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HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



THE APPLE. 



No fruit is more in de- 

 mand, more universally 

 liked, or more generally 

 used than the Apple. Its 

 uses are many and of in- 

 estimable value. The ear- 

 liest varieties commence 

 to ripen the latter part of 

 June, and the later varie- 

 ties can be kept until the 

 coming- of the early kinds 

 the following year, mak- 

 ing it a fruit in perfec- 

 tion the entire year. 



The Apple is a world- 

 renowned fruit of temper- 

 ate climates. Although 

 not possessed of the rich- 

 ness, melting and deli- 

 cious qualities of the 

 pear or peach, yet its 

 great adaptation to a 

 great variety of soils, to- 

 gether with the long time 

 through which many va- 

 rieties may be kept in a 

 fresh state, its various 

 uses, and the profits ac- 

 cruing from it as a mar- 

 ket fruit, it must be re- 

 garded as holding the 

 very first rank among the 

 fruits. There is no sec- 

 tion of country where it 

 attains such perfection 

 as it does in this, nor 

 where its cultivation can 

 be made more profitable 

 than in Virginia, West 

 Virginia and parts of 

 Pennsylvania, although 

 there may be other States 

 equally as well adapted. 

 It is evident that some 

 Apples that are highly 

 esteemed in one locality 

 are worthless when re- 

 moved to another soil or 

 climate of a different 

 character; hence comes so 

 much disappointment and 

 loss to those who have 

 planted Northern Winter 

 varieties which have for most part become Fall Apples. Some persons commit a great fault by attempt- 

 ing to grasp all the varieties that are offered. It is far better for him who is about to plant an orchard, 

 either large or small, to determine which varieties are best adapted for his purpose. For the small planter 

 who is providing for the wants of the family a number of varieties that will ripen in quick succession 

 will be best, and the sorts should be selected with regard to their qualities for household use. The planter 

 of extensive commercial orchards will need but a limited number of varieties, which should be selected 

 with a view to the wants of the market he intends supplying as well as the productiveness of the fruit 

 and its ability to bear transportation. 



BEN DAVIS. (See description, page 12.) 



VALUE OF AN APPLE ORCHAED. 



No man, neither young nor old, should deny himself from planting an apple orchard where cheap land 

 can be procured the world over, and what we mean by cheap land is land that will grow good apple trees, 

 whether it be $5.00 or $50.00 per acre. 



Many varieties of apples now come into bearing early. For instance, we were in the Nursery this 

 morning, and found apples en two-year blocks of Yellow Transparent, "Wealthy, Missouri Pippin, Wag- 

 ener, Ben Davis and a number of other varieties. Then why should a man say if he were young he would 

 plant an apple orchard when apple trees come into bearing now almost as early as did peaches 2 5 years ago? 



There are hundreds of thousands of acres of land going to waste in the United States, especially in 

 the rough portions of the mountain section, where there is nothing being grown at all. Land usually 

 sloping to the east, with a good elevation, makes a good site for an apple orchard, although it is not so 

 much the location as it is the man who has charge of the orchard. T\'e know of apple orchards on level 

 land that has been a paying investment for the grower. In West Virginia some individual trees of the 

 York Imperial produced last year three barrels of fruit at seven years of age; others 20 barrels of apples 

 at 20 years of age. We know of another apple orchard of 35 acres planted to York Imperial and Ben Davis 

 that is 28 years old. We have been creditably informed there has been more than $80,000 worth of apples 

 sold from this orchard during the past 20 years, and in 1905 alone the fruit from this orchard sold for 

 more than $9,000. 



One Yellow Transparent Apple Tree eight vears old last season netted $8.00 of the early apples in 

 Western Maryland. 



In Delaware, where apples have not been grown onlv for the past few years, last season one small 

 fruit grower sold more than $15,000 worth of apples from varieties like Yellow Transparent, Fourth of 

 •July, William's Early Red of the early kinds, and of later sorts like Wine Sap, Stayman's Wine Sap, 

 Nero, Rome Beauty and Stark. 



Apples do not give as quick returns as peaches and plums, but when they do come into bearing they 

 are not as expensive to care for, and can be handled more easily. You can grow the trees and sell the 

 entire fruit crop on the tree to himdreds of buyers, which vou cannot often do with any other fruit. 



"We would advise every yoimg and old man as well to' plant an apple orchard, and do not deceive your- 

 self by saying it will be no good. Let us plant one for another. 



