HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



ONE OF OUR SPECIALTIES, 



STRAWBERRIES. 



We grow Strawberry Plants by the Millions on our own soil. 



We grow Strawberry plants as a Specialty. Likewise, we issue our Spring- Catalogue each season, 

 giving full description of new and old varieties of Strawberries as they do with us, and as far as we can, 

 visit Strawberrv Specialists during the season to learn the best to keep in cultivation. In this way we are 

 able to put more emphasis on the ones that do well and weed out many worthless varieties. There will be 

 found in our list the cream of the standard sorts. We have been associated with Strawberries from boy- 

 hood and yet we find ripe Strawberries in Spring a luxury to every family, and to the commercial planter 

 we can only say it is the one that sticks to his profession or business that succeeds best. 



DIRECTIONS FOR BEGINNERS. 



Plant the strawberry in the Spring, while the soil is moist and cool, when 

 there is less evaporation and more favorable weather generally, and when 

 the plant is iully grown, matured and dormant. 



SELECT GOOD SOIL.— New ground is best. A clover soil is excellent, 

 if in good heart, or a field that has been cultivated in hoed crops. A strong, 

 sandy or clay loam in all cases would be our first choice ; but large crops oi 

 fine fruit are grown on all kinds of soil, from light sand to heavy clay, and 

 even on muck. It depends on its treatment and the varieties. A sunny ex- 

 posure will hasten the ripening, as a northern exposure will delay it. 

 Don't plow when the ground is wet and soggy — wait until the soil will 

 crumble in the hand. Roll and drag immediately and alternately until 

 thoroughly fined and firmed, as too little time is spent in preparing the 

 strawberry bed. 



Mark into rows four feet apart if you want to grow broad matted rows, 

 or three feet apart for narrow rows, setting the plants 18 inches apart in 

 the row. 



If the roots are too long, trim them with a knife — see Fig. 500 — as the 

 extra long roots are not of any special value, but a strong crown and stout 

 roots are the life of the plant. Use a trowel for the setting of the plants and 

 'see that thedirt is firmly packed around them, and there will be but little loss. 

 It costs just the fame to cultivate a poor stand as it does a good one. The, 

 accompanying cut shows a plant properly set. See Fig. 499. 



If these instructions are properly carried 

 out there will be less complaint to nursery- 

 men, 



The blossoms of all varieties are bi -sexual 

 or perfect. Those marked imperfect are 

 destitute of stamens, and are termed pis- 

 tillate or imperfect, as are shown in figure. 

 Imperfect varieties should have a row of per- 

 fect flowered sorts planted every third or 

 fourth row atleast to pollenize their blossoms. 

 When the imperfect bloomers are properly 

 fertilized they are the most prolific, and there 

 is no reason for any prejudice against them. Success depends in a great measure 

 on getting fine, healthy plants, strictly pure and true to name. This we know 

 our plants to be. 



Keep all blossoms picked off in the new setting. Cultivate and hoe often to 

 destroy the weeds as soon as they appear, and to put and keep the ground in 

 good condition for the young plants. We use the hoe among them as long as 

 we can, cultivating between the rows until late in the Fall. 



MU! CHINd.— a s soon «<? the ground begins to freeze in the Fall, cover the 

 vines with pine needles, straw, corn stalks or coarse manure, and allow to 



remain there until eaHv Sprinsr, then rake the mulch off the vines, leaving it between the rows, which will 

 conserve moisture during a dry spell. 



MULCHING TO KEEP THE FRUIT CLEAN.— Before the fruit begins to ripen, mulch the ground 

 around the plants with short hay or straw, or grass mowings from the lawn, or anything of that sort. This, 

 will not only keep the fruit clean, but will prevent the ground from drying or baking, and thus lengthen 

 the fruit season. 



GRADING FRUIT.— It is a good plan to assort and grade all fruit as it comes from the pickers, and take 

 no risk, especially with new hands in the height of harvest. Have each crate exactly as represented throughout. 

 Whatever a man's reputation in the market, it is soon at a discount or a premium, and seldom fails of being 

 rated at its true value. 



Fig. 500. 



Fig. 499. 



Tennessee, October 20, 1904. 

 J. G. Harrison & Sons, 



Berlin, Md. 

 Sirs: — T received the strawberry plants all O. K.,and am wel 

 pleased with them. 



Yours truly, 



P. C. Dorsett. 



Pennsylvania, Novembers, 1904. 

 Dear Sirs: — I received the strawberry plants in good condition 

 and are now looking- fresh and healthy, and believe that they are 

 perfectly true to name. I received them on October 10, 1904. 

 Yours truly, 



C. \V. LeitzeL. 



