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the right varieties on the right soil and a lot of other 

 'rights' may be as sure of success in the Apple business 

 of today as we were twenty years ago." 



In the April 19th issue of the "Pennsylvania Farmer," 

 Mr. Moore further states his opinion: "Whenever we 

 go on the market and find it full of Apples which are 

 covered with scab or other fungous diseases, we should 

 not be surprised to find them moving very slowly and 

 the prices not satisfactory to the grower. At such tim€ 

 and places we hear a great deal said about over-produc- 

 tion, while on the same market we may see Apples 

 which have been carefully grown and placed before the 

 public in an attractive manner selling at fancy prices. 

 I believe — and conditions in our glutted markets this 

 season have borne me out — that there is little or no 

 danger of the over-production of first-class Apples. 



Geo. T. Powell, Ghent, N. Y., says in "The Practical 

 Farmer," of January 11, 1913: "With the very general 

 interest that, in recent years, has arisen in the planting 

 of Apple trees, the question naturally is being asked, 

 'Are there not going to be more Apples produced than 

 can be sold with profit?' . . . There has been 

 much misleading writing upon the profits in Apple- 

 culture, while there has sprung up a horde of promoters 

 and land speculators, whose advertising and operations 



have been on a basis of absolute fraud 



From these sources there is no danger of over-pro- 

 duction in the future, for while many trees have been 

 planted, many will never produce fruit enough to add 

 to future supplies. ... It will be a long time before 

 our markets will be overstocked with good Apples, 

 and when consumers will be able to use them in abun- 

 dance and at a reasonable cost." 



J. A. Cohill, Manager of Tonoloway Orchard Com- 

 pany, Hancock, Md., is a man who looks at the business 

 from a thoroughly practical point, and his opinion is 

 ^;iven in the "Pennsylvania Farmer," of April 26, 1913: 

 'Apple-culture is one of the leading enterprises of the 

 day in the line of agriculture. A pursuit in which the 

 city man as well as the farmer is enthusiastic, and it 

 is already a loot for the real-estate game. The over- 

 production bugaboo is a question that nearly everyone 

 you meet can answer. The widespread interest which 

 the Apple industry is causing on account of the enor- 

 mously large plantings in the various fruit sections all 

 over the country, naturally causes the questions to be 

 asked, 'Will it be overdone? Will there be more Apples 

 produced than can be sold at a profit?' 



"Were we to sell our eight hundred acres of Apple 

 trees today, tomorrow would likely find us planting 

 more Apple trees on our other farms. Have the nu- 

 merous agricultural publications been misleading in- 

 vestors upon the profits in Apple-culture? I don't think 

 so. I believe they have conscientiously warned inves- 

 tors that capital, time and patience, as well as economy 

 of labor and thorough business methods are necessary 

 for success in fruit-growing. 



"The Apple-crop will increase in the future, that we 

 may consider almost a certainty; but isn't the popula- 

 tion of the country also increasing in leaps and bounds? 

 By teaching the public through systematic adver- 

 tising the value of Apples as a commodity, the two 

 hundred different ways of preparing them and giving 

 them the quality, the consumption will increase 

 rapidly." 



Wolf River Apple set spring of 1910 in A. L. Blaisdell's orchard, 

 Maine; Mr. Blaisdell himself. Photo taken fall of 1912 



"But of over-production, it is my opinion there is as 

 little danger today as there was seventeen years ago, 

 when I was told that the trees I was then planting 

 would never pay. There was another orchard being 

 planted in the neighborhood at the same time. We 

 were told that we had better throw our trees away and 

 sow our land in grass for grazing purposes. The or- 

 chards have not been equally profitable, and should 

 the results of the least profitable one be considered, 

 this question of over-production would have to be 

 answered in the affirmative. When that other orchard 

 happened to produce a crop it has been hard to find a 

 place in the market for the fruit, as the place it had to 

 occupy was always filled, not by the product of fruit- 

 growers but by fruit which had simply grown without 

 care or attention. The other orchard has borne nine 

 successive crops in the seventeen years, and so far 

 there has been no trouble in finding a market for the 

 entire output. . . . . The thing that should 

 govern us is our liking for, and our means and ability 

 to prosecute, the work of caring for and developing the 

 orchard. The right man in the right location with 



Price of Two-year Budded Apple Trees, All Standard Kinds 



Each 

 6 to 7 ft $0 40 



5 to 

 4 to 



6 ft. 

 5 ft. 



35 

 30 



10 



$3 50 

 3 00 

 2 50 



' 100 

 $30 00 

 25 00 

 20 00 



1.000 



$250 00 



200 00 



150 00 



Each 



3 to 4 ft $0 25 



2 to 3 ft 16 



10 



$2 00 

 1 50 



100 



$15 00 



12 00 



1,000 



$125 00 



100 00 



One-year Budded Apple Trees, All Standard Kinds 



5 to 6 ft 

 4 to 5 ft 



Each 



$0 35 



30 



10 



$3 00 

 2 50 



100 



$25 00 



20 00 



1,000 



$200 00 



150 00 



Each 

 $0 25 

 16 



10 



$2 00 



1 50 



100 



$15 00 

 12 00 



1,000 



$125 00 



100 00 



3 to 4 ft 



2 to 3 ft 



One to 4 trees are sold at the each rate, 5 to 49 trees are sold at the 10 rate, 50 to 299 trees are sold at the 

 100 rate, 300 trees or more are sold at the 1,000 rate. 



PARCEL POST. Trees not larger in size than 2 to 3 feet can be sent by parcel post, prepaid, at 3 cts. per 

 tree extra. 



Special Prices on Large Orders. Special quotations on large orders will be given on application. When 

 writing, tell us what varieties are wanted, the approximate number of trees of each variety, and the size. 



HARRISONS' TREES HAVE A CLEAN REPUTATION ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES 



