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ESTABLISHED 1881 



Orchardists 





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Nurserymen 





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TELEPHONE - Berlin 27 & 28 

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GROWERS OF 



QUALITY FRUIT AND ORKAIvSENTAL MURSERY PRODUCTS 



Berlin, Maryland 



November 



1949 



Dear Customer: 



The Nation's outstanding peach, which has sold for much higher prices on the American fresh 

 fruit markets than any other variety this season from the Athmtic to the Pacific Coasts, is the 

 colossal Rio Oso Gem, U. S. Plant Patent No. 84. This peach is a big net cash profit money make)- 

 and should be planted in every orchard in the United States, as it will produce big crops of fancy 

 fruit in any area where peaches are grown. 



We have what peach growers have long been waiting for, as we will introduce to the American 

 public for November planting a sensational peach which has a handsome, red blush, beautiful back- 

 ground, yellow, freestone, fine flavor; thick, almost fuzzless skin, good shipping qualities with a 

 2% inch minimum, prolific bearer of dependable annual large crops, being the Hale Harrison Bril- 

 liant, which a few months ago was granted U. S. Plant Patent No. 814. It is a very strong tree and 

 its beautiful fruit ripens at the time of Elberta. Many prominent commercial fruit growers ot 

 Virginia, where this peach was originated, say they will phmt the Hale Harrison Brilliant peach in 

 the future in place of Elberta, which is the standard peach of the World. 



We are nurserymen as well as orchardists, and we have the exclusive propagation and sales 

 rights for both of these new, famous varieties on a royalty basis. 



High quality peaches are easy to grow now by spraying with the most outstanding insecticide 

 ever introduced, being Parathion, which is said to have seventy times more effective killing power 

 than DDT. This new insecticide was first used commercially in 1949 with marvelous favorable 

 results. Spray your peaches with two pounds of Parathion, 15 per cent powder, which will control 

 curculio, oriental fruit moth and other insects, along with six pounds of Wettable Sulphur paste 

 type for the control of rot and other fungus diseases, to 100 gallons of water. You can get excellent 

 results by using this same spray on apples, pears, plums, chei'ries, apricots and nectarines, as well 

 as on peach trees. You can also use this same spray on your shade trees, flowering trees, shrubs, 

 evergreens, broadleaved evergreens, hedge plants and roses, which will give you economical and 

 satisfactory results. 



We can supply beautiful fruit trees, exceptionally fine quality, absolutely true to name, of all 

 the worthwhile varieties of peaches, apples, pears, plums, cherries, apricots and Nectarines, as well 

 as small fruit, shade trees, flowering shrubs, hedge plants, roses and other items of ornamental 

 stock for November planting. 



We appreciate your business and are anxious to take care of your future planting requirements. 



Sincerely yours. 



HARRISON BROTHERS NURSERIES 



GHH:edh 



G. Hale Harrison, General Manager 



