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three carloads of Apples, by the middle of September. These figures show two things: that we are fruit 

 people, and that we are big fruit people. 



Among the features of Harrison's Nurseries the test orchards are worthy of special mention. Here 

 at Berlin, for instance, is a Peach orchard of about a thousand trees, now, in which are over one hundred 

 varieties. You can get ripe Peaches in it from June i8th till October 27th. It is the largest experimental 

 Peach orchard in the United States, and the most complete. Its record gives us the exact facts about any 

 sort. Some of the trees are twenty-four years old, with not a sign of disease or decay. In the same way 

 we test Apples, Strawberries and all other fruits. There are no haphazard guesses as to its merits in any 

 respect when we offer you a tree. We know it is a good one, all the way round. 



Harrison's Service is a thing of very great value to any planter. We certainly have had a broad 

 and educative experience. "Service," as we apply it to the growing and selling of trees, means rendering 

 Our ^prvirp ^^ ^^^ buyer all possible assistance in choosing, planting, and growing the right kinds 



\j\M oervice ^£ trees and plants for home grounds, orchards or gardens. We can solve for any 

 to Growers planter in a quick, sensible, practical way the problems which otherwise would cost 



him much time and disappointing experience. The sum of our experience in fruit 



raising, from propagating the trees on through the planting, cultivating, protecting, and trimming, as 

 well as in marketing the crop, is tersely told in "How to Grow Fruit." It is a handbook worth having. 



"How to Plant About the Country Home" gives the same information regarding ornamentals as the 

 former book does about fruits. It takes up the subject at the start, and, describing the plants and trees 

 named, helps the reader to select suitable planting material for any home, tells how to place it, and how 

 to make it grow and thrive. Both of these books are published by us, and are sold at 25 cts. a copy. Any 

 person who places an order with us, and requests these books, however, will be given a copy of each free of 

 charge, if either, or both, of the coupons in this book are enclosed with the order. 



We want to get in personal touch with growers, and to answer any questions which our experience 

 has shown us the answers to. We make a specialty of visiting the orchards after our trees are planted, to 

 make sure they are doing as well as they should. In many cases we are able to offer suggestions which are 

 worth a great deal to the planter receiving them. The Messrs. Harrison will give personal attention to any 

 particular situation which is brought before them and will try to outline the best methods to pursue. 

 This service is yours to command, whether you have ordered from us or not. 



We offer ten desirable and valuable farms for sale. They are suited to general, stock or fruit farming. 



A Calendar of Our Nursery Operations 



To give you an idea of the daily life on a- Nursery — a factory in which trees are made — here is a list of 

 some of the important things we do. month by month, through the whole year. 



JANUARY. — The work is mostly indoors. Grad- 

 ing trees, fumigating, cHpping, grafting Apple trees, 

 tying in bundles of ten for quick shipment when the 

 time comes, after which these bundles are trenched-in, 

 or ricked in moss. 



FEBRUARY. — A winter month with indoor work, 

 about the same as in January. 



MARCH. — Digging Strawberry plants for shipment 

 to the South. All the planting of trees that is possible. 

 Apple seedlings, if planted now, will make such a growth 

 that one year trees will come into bearing as quickly as 

 two year trees, when planted a month or two later. 

 The earlier stock can be planted, the more growth it 

 will make and the better it will be. 



We picked and sold many hundreds of crates of Klondyke Strawberries, among other kinds, last year. We know tne practical 

 side of growing them, and this is the way we learn just exactly how good they are. No worthless sorts can pass this test. 



