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Make Ijour Orchard TTlore Profildble 



by planting "HARRISON-GROWN" Fruit Trees 



The Reasons For The Superiority Of 

 Harrison Grown Fruit Trees 

 1 — Absolutely True To Name 

 2 — Healthy — Vigorous 

 3 — Disease Free 

 4 — Hardy 



5 — Properly hardened off before digging 

 6 — Propagated from bearing trees of se- 

 lected strains 

 7 — Come into bearing earlier 

 8 — Yield bigger crops oi better fruits 

 9 — Have larger roots 



10 — Take hold quickly in new locations 

 II — The best trees for less money 



BUY YOUR TREES FROM 

 A DEPENDABLE SOURCE 



A — Our organization liiis oVeF^SS.j'ears experience. 



B — Every step in growing* iHid^r i(he personal super- 

 vision of the HflrrisonJrbrother^. j'>^ ^ ' 



C — One hundred thousand trees in our own orchards 

 from which oui' prddagatm^plants are selected. 



of moderA mW th^da-. for planning, /^Uixating 



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Harrisons' Fruit Trees Bear Prize Winning Fruits 

 North East South West 



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REASONABLE PRICES BETTER TREES 



Now Every Planter Can Buy Dependable 

 True to Name Harrison Grown Fruit Trees At 

 Prices No Higher Than the Ordinary Tree. 



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TRUE TO NAME 



In addition to carefully selecting the propagating 

 wood from bearing trees of superior strains we have 

 also employed the services of Dr. J. K. Shaw, Research 

 Professor of Pomology of Massachusetts State College, 

 Amherst, Mass., and of Dr. W. H. Upsholl of the Vine- 

 land, Ontario, Canada Experimental Station. These two 

 men are the World's foremost fruit identification speci- 

 alists and they have pronounced our trees true to name. 



SAVE DISAPPOINTMENT 



PLANT HARRISONS' TREES 



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and digging. 

 E — Over 5000 acres of variousT^pes or s<9il^;,„ 

 F — Ideal soil and climatic conditions. Zr**-**,. ''=" i; 

 G — Cooperation with leading horticulturists and ©»'** 



periment stations all over the wo.'ld. , . , ; 



HARRISONS' SPECIALTIES 



Fruit Trees — Strawberry Plants — Grape Vines 

 Asparagus Rots — Small Fruits. . . Roses — Shade 

 Trees — Evergreens — Shrubs • — Vines — Hedge 

 Plants — Azaleas — Boxwood — Peonies — Vines 



SPRING 1942 PLANTING SEASON 



New! Exclusive! Sensational! ^^ 



O 0S0^6EM 



For best results plant all kinds of fruit trees, berry 

 plants and ornamentals just as soon in the spring as 

 the ground can be worked in suitable condition. March, 

 April and early May are the preferred months for 

 planting in most sections. 



BUYING FRUIT TREES IS 

 AN ACT OF CONFIDENCE 



Your future success and profit from your in- 

 vestment depends on factors you cannot see, the 

 skill and experience of the nurserymen, the type 

 of parent tree that is used in propagation, the 

 willingness of the nurserymen to stand back of 

 every one of his claims. 



For 58 years the Harrison organization has been 

 supplying fruit trees to an ever widening circle of 

 customers, until today Harrisons' Nurseries are 

 the largest growers of fruit trees in the World. 

 This demand we believe is due to the profit pro- 

 ducing proven heavy yielding, bud selected strain 

 fruit trees Twe are producing plus absolute de- 

 pendability and square dealings. Thousands of 

 reports from enthusiastic customers, hundreds of year in and year out customers are proof that you 

 can Depend on Harrisons' Fruit Trees. You buy them without risk and with assurance they 

 will yield you the greatest possible profit. 



THE LATE RIPENING PEACH YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR 



The Rio Oso Gem is a perfect freestone, form is globular, slightly elongated, of extremely large size, 

 averaging in diameter from 23^ to 33/4 inches, deep yellow flesh, very fine grain, firm texture, with 

 very excellent flavor, being rich, juicy, sweet and slightly spicy. The coloring is unique, being a 

 beautiful dark crimson-red, running out to lighter crimson and into a rich mottle of crimson over the 

 orange-yellow ground color. It is a good transcontinental shipper. 4.- 



Bears Heavier Than Elberta 



Rio Oso Gem is an extremely heavy bearer and on account of its prolific set of fruit, it is necessary 

 to practice extremely heavy thinning. It has hardy, vigorous fruit buds, which insure it being a 

 heavy annual bearer. The tree bears young. 



Ripens Two Weel:s Later Than Elberta 



The Rio Oso Gem would be a peach of commercial importance when ripening at any time during 

 the peach season, but it is very fortunate that it ripens two weeks later than Elberta, which puts it 

 at a time when there is no other variety of commercial importance as a competitor, and fills a long 

 looked-for gap in commercial production, ripening when the markets are clamoring for peaches. 



Colors Before It Ripens 



An amazing feature of the Rio Oso Gem is, it will take on a good bright red color and yellow 

 background two weeks before ripening, and even ten days before actual ripening time the percentage 

 of bright red color is decidedly more than most other varieties. When Rio Oso Gem is ready to pick 

 and ship it has practically a solid red color. There is no other peach known that carries such a high 

 percentage of red color on the fruit as this marvelous Rio Oso Gem. 



Expert Fruit Growers Say O. K. 



Rio Oso Gem has now fruited in practically every peach district of the Union. Veteran peach 

 growers of the nation are loud in their praise of this startling variety. Rio Oso Gem has passed the 

 experimental stage and proven an outstanding commercial variety superseding the famous Elberta 

 of the Victorian era. 



S. Plant 

 No. 84 



See Page 3 

 For Prices 



VISIT OUR NURSERIES AND ORCHARDS 

 SEE FOR YOURSELF 



* Largest acreage of young apple and peach trees in the world. 



* Mammoth packing houses for packing fruit and trees. 



*Most extensive planting of apple and peach orchards in the East. 

 *Hundreds of acres of ornamentals. 



/The Harrison Bros. Extend to Everyone Interested in Horticulture a\ 

 \ Personal Invitation to Visit Our Nursery and Orchard Plantings./ 



ESTABLISHED 



1884 



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BERLIN. MARYLAND 



LARGEST GROWERS OF FRUIT TREES IN THE WORLD 



5000 

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