
ACTUAL 
PLANTED IN THIRTY-FOUR STATES 
ORIGIN—This sensational new peach was discovered by Mr. Oscar F. 
Jones, near Crozet, Virginia in the famous mountainous Albemarle County 
section. He was manager for more than 30 years for the A. C. Bruce 
orchards, who planted many thcusands of Harrison grown peach trees, 
starting in 1902. A life long horticulturist, he is a pioneer in one of the 
largest peach growing districts of the United States. 
Tree: Large to medium. Vigorous and rapid growth. Spreading and under 
cropping ccnditions appears to weep. Dense; hardy. Very productive, 
bearing at an early age and carrying and maturing a load of fruit that 
commercial growers have estimated to be 20% greater than would be 
practical on an Elberta tree of similar size, since less pruning is required. 
Trunk—Slender to medium. The wood is tough and not brash and has 
great flexibility. The bark resembles the Elberta. 
Branches—Slender tc. medium. Rapid growth. The wood is tough and 
not brash and has great flexibility and tensile strength. Requires less 
pruning than the Elberta. When heavily laden, branches bend gracefully 
with a minimum of breakage. 
Leaves—tThe foliage as compared to the Elberta is darker and larger. 
The leaves are rich dark green and average one inch longer and one-eighth 
inch wider than the Elberta. Also the leaves are wavy to slightly crinkled 
with the edge coarsely serrated to almost smcoth; obovate-lance-olate; 
base angle wide; glands reniform, 2-4 in number, inconspicuous, reddish 
brown. 
Flower buds—The bud and blossom are more resistant to frost and 
freezes than the Elberta, the blosscms resembling the Elberta in color 
and conformation but are somewhat deeper in shade. 
Resistance to: Brown rot—excellent. Experiments indicate that when 
any breakdown of cellular structure takes place, it is not usually in the 
form of a rot, but rather a gradual Icss of moisture followed by shriveling. 
Fruit: Large (from 234x3 inches to 3x31/2 inches), elongated, ovate- 
oval. Color yellow with blush and mottling of red colar; quite attractive. 
Suture striped with russet raised and slightly prominent. Cavity, narrow, 
deep, acute. Stem end narrow with slight ridging. Stem end and suture 
firm (the entire fruit ripening evenly). Fruit throughout the tree is quite 
uniformly large, even though pruning and fruit thinning were light. The 
fruit ripens in the Elberta seascn but will remain on the tree at a more 
mature stage for a longer period than will the Elberta. 
SHIPPING QUALITY: SHIPS WELL. BUSHEL BASKETS OF 
THE FRUIT HAVE BEEN SHIPPED BY EXPRESS, UNICED, TO 
VARIOUS STATES AND HAVE ARRIVED IN PERFECT CON- 
DITION. BASKETS OF THE FRUIT HAVE BEEN SHIPPED 
PARCEL POST TO VARIOUS STATES AND HAVE BEEN DE- 
LIVERED IN PERFECT CONDITION. 


SIZE OF PEACH 
U. S. Patented BRILLIANT 
BE FIRST — BE PROUD TO GROW 
THIS FAMOUS VARIETY 
No. 814 
Sensational! New! Colossal! 
Will Replace Elberta 
Size—Uniform. Larger than the Elberta and varies very little, 
irrespective of heavy cropping. 
Form—Globular, somewhat elongated, ovate-oval. 
Skin-Color—Brilliant cardinal red almost completely covering 
a golden yellow ground color, even when growing in shade in 
the interior of the tree. Has only a slight fuzz. 
Flesh—Fine grain and rich yellow with some red splashing 
tewards the stone. Flavor—superior and rated as excellent by 
commercial growers, being distinctly aromatic and pleasing. 
Quality—Best. Stone: free, somewhat flat, roughly corrugated 
concentrically from the base, with base very narrow and tip 
sharply pointed. Size: smaller stene or pit than that of the 
Elberta. 
Tendency to split: does not develop an inclination to split, 
thus eliminating the possibility of the bitter flavor frequently 
found in the Elberta peach. 
Use: Commercial market, local, dessert, culinary, canning. 
Keeping Quality: Excellent. 
Excerpts of comments by Prominent Virginia growers 
Mr. C. Purcell McCue—“‘Personally, | feel this peach will re- 
place ELBERTA in this section.” 
Mr. C. E. Starkweather—''It bears larger, better colored peaches 
even with a heavier crop than the Elbertas do.”’ 
Mr. Oscar F. Jones—‘‘The HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT 
peaches came through with a minimum of injury while 
adjacent Elbertas were badly damaged.”’ 
Mr. Lee T. Carpenter—''If it proves out in tests as good as it 
is in its original habitat | consider it to be the greatest find 
since Elberta in the 1870’s.”’ 
Mr. Charles H. Martin—‘‘The parent tree of this peach is the 
largest and the most prolific | ever saw and when it is 
loaded with those large, uniform fruit, one hundred per cent 
colored it is a sight to be rememberea.”’ 
Mr. Edward D. Daugherty—''l know something of the HALE 
HARRISON BRILLIANT and consider it a very unusual 
variety which will soon replace Elberta if properly distributed 
and advertised.”’ 
PRICES: HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT PEACH TREES 
One Year Budded latong 10 to 49 50 or more 
Fine Quality Trees Trees Trees Trees 
Sato, Gufeet humus den a $2.25 $1.90 $1.60 
acto feet enn 4 eae 2.00 1.65 We 
3. to)4: feetinee. oe Wis 1.40 1.10 
DtOlS tCetene Ts ae 1.50 1220) 90 
Introduced during the Autumn of 1949 when we haa several 
thousand trees. Due to its sudden popularity with commercial 
peach growers, our supply now is very limited. We are very 
anxious that each of our customers may have the opportunity 
to be the first and be proud to grow this grand, marvelous, 
new variety, therefore, we must limit each customer's order 
for one to nine trees for Spring 1950 shipment. Mail your order 
now for 10 or more or several hundred trees, for Fall 1950 
shipment. 
GENUINE HALE HARRISON BRILLIANT PEACH TREES GROWN AND SOLD 
EXCLUSIVELY BY HARRISON BROTHERS NURSERIES, BERLIN, MARYLAND. 
