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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
March 1900. 
ORLANDO HARRISON. 
Among the more promlawil of the young- 
er pMpMtlfln of horticulturists who have 
.lone -■ much In the past decade for the 
jnem of *hc hortlcnltnnil inUTpsD 
Of the country . Is Mr. nihinrlo U.utImiu. of 
Herltn. Mil. Mr. Harrison Is u nieiiil» i Of 
the widely known lUlrsetT firm. J. H Hnr 
rlson A Sons. While the senior Mr. Hnr 
risen is still nt tin- helm, giving the 1m*l 
m ss the bom Hi "I hl« personal experience, 
the liiisiiies* maungvmcnt hn* recently de- 
volved almost entirely upon Mr Orlando 
Harrison. who 1ms brought to It that • nor 
gy nml disorctlmi vrlilch founts fur do runoh 
In business kUccc-k. The HniTlson nil mer- 
les have In I lie past made a specialty of 
peach trees, strawberry plants and aspara- 
gus roots; recently the KeHTer pear and 
several good varieties of the apple have 
been added to their iperlnlilf*. They are 
1 he largest grower- of peneh trees lit the 
l : nlte.| Stan -, and for tire year- have le.l 
nil other tlrais in I lie sale of strawberry 
plants, often during the lui«j season ship 
plug tlpwaid- of IIUIIHMI plains pel liny. 
The strawberry plant « are grown on Halil, 
loamy, an ml) soil I ..I wMh crimson elnvnr, 
cow pea« and potash, wljlcli gives them all 
abundance of lllirons rnula. The apple stock 
l» I-. in budded and grafted Tin peneh 
ire. - a iv grown I rum imlur.il se,..| op lalitl 
1 h»l ha.- never beep penciled aid In a roup, 
ity which Ini- never Imd a ca«. of Sait Ju-e 
" ■dr but ,m a double precauihni ugtiliiM 
Ibi- pest, all Ire. S are fumigated with by 
dro-cyanlc add gas. 
I.1-1 rail 1)1. Harrison Nurseries broke 
tl.e record in tilling large orders, more ilia n 
7 «>.<hki poach in . - being sold to a siugl. 
planter. 
CUTTING OFF BIG LIMBS. 
Ill Hie Telit itar.v number pf Vink's Maga- 
zine i» the following 
' In it re.-, nt railroad trip the writ. 1 met 
"h. unpleasant -Igln |, was that of „r- 
' , '"' 1 up lido lire wood Front 
tl" 'yes « hh h renmltjcl it was easy 
p <• 1 ■ " l-.m le.j p. ti.i, K for fu.-l 
■T I "" 1 ur crippled, and tlmt 
“I* "I had pi itulug On,. 
• onld It. It Itrge loam lie. man. „r 
; h *,\ m 
pas a en set ere.) from the trees, pre- 
-umably ,|,e sUpposlIto,, that Wllllt WUtl 
■csp„r,..| promote I, Oil fulness. „ r ,„. r 
l.it|.s to dis-rcum shad-- to th.- , r..ps b.llow 
was to cm the large branches. As usual, 
the thing' resulted In evil to the tree, mak- 
ing It in time a subject for Urn wood. We 
have not space here to write an article on 
orchard pruning, but the sight witnessed 
as above lend* us to say Ibis much; Be 
ware of catting large branches : but If such 
must lie, point the -cars thoroughly and 
keep I hem painted.” 
Contents of this Number. 
HDITOnUL— 
flew m Ile.i.l » Tree. ........ 
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Menihl lb rib iiliiin- bv Tough! lu the Pub- 
Mr 
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In Tiuicbi r, 
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Tilt’ J'MpiT PI.iim»» 
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Ton Spray Don't* . 
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A PTT4F- 
A Vnlnnhb Now Apple 
20 
The Virginia Ron nty Appl". 
Now Si-iilllng Apple- 
2>l 
TId- Vpptv* Onoil F*»«m1 
. I'M 
Ural Apj*>« for fiWA . . . 
PEACH MK AND I'Ll MH 
lllii.lnillen |.e C'.ale pear Tree 
21 
t’litlfunibi Peaches 
21 
Pencil ltr»\. lag In Novn Senlln... 
Prtii’h Prunpoel? In Georgia 
SMA 1,1. rfllMTM 
culture of sirawborrte* 
<22 
GniuJ \ i\ rli'l icu of fJlrawberrtpJ . . 
■v> 
fhilnr Tented g trxwhorrli * . . 
ss 
4 i • r.i |ii' h .... 
33 
11111*1 rat Inn, sirowberrl. » 
, . .li»i 
1 tiled Grape* 
Good ltippliirrlo* ,... 
. ,2.1 
A Novel Cln-rry 
23 
SEMT TROPICAL 
Hlg Grew III „r « 'st If II rntit ■lire, . 
21 
Cullfnrnlti olive. 
FhiMdn fruit. ... 
. .21 
IlliiKtrittliio. A Th«' YMt-OId 
1 Irnngv 
Tree 
.21 
Y egi lnbtc, Pmoli and SUrnWhori) 
• 'tup. 
VIOGRTARliEA - 
Wont 3 Winter fnlibngo 
• «<n ni Toimilut't 
. . ,'jff 
I ne.l V nine ot Potnlnc 
.'a!^ 
llbl.l rutleu. Sooli | IVar Tn i HI 
IrWiiii. 
mbiel« .... 
Cnlilinge uml bell lire 
Trtbmlo CoUnrt .. 
2>1 
C>llU»l»9 fin M|i.i.-picv . 
. . -4J 
Items Worth Planting 27 
Illustration, Winter irabbngo 27 
I 'ANN BUY NEWS— 
Development of the Canning Industry. ...27 
TREK TESTS— 
Value of Spraying 2S 
spraying for rtio Destruction of Iiiwm'I* mid 
Fungus Pest* 2k 
Spraying Calendar - . .29 
imimfTi.Tt ni: in pitu.d s. ho«M.s 
What Is ItorlU-ttlture Why sm.ly It. and 
Whore? :to 
i i- fanning . l 
ygrhull'jre a* u Subject of lltti ruction 
m Schools .'ll 
miitTirrurr n a i. ne \ v » 
AdJn«i.» Troll Grower* .SB 
Tnndltloti* ami l’roapecta ftf Missouri fruit. .13 
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