HARRISONS' NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD., U. S. A. 



Budding Peach Trees on Left Pruning Peach Trees on Right 



Why a Nurseryman 



A nursery is a necessity to the Fruit Grower — from the seeds 

 to the fruiting tree means careful selection of seeds or seedlings 

 from the best possible source by one who has had experience in 

 seeds and tree selections. 



Budding Fruit Trees 



The second year the seedlings are budded direct from our 

 fruiting orchards. Buds are cut from the trees in Fruiting 

 Orchards by experienced men, eliminating the great risk of 

 mixtures. 



Varieties of Fruit 



We have reduced our list to six — select commercial peaches 

 and twelve select commercial apples, three commercial cherries- 

 two commercial quince, two com- 

 mercial pears, four grapes, six 

 raspberries, two currants, two 

 gooseberries, two blackberries, 

 two dewberries, thirty-six straw- 

 berries — about six are commercial 

 varieties, others for family use. 



How Trees Grow 



An established tree takes food 

 through its roots in liquid form 

 from the earth. This liquid food 

 (crude sap) goes through the sap- 

 wood up to the leaves, where the 

 sun, light, air and the leaves evap- 

 orate a large part of the water 

 and "work over" the crude sap, 

 "digesting" it. The "digested" 

 food returns to the roots through 

 the cells of the cambium (the 

 formative cells between the wood 

 proper and the inner bark), build- 

 ing up the tree. It is this "di- 

 gested" sap returning from the 

 leaves that heals wounds and adds 

 girth. 



Many think that the sap "goes 

 up in spring" and "comes down in 

 fall." This is an error. Sap is 

 always in the bodies of live trees, 

 but during the season of growth 

 the sap is active, constantly circu- 

 lating, to nourish the tree and add 

 growth. 



A newly-planted tree cannot at 

 once take food from the earth ; 

 first the roots must send out tiny 

 "feeders" to take in the liquid 



