 
Prices in this catalog are for FALL 1947 and SPRING 

1948. 
HOW TO REMIT RECEIVING STOCK IN COLD WEATHER 
Remittance should be made either by Post Office In the event that it should turn cold after your stock 
Money Order, Registered Letter, or by Check on your has been shipped to you and there is a possibility that 
Bank. there is frost in the box in which the stock is shipped, 
put the box in a place where the temperature is above 
ORDER EARLY freezing—a cellar or a frost-proof building, and do not 
We earnestly request our patrons to send their orders disturb for 5 to 7 days, at which time stock can be re- 
in early and specify when théy wish them shipped. moved from the box in first-class condition. Under no 
We pride ourselves on making prompt delivery but circumstances should you open a box when you think 
sometimes in our rush seasons we cannot get the orders there is frost in it, it will kill it. But if allowed to 
shipped on the exact time, and must ask our customer’s thaw out in the box, the stock will not be injured. 
indulgence for a week or so and shipment will be made 
just as promptly as possible. If time of shipment is 
left to us we can assure our customers of receiving 
stock in perfect condition and in proper planting OUR REFERENCES 
season. : 
Se As to our responsibility, we refer you to the 
MISTAKES Salisbury National Ban, Salisbury, Md., Farm- 
We use every precaution that is humanly possible to ers & Merchants Bank, Salisbury, Md., Dun & 
avoid mistakes and believe that we are as near free Bradstreet &and to any of our thousands of cus- 
from them as any Nurseryman in the United States; tomers throughout the country that you might 
but in the event any of our stock should prove untrue know or whose name you find in this catalog, 
to name under which it is labeled or sold, we will re- and the various State Departments in the East- 
place the original order or refund the amount paid for ern U. 8. 
such stock. Further than this we are not responsible. 
CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION—DUPLICATE OF NUMBER 2 
September 17, 1947 
THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That on the 13th day of September, 1947, we examined the Nursery Stock of the 
Bountiful Ridge Nurseries, growing in their nurseries at Princess Anne, County of Somerset, State of Maryland, in 
accordance with the laws of Maryland, 1898, Chapter 289, Section 48, and that said nurseries and premises are ‘ap- 
parently free, so far as can be determined by inspection, from the San Jose Seale, Peach Yellows, Pear Blight and 
other dangerously injurious insect pests and plant diseases. ; 
THIS CERTIFICATE is valid until September 30, 1948, unless sooner revoked, and does not include nursery 
stock not grown within this State, unless such stock is previously covered by Certificate and accepted by the State 
Entomologist and State Pathologist. ERNEST N. CORY, State Entomologist 
G. S. LANKFORD, Chief Inspector R. A. JEHLE, State Pathologist 


In addition to the above Certificate every shipment going outside the infested area of the J e 
a certificate of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture showing the shipment is free from apauees Bacto case 
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