14 HARRISONS' NURSERIES, BERLIN, MARYLAND 



July, was made with plain lime-sulphur and no 

 lead, because curculio no longer threatened, and 

 because it was deemed best to be on the safe side 

 in the matter of shipping fruit covered with poison- 

 ous spray material. 



So runs the account of how this one huge crop of 

 peaches was saved— a crop worth five or six times 

 as much as the entire orchard cost, a crop which 

 would have made the orchards profitable if we never 

 had got a peach from the trees before or since. The 

 work was expensive, but it paid, and that is the 

 important factor always. The trees now are in 

 normal condition, and you may remain assured 

 that we will not rest in any fancied security again, 

 but will give the orchards their regular schedule of 

 three thorough sprayings each season. The extra- 

 ordinary efforts this season (five sprayings) were 

 made necessary only by the extremely bad infec- 

 tion from the previous year. What we have done 

 this year is a lesson in what may be done. No 

 matter how bad the attacks may be, it is possible 



to save the crop of fruit in perfect condition by 

 prompt, careful work. 



The entire orchard was disked about every week 

 from the first of March till the first of July. Trees 

 were wormed four times during the year. 



The varieties making up the less than ten thousand 

 trees were mostly Carman, Champion, Ray, Belle of 

 Georgia, Elberta and Crawford's Late. From our 

 test orchard containing over 100 varieties we picked 

 peaches from June 14th to October 15th. 



From our orchard nearly 62 cars, or 19,174 bushels 

 of peaches were ■ shipped. The total net sales of 

 peaches was $35,165.53, and the average net price 

 per bushel received, including all grades, soft peaches 

 sold locally, etc., was $1.83. 



The cost of labor was $4,223.36, and together with 

 expenses for baskets, carriers, labels, spray material 

 and other miscellaneous items of $5,103.33, makes a 

 total expense of $9,326.69. This leaves a net profit 

 of $25,838.84 for the year from less than 100 acres 

 of land planted to peaches. 



APPLES 



A few so-called fruit experts have raised a great hue and cry about the number of Apple orchards 

 planted during the past two years, and have predicted an enormous over-production of fruit and reduction 

 in prices and profits to the grower. This subject has been thoroughly threshed out by a number of the lead- 

 ing farm papers, and their thorough investigations of the situation have led to the unanimous opinion that 

 there is no over-production nor is there liable to be. 



Dr. J. H. Funk of Berks County, Pennsylvania, writing for "The Practical Farmer" of January 11, 

 1913, sums up the situation in the following paragraph: "Put out good fruit at reasonable prices, and the 

 consumption of fruit would be tripled, and, instead of hearing the cry of over-production, there would be a 

 demand far beyond what can be produced in the near future." 



Price of Two-year Budded Apple Trees, All Standard Kinds 



Each 



6 to 7 ft $0 40 



5 to 6 ft 35 



4 to 5 ft 30 



10 



$3 50 



3 00 



2 50 



"" 100 

 $30 00 

 25 00 

 20 00 



1,000 



$250 00 



200 00 



150 00 



Each 



3 to 4 ft $0 25 



2 to 3 ft 16 



10 



$2 00 

 1 50 



100 



$15 00 



12 00 



1,000 



$125 00 



100 00 



One-year Budded Apple Trees, All Standard Kinds 



Each 



5 to 6 ft $0 35 



4 to 5 ft 30 



10 100 1,000 Each 10 100 1,000 



$3 00 $25 00 $200 00 3 to 4 ft $0 25 $2 00 $15 00 $125 00 



2 50 20 00 150 00 2 to 3 ft 16 150 12 00 100 00 



One to 4 trees are sold at the each rate, 5 to 49 trees are sold at the 10 rate, 50 to 299 trees are sold at the 

 100 rate, 300 trees or more are sold at the 1,000 rate. 



PARCEL POST. Trees not larger in size than 2 to 3 feet can be sent by parcel post, prepaid, at 3 cts. per 

 tree extra. v 



Special Prices on Large Orders. Special quotations on large orders will be given on application. When 

 writing, tell us what varieties are wanted, the approximate number of trees of each variety, and the size. 



Make your orchard look like this, and it will pay you $250 to $500 an acre net every year 



HARRISONS' TREES HAVE A CLEAN REPUTATION ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES 



