﻿Why 
  We 
  Have 
  Reduced 
  

   Our 
  List 
  of 
  Varieties 
  

  

  A 
  Statement 
  by 
  Senator 
  Orlando 
  Harrison 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years 
  my 
  brother, 
  Mr. 
  

   George 
  A. 
  Harrison, 
  and 
  my 
  son, 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Hale 
  

   Harrison, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  myself, 
  have 
  visited 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  fruit-growing 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   The 
  purpose 
  of 
  these 
  journeys 
  was 
  to 
  secure 
  first- 
  

   hand 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  varieties 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  larg- 
  

   est 
  and 
  most 
  profitable 
  orchards. 
  

  

  At 
  various 
  times 
  we 
  have 
  visited 
  the 
  peach 
  

   orchards 
  of 
  Maryland, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Texas, 
  

   Missouri, 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  other 
  large 
  fruit-grow- 
  

   ing 
  sections. 
  In 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  places 
  we 
  found 
  

   that 
  four 
  varieties 
  stood 
  first 
  and 
  foremost 
  — 
  

   Carman, 
  Hiley, 
  Belle 
  of 
  Georgia, 
  and 
  Elberta. 
  

   Of 
  course, 
  we 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  other 
  varieties, 
  but 
  

   these 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  sorts 
  with 
  a 
  local 
  reputation, 
  

   and 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  did 
  a 
  grower 
  have 
  large 
  plantings 
  

   of 
  these 
  without 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  variety. 
  

  

  Nor 
  is 
  the 
  choice 
  of 
  apples 
  much 
  wider. 
  In 
  

   West 
  Virginia, 
  Maryland, 
  Maine, 
  in 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   Coast 
  states, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  extreme 
  West 
  a 
  limited 
  

   number 
  of 
  varieties 
  furnish 
  the 
  great 
  crops. 
  In 
  

   these 
  sections 
  the 
  principal 
  varieties 
  grown 
  are 
  

   Grimes, 
  Mcintosh, 
  Jonathan, 
  Stayman 
  Wine- 
  

   sap, 
  Winesap, 
  Wealthy, 
  Yellow 
  Transparent, 
  

   Williams, 
  Oldenburg, 
  Northwestern, 
  York' 
  Im- 
  

   perial 
  and 
  Delicious. 
  

  

  These 
  investigations 
  confirmed 
  the 
  tests 
  in 
  

   our 
  orchards 
  in 
  and 
  around 
  Berlin, 
  where 
  we 
  have 
  

   over 
  1,000 
  acres 
  of 
  fruiting 
  trees 
  about 
  equally 
  

   divided 
  between 
  apples 
  and 
  peaches. 
  We 
  have 
  

   the 
  "Big 
  Four 
  Peaches" 
  and 
  our 
  fifth 
  is 
  the 
  Ray. 
  

   Likewise 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  chief 
  varieties 
  of 
  apples. 
  

  

  We 
  know 
  the 
  varieties 
  that 
  are 
  the 
  money- 
  

   makers 
  in 
  commercial 
  orchards 
  and 
  the 
  desirable 
  

   sorts 
  for 
  home 
  planting; 
  and 
  from 
  now 
  on 
  we 
  

   propose 
  to 
  propagate, 
  to 
  recommend, 
  to 
  sell 
  

   only 
  such 
  varieties. 
  

  

  Other 
  sorts 
  may 
  be 
  valuable 
  in 
  certain 
  sections, 
  

   and 
  we 
  shall 
  continue 
  to 
  propagate 
  and 
  sell 
  such 
  

   local 
  varieties; 
  but 
  let 
  me 
  emphasize 
  the 
  fact 
  

   that 
  the 
  twelve 
  varieties 
  of 
  apples 
  and 
  the 
  six 
  

   varieties 
  of 
  peaches 
  listed 
  herein 
  are 
  unquestion- 
  

   ably 
  the 
  cream 
  for 
  most 
  sections. 
  Whether 
  for 
  

   home 
  use 
  or 
  for 
  market, 
  you 
  may 
  be 
  sure 
  of 
  

   success 
  with 
  these 
  sorts. 
  

  

  