THE PROOF ^'•°1l.."V?±° ^'"' 



}Yho Knows 



B. F. SMITH 



Grower and shipper of 

 PEACHES 



R. D. No 1 PORT CLINTON. O. 



PORT Clinton. O.. May 24, 1912, 



Messrs. J. G. Harrison 8e Sons, 



Berlin, Md. 

 Gentlemen : 



I am located in the northern part 

 of Ohio on what is called "Catawba Island 

 in Lake Erie. " 



I have your trees in bearing and 

 think they have done better for me than 

 home grown trees. They get ripe earlier 

 than trees grown in Ohio and they will 

 stand the winter better. Here in Ohio the 

 trees, most of them, have to be stripped 

 of their leaves when digging time comes. 



As far as the fruiting of your 

 trees is concerned, I think they bear bet- 

 ter than the northern grown stock. I have 

 Elbertas that have been bearing since 

 two years old and they are loaded this 

 year. I have had better success with your 

 trees than those purchased anywhere else, 

 and I can make ninety-nine out of a hundred 

 grow. In all the trees that we have had 

 from you I have never found any diseased 

 trees, so I can safely recommend them 

 to all. 



Yours respectfully, 



/i,^J,.^J^ 



— **set ripe earlier than trees grown in Ohio— stand 

 winter better— bear better — can make ninety-nine out 

 of a hundred grow, * * \ 



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