NEW GIANT. 
Cultivated 
Blueberries 
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@ Profitable to Grow 
@ Delicious Berries 
@ Very Ornamental 
| Once Planted Lasts a Lifetime 
Blueberries are not only the largest money makers of 
all time commercially, but are also one of the easiest 
fruits to grow. The berries bring up to 75c per quart— 
$460.00 per acre the third year. They are exquisitely 
mild, sweet and delicious, and bring highest prices on the 
: market. The demand for Blueber- 
ries is practically unlimited. A 
planting lasts a lifetime with prop- 
er care and the plants will pay for 
themselves their first crop. A few 
bushes planted in the shrub border 
and in the garden will be sufficient 
to supply you with berries for years. BLUEBERRIES—Ornamental as well as fruitful 
Jumbo Size—Bear First Year Planted 
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Blueberries— Easy to Grow 
Set the bushes 5 by 7 feet apart in moist, acid SPECIAL JUMBO SIZE BLUEBERRY 
soil. If your soil is sweet, it may be made acid by 
mixing with it a little quantity of acid peat, rotted PLANTS 
leaves and pine needles, or similar material. Fruit : , 
ripens over a period of several weeks. Plant two _ Have already fruited in the nursery. Ready to bear 
or more varieties so as to insure proper polleniza- big crops of luscious berries on your own grounds and 
tion. are as easily grown as a shrub or Rose bush. You can 
V fe) pick delicious berries the first season planted, and 
each year they will produce a larger crop with very 
ery rnamental little attention. We only have a few hundred of these 
As an ornamental shrub the Blueberry cannot be Jumbo sized plants to offer. Can supply in the fol- 
surpassed. Full of lovely pink blooms, which open lowing varieties only: Cabot, Rancocas, Concord, 
to bell-shaped, white flowers in June. Plants are Rubel, and Jersey. 
compact, low growing, having waxy green leaves 
which turn red during the fall. Twigs are reddish 
Prices: Jumbo size 4-year-old, 2 to 3 ft., 
brown and very showy during the winter. $2.50 each; 3 for $6.75; 10 for $20.00. 
NEW LOWER PRICES OF ALL BLUEBERRIES 199 
3to9 10to29 30to99 or More 
plants plants plants plants 
Each Each Each Each Each 
2 yr, 9 to 12 in. $ .90 -80 -70 .60 50 
2 yr., 12 to 18 in. 1.25 1.00 90 80 70 
3 yr., 18 to 24 in. 1.85 1.60 1.35 1.20 1.10 
LEADING BLUEBERRIES  “ste4,in, Order 
CABOT. Plants seldom exceed three feet in height and make a broad, low bush. 
The color of the new growth in winter is a light red over olive. The large 
berries have a delicious sub-acid flavor. . : 
\.RANCOCAS. The bush of slender, vigorous, upright habit rarely surpasses five 
feet in height. The winter twigs are a dark red. The berries are somewhat 
larger than those of Rubel and begin to ripen several days earlier. ; 
‘CONCORD. The bush is of upright habit and at maturity exceeds six 
feet in height. The young growth is bright red in winter. _ The berries 
are large, frequently reaching three-quarters of an inch in diameter. 
They usually ripen a few days earlier than Rubel 
and are fine in flavor and appearance. 
\.RUBEL. A vigorous, productive variety. Well devel- 
sat oped bushes stand six feet high and the winter 
ms color of the young wood is a rich red. The large 
berries of fine color are usually ready to pick the 
first week in July. Best commercial 
variety. . 
AJERSEY. The bush is of vigorous habit 
and grows very large. The winter 
color of the young growth is a 
light red over golden brown. 
The berries are the largest of 
. any here listed, light blue, and 
7 ripen about the same time as 
Rubel. 
Harrison Brothers 
Nurseries 
BERLIN, MARYLAND 
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