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How many young men look upon an apple orchard as an in vest ment? 

 Land worth twenty dollars to day will be worth r T ™ m,mMmMMmT '"""" M "' 

 one hundred or two hundred dollars in ten t lf you want big apples, take 

 .»., , -, ij J4.u ±. £ 4-u P care of the orchard. A good 



years if it has a good orchard and the cost of the t man y people expect their orch- 

 improvement is nothing for the immediate use - ards to bear big crops of fruit un- 

 of the land in the meantime should at least re E der methods of cultivation that 

 , n j.t -n i £ i_- - wou'd not produce enough of any -i 



turn all outlay. Every man who cares for his : fle id crop to pay for harvesting. \ 

 orchard as he would for other crops from which tiiuiiiiu nMi.nLnunnmuuunI 

 he expects to reap a profit knows that apples pay and they must always pay as 

 the demand is keeping in advance of the supply. Good fruit in the right 

 market pays; poor fruit hustled off to the handiest market does not pay. In- 

 telligent effort is needed for the development of man as for the improvement 

 of apples. 



PRICE OF APPLES. 



Except York Imperial 4c extra; except two light grades, 2c extra. 



EACH. DOZ. HUND. 



Extra 6 to 7 feet 25 $2 50 $15 00 



Extra 5 to 6 feet 20 2 00 12 00 



First class medium 4 to 6 feet... 15 150 10 00 



First class second size 4 to 5 feet 12 125 9 00 



Light grade 3 to 4 feet 10 100 8 00 



Light grade 2 to 3 feet 08 75 6 00 



lUTAll trees boxed and baled free at Catalogue price. 



SUMMER APPLES. 



Early Harvest — Medium to large, roundish, bright straw color; flesh near- 

 ly white; tender, juicy, crisp with rich, sprightly sub acid flavor Tree a mod- 



ynii tn Him tiiiiiMiiiiiiMiiiiiii iiii-w orate grower and very productive Taking 

 fThe Spaniards say: "A woman's! a11 its qualities into consideration this has no 

 3 advice is no great thing, but a man t superior among early apples June to July. 

 3 is a fool that does not take it," es-peo- fc «"■«*».* ' «J ''-«*- ■■. 



3 iaiiy when she consults him to plant t Early Strawberry — Medium size, round - 



j^y uit trees ^t ish, bright red, flesh tender with a mild, fine 



St'tt t 1 1 1 1 1 1 t t 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 t t t 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 t t 1 1 t ti t tttttS fl aV( r; q Ua litv very good and valuable for 

 home use but rather small for much profit. July to August. 



Red Astrachan — Rather large, approaching conical, covered with deep 

 crimson overspread with a thick bloom; flesh juicy, rich, and acid; from its 

 earlinets. handsome appearance, its excellent culinary qualities and the vig jr 

 of the tree it is worthy of general cultivation One of the best of early apples 

 to plant for profit, ripening with Early Harvest Above medium size, skin 

 pale yellow, flesh white, tender, juicy, and of excellent quality; tree is a vig 

 orous a<»d upright grower; gives general satisfaction, does well everywhere and 

 ripens among the earliest. 



AUTUMN APPLES. 



Maiden's Blush— Rather large, oblate, smooth, regular with a fine evenly 

 shaded red cheek or blush on a clear pale *miiiiiniiii iiniiiniiiiiimiiinnni» 

 yellow ground: flesh white, tei der and 3 Delaware, Apriii7, 1899. E 



sprightly with a pleasant sub acid flavor. 3 * Ies *T s - J - G \ Harrison & Sons P 

 This variety forms a handsome rap.d grow- fe^^p^ttetp^-trSi | 

 mg tree with a line spreading head and bears ^bought of you which I am well pleas- t 

 large crops. Valuable for market, also for 3 ed with - Yours truly, t 



drying. September to November. l^,^,^^*^^ 



Fallawater— Lsrge roundish, slightly ovate conical, very regular and 

 smooth; skin yellowish green with dull red cheek; flesh greenish white, fine 

 grained, with a mild, slightly sub acid flavor Tree a strong grower and good 

 bearer; fruit uniformly fair, highly deserving extensive cultivation. Fall. 



Gravenstein— Large, striped red and yellow; flesh tender, juicy, very rich, 

 high flavor, very productive and a popular variety. September. One year trees. 



