FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK 



anything sent by us that proves untrue to label; 

 but it is understood and agreed, between the pur- 

 chaser and ourselves, that we are not to be held 

 liable for any greater sum than that paid for such 

 trees as may prove untrue. 



CLAIMS. We are extremely careful in fiUing 

 and packing all orders, and are always wilhng to 

 do as much or a Uttle more than we agree to; we 

 want you to notify us promptly of any seeming 

 errors in filHng your order, and we will make satis- 

 factory explanation or adjustment. All claims for 

 errors, etc., must be made within five days after 

 arrival of shipment. 



WHEN WRITING FOR INFORMATION OR 

 PRICES, PLEASE GIVE US FULL DETAILS— IT 

 IS IMPORTANT. It will help us greatly to give 

 you the books and papers that you need if you will 

 explain in your letter, or on your card, just what 

 information you want. Give us something on which 

 to base our suggestions. If it is prices you want, 

 and you have your mind made up, give us approxi- 

 mately the number of trees or plants of the different 

 kinds that you need, also the varieties and the 

 number of each variety. We are wilhng to go to con- 

 siderable trouble to see that you get what you want 

 and need — advice, information or trees. Will you 

 meet us part way? Don't hesitate to write at length. 



NO UNNECESSARY DELAYS IN SHIPPING. 



As far as possible, we get your trees to you at 

 exactly the time you ask for them; but many times 

 the trees will be better if shipment is delayed, and 

 you will be benefited decidedly by our holding your 

 order for a httle while. 



Most planters want their trees early for trenching- 

 in or for fall planting. But, if the trees are kept 

 growing in the nursery as fast as required to make 

 them as big and sturdy as they should be, they will 

 not start to ripen their wood until in September, 

 and will not be thoroughly ripe until in October or 

 November in normal seasons. Seasons vary, how- 



ever, as much as six weeks, and leaves fall any- 

 where from August to November. 



Some growers dig trees before they are ripe and 

 strip the leaves off. This makes trees look all right, 

 but they still have soft, sappy wood and ragged 

 wounds where the leaves were torn away, instead 

 of natural calluses. Such trees wither during winter 

 no matter how stored, or, if planted, may be killed 

 by freezing. If they hve, it takes them two years 

 to recover their vitality. On the other hand, trees 

 that are allowed to ripen naturally to the full are 

 not influenced much by digging and storing, will 

 stand shipping and handling without a sign of 

 damage, and, when planted, will start to grow with 

 the same vigor they showed the previous season in 

 the nursery. Complete dormancy is the prime 

 essential for transplanting fruit trees successfully. 



For winter or spring planting many of our cus- 

 tomers order their trees during fall or early winter, 

 and have us trench them in sand, to be shipped 

 during mild days in February or March. We pack 

 and ship when trees can be moved and planted most 

 safely. Sometimes this is early; again, it will be 

 late. Each season varies. The work and time ele- 

 ments enter into it to some extent, of course, but 

 we cannot pack in one day, or one week, all the 

 trees we handle. Tell us when you want your trees, 

 but give us as much leeway as possible, and we will 

 promise to look out for your interests and send your 

 trees in good condition at the right time. 



DON'T PLANT WORTHLESS VARIETIES. 



For many years the list, especially of peach and 

 apple trees, in nursery catalogues has been burdened 

 with worthless varieties. This year we have ehmi- 

 nated a great many of them, and you will find the 

 list in this catalogue to be composed of good ones 

 throughout. Don't burden yourseK with a lot of 

 miscellaneous kinds just for the sake of having them 

 in your orchard. We shall be glad to help you to 

 select the profitable varieties that will succeed in 

 your section. 



Our Special Service Department 



Our twenty-five years' experience in fruit-growing 

 ought to be valuable to all fruit-growers or those 

 who contemplate planting. We invite you to write 

 us about any fruit-growing problem, and, if possible, 

 we wiU help you solve it. A "Service Bureau" is 

 maintained by us for the benefit of our patrons, 

 and we want you to use it. 



The Results of our Many Years of Fniit-Growing 

 Experience is Yours for the Asking. If you are con- 

 templating planting a large orchard and need expert 

 advice about varieties, how to plant, or information 

 on any other point on which you are in doubt, ask 

 us to send our man to your place. We can likely 

 arrange to have him go. We want you to have the 

 benefit of our practical experience, which has 

 brought success to our own orchard enterprises. It 

 might help you to avoid unnecessary and costly, 

 possibly fatal, mistakes. Consultation is the thing, 

 and it is yours for the asking. When needed, we 

 can usually supply a competent man to oversee 



the planting of large orchards, and for this service 

 only a nominal charge is made in addition to the 

 man's actual expenses. 



If your planting will be smaU, and if you desire 

 our advice as to the best and most profitable va- 

 rieties to plant, write to us and we shall be glad to 

 give you all the information we can. 



Be Free to Consult Our Landscape Department. 

 Many people have homes which need shade trees, 

 evergreens, hedges, flowers and vines, but do not 

 know what to choose or how to plant. We have this 

 material of the very finest quahty, and where the 

 planting needed is large enough to justify it, and 

 the distance from Berlin is not too great, we shall 

 be glad to send an expert landscape planter to lay 

 out your grounds for you, and give you his advice 

 as to what and how to plant. The advantages of 

 planting to a plan are too many and varied to be 

 fully explained here. Write if interested, and let us 

 tell you how you can improve your home grounds. 



Harrison Trees Are Budded From Bearing Orchards 



It was many years ago that we started our 

 famous test-orchard of peach trees. In it now there 

 are over a hundred varieties of peaches, six or more 

 trees of each sort, each tree tagged. From the best 

 trees we cut budding wood and propagate trees for 

 orchards of our own, and from these orchaids we 



cut buds for use on our miUions of peach tree 

 seedlings. 



With apples the proposition is a little different, 

 because it takes longer for the trees to come into 

 bearing and make records or show what character- 

 istics they do possess. But we watch all the trees 



