HARRISON'S NURSERIES. BERLIN. MD. 







View of one of our young peach and Kieffer pear orchards, three years' growth, with three rows of 

 cowpeas between the trees. The center of the cowpea rows are again sown to sorghum and crimson clover 

 for winter covering. 



] with deep red cheek, flesh red at the stone, juicy, 

 I with a g'ood ricli, vinous flavor; productive, free- 

 i stone. Middle of Aug-ust. 



j Snow's Orang-e. — Large; yellow; very hardy and 

 productive; valuable for market; freestone. Sep- 

 tember. 



Stump. — See description in "^^^inners' list. 

 Smock Cling-. — A lar^e, juicy, 3-ellow, productive 

 peach, cliiefly valuable for canning- and preserving. 

 September. 



Switzerland. — Fruit uniformly large, white, with 

 handsome red cheek, resembling Old Mixon and 

 Stevens and ripening between the two. 



Tellow Bareripe. — Large, deep yellow, melting 

 and good, with a rich flavor. Last of August. 



Crawford Early. — Fruit very large, oblong; skin 

 yellow, with fine red cheek; flesh yellow, juicy, 

 sweet, excellent; tree vigorous and productive. 



Captain Ede. — Ver^,- large, yellow freestone, with 

 a delicate carmine on one side. It ripens about 

 with Crawford's Earlj-, one week before Elberta; 

 good shipper. 



Christiana. — A new, very large, fine-looking yel- 

 low peach, ripening between Crawford Late and 

 Smock. 



Emma. — Described by the originator as being 

 very large; vellow, with light crimson cheek, flesh 

 3'ellow, fine grained, very juicy; quality among the 

 best; a freestone. In maturity' it follows immedi- 

 ately after Elberta. It is better in quality than 

 Elberta. 



Everbearing". — Produces a successive crop of fruit, 

 ripening all along from July till September. Fruit 

 creamv, mottled and striped with light purple and 

 pink veins. Oblong in shape and tapering toward 

 the apex; flesh, white, juicj^ and of excellent flavor; 

 freestone. 



Elberta. — See description in Winners' list and cut 

 on cover page. 



Hob son. — Introduced by Smith & Bros., and tbey 

 speak of it as being a very large, 5-ellow, freestone, 

 ripening ten to fifteen days before Elberta. 



Kalamazoo. — Large, golden yellow, with crimson 

 cheek; flesh thick. 3'ellow; superb quality, small pit; 

 strong grower, early bearer; hardy and productive. 

 Between Early and Late Crawford. 



Matthews. — It is a cross between Elberta and 

 Smock, showing a parentage of both: large size, 

 above medium: ripens three weeks later than El- 

 berta. Skin srolden yellow, streaked with red; flesh 

 yellow, firm and of excellent quality. Perfect free- 

 stone. 



Moore's Favorite. — Large, white, with blush to 

 the sun; similar to Old Mixon, but a few daj's later; 

 flesh white, tender and juicy; very desirable. Free- 

 stone. August and September. 



ITewlington Cling.— Large to very large; red, juicy 

 and rich. Last of August. 



Old Mixon Cling. — Large; yellowish white, dotted 

 with red on a red cheek: flesh pale white; very melt- 

 ing and juicy, with an exceedinglj- rich, luscious 

 flavor. Middle of August. 



Old Mizon Tree. — See description in Winners' list. 



Beeves. — See description in Winners' list. 



Red Cheefe Melocoton. — Fruit large, skin yellow, 



SIXTH RIPENING. 



Burke. — From Louisiana. Seedling of Chinese 

 Cling and verj- large. It is described as roundish, 

 oblong, pale creamy white, slightlj' shaded witla red, 

 flesh white, juicj', of excellent flavor; clingstone, 

 August. 



Brandywine. — Large to verj' large, skin greenish 

 3-ellow, shaded more or less with dull red; free. 



Coolidge Favorite. — Large; white, with crimson 

 cheek; flesh pale, very melting and juicj-, witli a 

 rich, sweet and high flavor; beautiful and excellent; 

 tree vigorous and productive. Last of August. 



Chairs. — See description in Winners' list. 



Denton. — The fruit resembles that of Elberta, but 

 is a week to ten days later. Is equally as large as 

 Elberta, and even more reliably productive. 



Pitzgerald. — Grows similar to Crawford and 

 ripens between Early and Late Crawford; flesh rich, 

 deep golden yellow, with high character; certainly 

 a very fine peach. 



Prances. — A beautiful shade of yellow covered 

 almost entirely with brilliant red. In size it is 

 about the equal of Elberta, average specim.ens meas- 

 uring nine inches in circumference. It is very pro- 

 ductive. It is a true freestone, with particularly 

 solid flesh, and as a "shipper" is absolutely without 

 a rival. 



Foz Seedling. — See description in Winners' list. 



Gold Drop. — Large, good quality, hardy; profit- 

 able market sort; follows Crawford Late. 



Gold Mine. — Originated in Michigan. The fruit is 

 round or nearly so, having no point or bunch at cen- 



