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i PEACH Trees!
See Page 6 For Prices on All Varieties of Peach Trees
^SHIPPERS LATE RED — Hale Typed 3b) A proven
variety to follow Elberta which has class and is a good
money-maker. Fruits, which ripen just after Elberta
and Hale, are very large, very highly colored, yellow
fleshed, freestone, and of exceptional quality. Shippers
Late Red is a good shipper, stores well in cold storage,
and is extremely productive. Its excellent appearance
causes it to bring highest prices. Hale Type Shippers Late
Red is the best of the many strains of this fine variety.
Be sure you are getting the best and plant GENLTINE
HALE TYPE SHIPPERS LATE RED from Bountiful
Ridge this year.
^GAGE ELBERTA (13c) A famous budsport of Elberta
that is resistant to bacterial spot. Trees grow as well
as those of Elberta, although more spreading in habit.
Gage blooms two to four days after Elberta. Blossoms
are very strong and set fruit under unfavorable con-
ditions. The fruit is so much like Elberta that only
/ an expert can distinguish between them. Gage ripens
I a few days after Elberta.
BRACKETT (13d) Extend your Elberta season with
this fine peach whose popularity is increasing. Brackett
ripens about five days after Elberta, and its beautiful,
large, orange-yellow fruits tinged with carmine bring
high market prices. Fruits have deep yellow flesh that
is much lighter in flavor than Elberta. Brackett sizes
well under heavy crops, ships well, is freestone, and
an excellent peach in most areas extending from
ississippi northward.
GEMMERS LATE ELBERTA (14) An extra large,
beautifully colored peach with high quality and fine
shipping ability that follows Elberta by about 10 days.
Fruits of Gemmers are larger than Elberta, more highly
colored, and somewhat more round. Its good, tough
skin is nearly covered with a brilliant red color. Flesh
is firm and slightly tinged with red around the pit.
Trees are vigorous, productive, and long lived. Many
growers have used Gemmers Late Elberta as an ex-
cellent substitute for Rio-Oso-Gem. Gemmers brings
high prices, high yields, and stores well.
^RIO-OSO-GEM (14a) A widely grown, beautiful,
Hale type peach that ripens 7 to 10 days after Elberta.
It is large sized, with brilhant red color and light pubes-
cence. The flesh is firm and fine textured, with ex-
cellent flavor. Rio-Oso-Gem is best known as a highly
jirofitable fresh market peach, but it is equally good as
a canning and freezing variety. Trees are not very
/vigorous, but set good crops each year.
SO GOOD (14b) A new yellow freestone from
Maryland ripening about with Rio-Oso-Gem. Fruits are
large, highly colored, and most nearly resemble Red-
skin. It crops annually, with good yields. Trees are
vigorous and healthy, more upright than Redskin. So
Good should have a place in your plantings.
LIZZIE (15) An old variety with a proud history of
grower success in most central and eastern peach areas.
Lizzie is a distinct Elberta type which has size, color,
firmness, and high quality. It is a freestone with fine-
textured, yellow flesh. It ripens 12 to 16 days after
Elberta, with handsome red color over a deep yellow
ground color. Fruits are good for shipping, local
markets, and processing. Trees are vigorous, hardy,
heavy and annual bearers. Many growers consider it the
est of our very late peaches.
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A BEAUTIFUL 3-YEAR ORCHARD OF BOUNTIFUL RIDGE TREES
AUTUMN N.J. 145 (16) A large, yellow free-
stone that ripens just after Lizzie. Fruit colors a good
yellow with a fine red blush on one cheek. The tree is
very vigorous and should be planted on well-drained
peach soil. Autumn is just the peach for the grower
who wishes good size, high quahty, very late fruit for
roadstand or nearby markets. In recent years. Autumn
has been stored in cold storage well into the fall.
The He de France butterfly bush and Chinese Chest-
nut arrived, the plants look very green, and healthy so
I am sure that they will flourish.
Orrin J. Wenzel
New Jersey
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