HARRISON S NURSERIES BERLIN, MD. 



The work of Ang-ora Goats shown on tliis side of the fence ; the need 

 of them on the other. 



This is where the Tonoloway Orchard Co. have planted several 

 thousand trees in Washington Co. , Maryland ,1100 feet above sea level . 



to have them well planted, but doubly important 

 to haye them well cultivated afterwards. Envel- 

 oped in weeds and grass, what plant can flourish? 

 What farmer would think for an instant of rais- 

 ing a crop of Indian corn in the thick and tall 

 grass of a meadow? Such an idea he would at 

 once say, would be preposterous. We will say 

 that is not more impossible than the idea of rais- 

 ing a thrifty orchard under the same treatment. 

 It is indispensably necessary that the ground 



I Never plant a tree unless you are willing t 

 I to take care of it. * 



should be well cultivated to obtain fine fruit. 



From the neglect of this arises so much of the 



dissatisfaction of tree planters. Give to your 



trees for a few years a clean, mellow and fertile 



soil, and they will bend under copious loads of 



fine fruit, and yield to the cultivator his reward. 



One experiment only is enough to convince any 



one of the advantage of good culture. Dwarf 



pears, more than any trees, require a deep, rich 



soil, and clean cultivation. In cultivating, great 



care should be taken not to injure the trees by rubbing the bark off. The best crops for an orchard are those 



requiring summer culture — such as potatoes, beans, etc. Winter crops are little better than no culture. Rye is 



decidedly injurious if left to seed. 



Treatment of Trees Coming to Hand out of Season. 



It sometimes happens that trees are received in a frosted state; but if they are properly managed they 

 will not be injured by it. I,et the package be put, unopened, in a cellar, or some such place — cool, but free 

 from frost — until it is perfectly thawed, when it can be unpacked, and either planted or placed in a trench 

 until convenient to plant. Trees received in the fall for spring planting should at once be unpacked, and a 

 trench dug in a rather dry, sheltered position, when the roots should be well covered. So treated, they will be 

 preserved without the least injury until spring, If they should come to hand late in the spring, and appear 

 much dried, plunge the bundle into a ix)ol of water, there to ^^^^^^^ 



remain for twenty-four hours, or more if very much wilted. "^ ----------- .............. 



After this it should be unpacked ; and the roots and half the 

 stems should be buried in soil made quite wet by watering ; 

 there let them remain until the bark expands to its natural 

 fullness, when they may be taken up and planted as before 

 directed, and we will guarantee you a good reward for your 

 labor. 



Distance for Planting. 



standard apples... ll -.30 feet each way. 



Standard pears and strong growing cherries 20 



Standard plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines 14 to 18 



Dwarf pears 10 to 12 " 



Grapes rows 10 to 16 feet apart, 7 to 16 feet in rows. 



Raspberries and blackberries . 3 to 4 by 5 to 7 feet apart. 



Strawberries, for field culture 18 to 24 inches by 3 to 3i feet apart. 



Strawberries, for garden culture 1 to 2 feet apart. 



t Trim and clean up the orchard, gather up 

 t the brush and burn it. Pick up the faulty 

 i fruit and burn or feed to swine. 



Number of Trees to an Acre. 



30 feet apart each way. 



25 



20 



18 



15 



11 " *• 



50 



10 



70 



8 



110 



6 



135 



5 



205 



4 



300 



3 



10 feet apart each way 435 



684 

 1,?10 

 1,742 

 2,723 

 4,840 



Rule. — Multiply the di.stance in feet between the rows by the distance the plants are apart in the rows, and 

 the product will be the number of square feet for each plant or hill, which, divided into the number of feet in 

 an acre, 43,560, will give the number of trees in an acre. 



A Word to the Farmers. 



Those farmers who have not had orchards of the ieading kinds of fruit trees certainly are behind the times, 

 and are every year losing chances of making farming not only a profitable, but also a pleasant occupation. Every 

 farmer has experienced the feeling that he is doing the same thing day after day, year in and year out. He has 

 to wait until winter before he receives pay for his labor. The farmers need to revolutionize this. They mu.st 

 attend more to fruit culture. It has many things to commend it. It breaks the monotony of humdrum farm 

 life ; if properly managed, it makes an income for the farmer the year round. 



Make Friends 



Of your trees. Live in yoar orchard. Watch, love and nurse your trees. Then they will smile on you, and 

 even blush when you look at them, and bow down to you and say: "Come and lift from us this burden of 

 fruit; it is all yours — yours lor tne Kina treatmeat you nave given us." 



West Virginia. 

 Gentlemen:—! received the apple trees all right and in good 

 condition. I am well plezised. Wishing you much success. 

 Very respectfully, 



Harry Washington. 



Delaware, November 23rd, 1903. 



-I received the trees all right and they are fine. 

 Yours truly, 



T. H. Rider. 



