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Let This Catalog Be Your Guide 



The commercial plantings of fruit trees during the past few years have been far below normal. The 

 number of bearing fruit trees in America is far less than twenty years ago. This is going to cause a 

 shortage of fruit. 



Now is the Time to Plant Fruit Trees 



By planting now your trees will come into bearing just at the time when there is a shortage of 

 fruit. 



Save Money by Spending Right 



When dealing with Harrisons, you are dealing direct with the grower and thus save the agents 

 commissions, your money goes twice as far this way, or in other words, you pay just about half of 

 what other folks pay agents for their trees. Besides, we grow trees, shrubs and plants in very large 

 quantities under ideal soil and climatic conditions with low labor costs, we therefore are able to sell 

 better plants for less money. 



To Home Owners 



This year is the ideal time to dress up your home grounds by putting a few ornamentals around 

 your home, they will increase its value very much; just a few dollars spent will add hundreds of dol- 

 lars to the value of your home. Also plant a few fruit trees in your back yard, they will yield an abun- 

 dance of healthful fruit. 



New Lowest Prices 



This year we have had ideal growing weather, plenty of rain and sunshine, enough hot weather to 

 make the plants grow right. Because of this, together with the lower costs of materials, we are able 

 to sell Harrison's Quality Nursery products at the lowest prices in years. This is the year to plant 

 your garden, orchard and home. 



We Merit Your Patronage 



BECAUSE: We enjoy the confidence of a large and steadily 

 increasing trade, whcih has been built up by us by many years of 

 faithful service and strict adherence to the golden rule, "Do unto 

 others as you would have others do unto you." 



BECAUSE: Our prices are consistent with the quality of the 

 stock we sell. We claim and can prove that our trees are bigger 

 at any age than nearly all others; that they are as hardy as the 

 hardiest and hardier than most others; that they have well-ripened, 

 firm wood when we sell them; that they are absolutely clean and 

 free from disease, true to name, and that they are budded from 

 bearing orchards of superior strains. 



BECAUSE: WE SELL ONLY TREES WE GROW. Every 

 tree you buy from us is Harrison-grown, and is so guaranteed. 

 We will not expose our customers to possibility of error in variety, 

 or lack of quality in the trees, and under no circumstances will we 

 sell or offer for sale any trees not grown on our land under our own 

 direction. 



BECAUSE: Behind our stock, as a guarantee of its superior 

 quality, is the ripe experience of more than forty-eight years in 

 nursery and orchard work. The third generation, consisting of 

 six Harrison Brothers, are devoting their entire time and atten- 

 tion to the production of "Harrison Quality" trees for you to plant. 

 The statements in this catalog are based on our experience — they 

 are true, and you can depend on them. 



Harrisons' Fruit Trees Are True to Name 



Harrisons' Nurseries have been budding direct from bearing 

 commercial orchards, selecting only from those trees which for 

 many years have shown to have unusually heavy-bearing habits, 

 consisting of the best types possible and of the best known strains, 

 for more than forty years. 



This is an old Harrison-process, which has been the backbone 

 of our wonderful international success in selling trees, and the idea 

 was originated by our late Senator Orlando Harrison and our late 

 George A. Harrison. 



This process has just recently been discovered by some nur- 

 series. Harrisons' reputation on fruit trees has been built up by 

 the fact that over a quarter of a million customers have found by 

 actual test of growing and fruiting our trees that they have proven 

 to be absolutely true to name, the best strains for the respective 

 varieties, hardy, sturdy, vigorous, withstanding the rigid cold 

 winters of Canada, as well as the hot, scorching summers of Geor- 

 gia, Florida, Texas and Mexico. 



Harrisons' Fruit Trees Are Budded 



Leading orchardists prefer budded trees, as it is generally con- 

 ceded that they are sturdier, quicker growers and far superior to 

 grafted, hence the reason why all Harrisons' fruit trees are budded. 



It has been pretty thoroughly demonstrated that when young trees 

 are propagated by buds, they have the same bearing characteristics 



as the trees from which the budding wood was cut. If this tree 

 is a regular bearer of heavy crops of fine fruit, the young trees will 

 be the same. If that tree is a shy bearer, or produces inferior fruit, 

 the young trees have very little chance of ever becoming profitable 

 orchards. You can notice it in your own orchard and neighbor- 

 hood — one Baldwin or York Imperial tree will bear twice as many 

 as another standing alongside of it, and better apples, too. This 

 condition applies as well to peaches, pears, plums, cherries and 

 other fruits. 



When, therefore, we say that our trees are budded from bearing 

 orchards, it means that they have come from trees growing in a 

 successful orchard, and that they should possess superior bearing 

 habits throughout their life. Harrisons' apple, pear and cherry 

 trees are budded on French Grown Whole Root Seedlings, pro- 

 ducing the cleanest, largest and best roots available and insuring 

 long-lived trees. When you order Harrisons' trees henceforth, 

 know that you are getting stock that has been propagated in our 

 own nurseries, from buds cut from selected bearing trees, budded 

 on well-grown whole root seedlings, and cared for in the best man- 

 ner while growing in our nurseries. Harrisons' trees are dependable 

 at all times. 



No matter where you buy trees, or what price you pay, they are 

 a distinct loss unless they make good in your orchard, It's mighty 

 unfortunate that many people forget this fact, and innocently buy 

 trees because they think they are saving a few cents. 



We claim, and can prove, that the trees from our nurseries are 

 larger than most other trees; tests of more than forty-eight years 

 show that they are as hardy and adaptable as trees grown in any 

 part of the country, and nine times in ten they are hardier; the 

 wood is well ripened, firm and solid when the trees are offered for 

 sale; and it goes without saying that they are clean and free from 

 disease. 



There are a good many things that put Harrison-grown trees in 

 the front rank, but probably the most important is the fact that 

 our trees are budded from bearing orchards. That means pedi- 

 greed trees, although we don't give them that title. 



The bud-sticks we use are cut from trees that are known to be 

 large producers for several years — not first-year bearers. We want 

 to know that the parent tree is worthy of having its characteristics 

 transmitted to a second or third generation. 



Our Trees Are Free From Disease 

 and Insects 



All stock is thoroughly inspected by the Maryland State Ento- 

 mologist and his crops each fall and spring just before digging time, 

 and one of his assistants, in the employ of the State, is located at 

 our nursery during the entire shipping season. The trees are given 

 a final thorough inspection just before they are packed ready for 

 shipment. Every precaution possible is taken for the protection 

 of the customer and his stock, and each carload, box or bale is 

 tagged with the State Entomologist's Certificate of Health in- 

 spection. 



