FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK 



Wkat ''Ho\v to Grow and Market 

 Fruit Tells You rlow to Do 



The book is a complete handbook for fruit- 

 growers. It begins by explaining the fourteen 

 essentials for growing fruit, tells the best methods 

 of preparing, fertilizing, cultivating and mulching 

 soil; tells all about planting, laying out orchards, 

 avoiding frost damage, the proper training of trees 

 (which usually is merely pruning), how to thin and 

 get big, perfect crops every year, all necessary facts 

 about insects, rots, scales, scabs, blotch, blight, 

 etc., and exactly how and when to spray so as to 

 control them completely. 



Here are given plain directions for making the 

 very best spraying materials, if you do not want to 

 buy prepared mixtures, and for spraying for any 

 troublesome insects and fungi. Suggestions are 

 given about all the tools you will need in handling 

 your trees to the best advantage; about grafting, 

 tree surgery, the repairing of split forks, etc, ; 

 making trees bear when they seem slow about it, or 

 are entirely barren; pollination, or the cross- 

 fertilizing of blossoms; what varieties to select for 

 each purpose and every locaHty; special cultivation 

 demanded; special insect and fungous enemies. 

 These subjects will give you an idea of the valuable 

 material in the book, and how necessary it is for 

 both owners of commercial and home orchards. 



Special attention is given to systems of growing 

 crops between young trees to hasten bearing and 

 increase fertility. Apple trees can be made to 

 bear a bushel each when five years old. Do you 

 know how to make them do it? The book -tells how. 

 Following this, and completing the book, is a very 

 comprehensive discussion of picking, packing and 

 marketing. Here are directions for grading your 



A jour-y ear-old Ray Peach tree in our orchard 



fruit, for packing your apples in boxes in western 

 style, and suggestions for selling fruit to the best 

 advantage. The price of the book is 50 cents, 

 and with the book you will receive a coupon which 

 we will accept as 50 cents whenever you send us an 

 order for trees, etc., to the amount of $5 or more. 

 Or, send us an order now for trees or plants amount- 

 ing to $5 or more, and we will mail you the book, 

 prepaid. 



THE PLANTING AND CARE OF FRUIT TREES 



When to Plant. It depends on your latitude 

 how early or how late you may plant. If north 

 of the Mason and Dixon Line, plant dormant trees 

 whenever the ground is not frozen. It can be done 

 as late as June 1, but the earlier the better. Of 

 course, you have to depend a great deal on the 

 weather conditions, the condition of the trees and 



Picking-time is a busy season with the orchardist 



on the condition of the soil. Full particulars are 

 given in our book "How to Grow and Market 

 Fruit." It is advisable, where winters are not 

 unusually severe, to plant in the fall, mainly on 

 account of the convenience to the planter. There is 

 generally less work to be done on the farm in the 

 fall than in the spring, and again, the trees get 

 started off to growing earlier 

 when warm weather comes. 



When Trees Arrive. 

 When trees arrive, unpack at 

 once, cut open the bundles 

 and heel them in without 

 any delay, each variety by 

 itself. Be sure that the labels 

 are carefully kept with each 

 bundle. Do your work care- 

 fully and thoroughly. See 

 that no water stands around 

 where the trees are trenched. 

 Dig a ditch leading off from 

 where the trees are trenched, 

 to carry the surface water off. 

 Be careful to see that all 

 straw and moss is removed 

 from the trees before trench- 

 ing. When unpacking and 

 trenching, if the least bit 

 dry, "puddle" the roots be- 

 fore heeling-in. Mix a suffi- 



YOU WON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKE IF YOU PLANT HARRISONS' TREES 



