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PEACHES 



It is generally known and admitted that J. G. Har- 

 rison & Sons are preeminently the Peach people of the 

 TTr_ A j-g United States. This year there are well 



21— - over six million young trees growing 



Peach People over our two thousand acres. If one 

 -— ^^^^^^— — thing has received more attention 

 than any other here, it has been Peaches. We have 

 studied them, propagated them, made them over, and 

 have eaten them, till we feel fully competent to grow 

 a good tree and know a good one when we see it. 

 Certain conditions enable us to take this first rank in 

 Peach-tree growing. Our soil and climate (near the 

 Atlantic Ocean) are peculiarly and specially suited to 

 the production of good Peaches. 



We have a unique feature in our test orchard — some- 

 thing not equaled in the whole country. It contains 

 six trees of each variety, on each of which is a wooden 

 tag. Each year a record is kept of the growth, health, 

 foliage, bloom, amount of fruit, its color, shape, size, 

 time of ripening, flavor and any special points of value. 

 There are now in the orchard a hundred and fifty or 

 more varieties and most of the trees have been in bear- 

 ing from five to twenty-one years. This orchard serves 

 two purposes. From it we cut buds, and so are abso- 

 lutely certain of getting varieties true to name. Also, 

 we watch what each sort does, and know, beyond a 

 doubt and without having to take any one's word for it, 

 all about the good and bad points of every variety. 

 Those we keep on propagating are proved to be worth 

 while and we do not waste time on those of inferior 

 merit. 



There are about seven hundred known sorts of 

 Peaches, and it takes about one hundred to meet all 

 Q^_ Tpcf ^^^ varying conditions of soil, elevation, 



— — cold, moisture, different purposes and 



Orchard seasons. It is useless to plant a kind not 



suited to your locality. Your investment 



and your time in doing so will be a dead loss. On the 

 other hand, the mere change to another and different 

 kind may mean a golden harvest. In planting, study 

 every local condition — soil, elevation, air and water 

 drainage, rainfall and wind. Then decide on the early, 

 medium and late varieties which are adapted to similar 

 situations. You will be greatly helped in this by the 

 experience of others near you, and can almost get your 

 key to what to plant from their orchards. Often certain 



varieties will be suggested that can be grown to advant- 

 age under the local conditions which are peculiar and 

 which cause trouble with other kinds. 



Growing Peaches will lose more money in a short 

 time for the indifferent and careless planter than almost 

 ^rif^-nra jinH anything else. It is an exact and peculiar 

 Jt.icm.c ctim s(,ience. To succeed, study, work, 

 Success prompt action, and careful calculation 



^———— are required. It is a fascinating work, 



however, and is worthy attention for the pleasure, to 

 say nothing of its profits. Single crops have made for- 

 tunes. We have seen six acres of Peaches sell for over 

 ^24,000, and the buyer got a bargain. 



Last year we had to return many orders from our 

 good friends who wanted Peach trees. We sold all the 

 trees we had ready to plant, at the very beginning of the 

 season. We trust this will not deter them from ordering 

 again, and we sincerely regret that we were not able 

 to give them all the trees they wanted. This year we 

 have nearly twenty times as many as we had last 

 season. This should be enough for all and the trees 

 we have are as good as it is possible to grow them. That 

 they are "Harrison" Peaches is enough of a guarantee 

 to assure this. We call particular attention to the fact 

 that we have bearing Peach trees here which are all 

 of thirty years old, as well as trees of all ages under 

 that, and every one is absolutely healthy. 



Of the varieties, Ray is in a class by itself. For its 

 purpose there is no other quite so good. Other good 

 ones are: Elberta, Carman, Belle of Georgia, Crawford's 

 Late, Champion, Mountain Rose, Old Mixon Free, 

 Stump the World, Reeves' Favorite, Moore's Favor- 

 ite, Fox's Seedling and Chair's Choice. This list will 

 make a complete orchard, ripening all the way from 

 earliest to latest. They are suited to anywhere along 

 the Atlantic coast, from Georgia to Connecticut. 



Another and more extended list, in the order of 

 ripening, is as follows: First ripening, Mayflower, 

 Greensboro, Hiley; second, Mamie Ross, Waddell; 

 third, Slappy; fourth, Crawford's Early, Connets'; 

 fifth. Captain Ede, Thurber; sixth, Frances, Lemon 

 Free, Niagara, Stevens' Rare Ripe; seventh, Geary's 

 Hold-on, Smock, Wonderful. Peaches of this class are 

 particularly adapted to mountainous sections and 

 higher elevations. Eighth ripening Ford's Late White, 

 Salway, Willett. 



In our experimental and test Peach orchard at Berlin. One of the most interesting and valuable features of the Nurseries. Mr. 

 Harrison is looking at the tag on which a record of each tree is kept. We KNOW what each variety has done during past 20 years. 



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