HARRISON'S NURSERIES BERLIN, MD. 



to have theni well planted, but doubly important 

 to have them well cultivated afterwards. Envel- 

 oped in weeds and grass, what plant can nourish? 

 What farmer would think for an instant of raising 

 a crop of Indian corn in the thick and tall grass of 

 a meadow ? Such an idea, he would at once say, 

 would be preposterous. We will sav that is not 

 more impossible than the idea of raising a thrifty 

 orchard under the same treatment. It is indispen- 

 sably necessary that the ground should be well 



Never plant a tree unless you are willing to 

 take care of it. 



cultivated to obtain fine fruit. From the neglect 

 of this arises so much of the dissatisfaction of tree 

 planters. Give to your trees for a few years a 

 clean, mellow and fertile soil, and they will bend 

 under copious loads of fine fruit, and yield to the 

 cultivator his reward. One experiment only is 

 enough to convince any one of the advantage of 

 good culture. Dwarf pears, more than any trees, 

 require a deep, rich soil, and clean cultivation. In 

 cultivating, great care should be taken not to injure 

 the trees by rubbing the bark off. The best crops 

 for an orchard are those requiring summer culture 

 ■ — such as potatoes, beans, etc. Winter crops are 

 little better than no culture. Rye is decidedly in- 

 jurious if left to seed. 



Treatment of Trees Coming to 

 Hand out of Season. 



It sometimes happens that trees are received in 

 a frosted state; but if they are properly managed, 

 they will not be injured by it. Let the package 

 be put, unopened, in a cellar, or some such place — 

 cool, but free from frost — until it is perfectly 

 thawed, when it can be unpacked, and either 



Trim and clean up the orchard, gather up i 

 the brush and burn it. Pick up the faulty t 

 fruit and burn or feed to swine. 



PEACH TREE ONE YEAR FROM PLANTING. 



planted or placed in a trench until convenient to plant. Trees received in the fall for spring planting should at 

 once be unpacked, and a trench dug in a rather dry, sheltered position, when the roots should be well covered. 

 So treated, they will be preserved without the least injury until spring. If they should come to hand late in 

 the spring, and appear much dried, plunge the bundle in- 

 to a pool of water, there to remain for twenty -four hours, 

 or more if very much wilted. After this it should be 

 unpacked, and the roots and half the stems should be 

 buried in soil made quite wet by watering; there let them 

 remain until the bark expands to its natural fullness, when 

 they may be taken up and planted as before directed, and we will guarantee you a good reward for your 

 labor. 



Distance for Planting. 



Standard apples 30 feet each way. 



Standard pears and strong growing cherries 20 



Standard plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines 14 to 18 



Dwarf pears 10 to 12 



Grapes rows 10 to 16 feet apart, 7 to 16 feet in rows. 



Raspberries and blackberries . 3 to 4 by 5 to 7 feet apart. 



Strawberries, for field culture 18 to 24 inches by 3 to 3i feet apart. 



Strawberries, for garden culture 1 to 2 feet apart. 



30 feet apart each way. 



25 

 20 

 18 

 15 

 11 " " 



Number of Trees to an Acre. 



10 feet apart each way. 



._ 435 



684 



1,?10 



1,742 



2.723 



4,840 



Rule. — Multiply the distance in feet between the rows by the distance the plants are apart in the rows, and 



the product will be the number of square feet for each plant or hill, which, divided into the number of feet in 



an acre, 43,560, will give the number of trees in an acre. 



50 



10 



70 



8 



110 



6 



135 



5 



205 



4 



300 



3 



A Word to the Farmers, 



Those farmers who have not had orchards of the leading kinds of fruit trees certainly are behind the times, 

 and are every year losing chances of making farming not only a profitable, but also a pleasant occupation. Every 

 farmer has experienced the feeling that he is doing the same thing day after day, year in and year out. He has 

 to wait until winter before he receives pay for his labor. The farmers need to revolutionize this. They must 

 attend more to fruit culture. It has many things to commend it. It breaks the monotony of humdrum farm 

 life; if properly managed, it makes an income for the farmer the year round. 



Make Friends 



Of your trees. Dive in yoar orchard. Watch, love and nurse your trees. Then thev will smile on you, and 

 even blush when you look at them, and bow down to you and say: "Come and lift from us this burden of 

 fruit; it is all yours — yours for the kind treatment you have given us." 



