HARRISONS' NURSERIES, BERLIN, MARYLAND 



growing in our own and other orchards, and get 

 budding wood from the best bearing trees we can 

 find. This poHcy is followed just as far as possible 

 in propagatng every variety of apples, peaches, 

 pears, cherries and other fruit that we hst in this 

 book. Through enforcing this pohcy, and selhng 

 only trees that we grow, we are enabled to know 

 just exactly what our trees are at all times, and to 

 back up the claims we make for their superiority. 



It has been pretty thoroughly demonstrated that 

 when young trees are propagated by buds or grafts, 

 they have the same bearing characteristics as the 

 trees from which the budding or grafting wood was 

 cut. If this tree is a regular bearer of heavy crops 

 of fine fruit, the young trees, in aU probabihty, wiU 

 be the same. If that tree is a shy bearer, or pro- 

 duces inferior fruit, the young trees have very httle 

 chance of ever becoming profitable orchards. You 



can notice it in your own orchard and neighborhood 

 — one Baldwin or York Imperial tree wiU bear twice 

 as many apples as another standing alongside of it, 

 and better apples, too. This condition apphes as 

 weU to peaches and pears and other fruits. 



When, therefore, we say that our trees are budded 

 from bearing orchards, it means that they have 

 come from trees growing in a successful orchard, 

 and that they should possess superior bearing habits 

 throughout their hfe. Under no circumstances will 

 we ship you any trees that have not been grown by 

 ourselves. When you order Harrisons' trees 

 henceforth, know that you are getting stock that 

 has been propagated in our own nurseries, from 

 buds cut from selected bearing trees, on well-grown 

 seedhngs, and cared for in the best manner while 

 growing in our nurseries. Harrisons' trees are de- 

 pendable at aU times. 



Our Trees Are Free From Disease 



AU stock is thoroughly inspected by the State 

 Entomologist each fall just before digging time, and 

 one of his assistants, in the employ of the state, is 

 located at our nurser^^ during the entire shipping 

 season. The trees are given a final thorough inspec- 



tion just before they are packed ready for shipmeint. 

 Every precaution possible is taken for the protection 

 of the customer and his stock, and each box or bale 

 is tagged with the State Entomologist's Certificate 

 of Health Inspection. 



Harrisons' Trees Succeed Perfectly in New York, New 



England and Canada 



A great many planters seem to have a doubt in their minds as to whether BerHn-grown trees will 



succeed in the North as well as northern-grown 

 trees. Harrisons' trees do succeed in the North per- 

 fectly and as weU as any other trees. Here is why: 

 A northern orchard should be planted to trees of 

 the varieties that are suited to the North. To attempt 

 to plant a southern varietj^ means failure, no matter 

 where the tree is gro\\Ti. Some varieties naturally 

 stand more cold than others. These are the ones 

 you must plant in the North. Also, there is a differ- 

 %m ^'St^ir ^^ S&i^^f ^^Kk ence in the time required to mature, or ripen fruit. 



^Pf . J ^^BL nJ^k£^P^^^^^ Some varieties mature it in a much shorter period 



than others. Northern localities require quick-ma- 

 turing, and southern locahties slow-maturing sorts. 

 For northern orchards we recommend these varieties : 

 Baldwin, Ben Davis (once in a while), Dehcious, 

 Duchess, Early Harvest, Fameuse, Gano, Graven- 

 stein, Hubbardston, Grimes' Golden, Jonathan, 

 King, Mcintosh Hed, Northern Spy, Northwestern 

 Greening and Rhode Island Greening, Rambo, Rome 

 Beauty, Spitzenburg, Stark, Starr, Stayman, 

 Wagcner, Wealthy, Winter Banana and Yellow 

 Transparent. 



Berlin-growm trees are not southern trees. Ch- 

 matic conditions here, the Atlantic storms of win- 

 ter, the damp, piercing air, combined with our 

 superior soil and our expert care, put more life and 

 vitality and size into our trees than average trees 

 have, and our trees are hardened as much 

 as they would be if grown in Iviaine. We 

 always make certain that our trees 

 are entirely dormant when they 

 are dug. The wood is hard and 

 well ripened. But the best proof 

 we can give of the fact that our 

 trees are entirely hardy in the 

 North is the experience of those 

 who have planted them in northern 

 orchards. Here are a few letters. 

 If you want the addresses of more 

 orchards, ask for them. 



"During the past three or tour years I have bought 

 This is the YeUow Transparent Apple tree referred to by Mr. from you some 450 apple trees. I am sending you two 

 Frank M. Cobb (see, also, page 21; photographs — one oi the trees, and one ot the iruit 



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