HARRISONS' NURSERIES 



Nursery Stock That Makes Good 

 How It Is Produced at Berlin 



By HENRY L. HARRISON 



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 un- 

 fortunate that many people forget this 

 fact, and innocently buy trees because 

 they think they are saving a few 

 cents. Nine times out of ten the 

 saving becomes a tremendous loss. 

 And this fact applies to anything you 

 buy — you will get "stung" if you buy 

 an article because of an unwarranted 

 low price. 



We claim, and 

 can prove, that the 

 trees from our nur- 

 series are larger 

 than most other 

 trees; the tests of 

 more than a quar- 

 ter of a century 

 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 pro- 

 ducers 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. 



Another point in favor of Harrison- 

 grown trees is the selection of varieties. 

 Here at Berlin we have a test orchard 

 of peaches, where the new introduc- 

 tions and older sorts are brought into 



Henry L. Harrison 



bearing, so that we may convince 

 ourselves of the merits or the dis- 

 advantages of any. This means in- 

 suring our customers against dis- 

 appointment and subsequent loss 

 from having planted undesirable 

 kinds. The same general statement 

 will apply to apples and other fruits. 

 The loose, sandy, loamy character 

 of the soil allows the root a freedom 

 of growth that is seldom obtained in 

 other sections. The roots come clean 

 and are wonder- 

 fully well devel- 

 oped. The mois- 

 ture in the atmos- 

 phere, caused by 

 our nearness to the 

 ocean, keeps the 

 trees growing 

 rapidly. The East- 

 ern Shore seldom 

 experiences a 

 drought, so that 

 the growing stock 

 has all the mois- 

 ture required. 



If you could 

 visit all the or- 

 chards and all the 

 home grounds in 

 America where 

 Harrison trees are 

 planted you would 

 find that Harrison 

 trees have "made 

 good" in the service 

 because they were 

 properly started in 

 the nursery; that 

 the buds were true 

 to name; that the 

 trees were culti- 

 vated, sprayed, and cared for in a way 

 to make them thrive and produce, 

 even in a section where the conditions 

 were particularly trying. What our 

 trees have done in the past is trust- 

 worthy evidence of what they will do 

 in the future. 



One thing I nearly overlooked, and 

 it's important, too. The fruit trees 

 which we sell are grown in our nur- 

 series at Berlin; we do not "shop 

 around" for trees, buying here and 

 there to fill orders. We want to 

 know what we sell, and to know we 

 have to grow them from the start — 

 it is simply "safety first." 



