Orlando Harrison 
George A. Harrison 
A Word to You from Mr. Harrison 
To the fruit-growers of America I owe a debt that is going to be mighty hard 
to repay. No, not a financial obligation,—it is entirely different from that. 
For almost a quarter of a century I have been visiting orchards in the East, 
in the great Oregon district, in West Virginia and in other fruit-growing sec¬ 
tions. I have been cordially welcomed; I have seen your methods; I have 
received valuable ideas; I have been told of your successes, and warned against 
those things that spell failure in fruit-growing. 
Now, how can I repay in part this obligation? I cannot hope to repay in full. 
I will tell you. Here at Berlin we have great fruit-farms where the problems 
of location, drainage and soil fertility were solved before the trees were planted. 
The selection of varieties, the cultivation, fertilizing, spraying, pruning, were 
questions that were answered in their proper order. When the trees came to 
bearing, we were ready to handle the crop by careful picking, grading, packing 
and selling. 
I want you to be my guest here at Berlin. I want }mu to see these orchards. 
The information that we have gathered will be given to you freely. We can help 
you to become a successful fruit-grower. Thus do I hope to return some of the 
good things I have received. 
In our nurseries we have over 2,500 acres under cultivation. We have over 
100,000 trees in orchard plantings within seven miles of Berlin. We have a 
test orchard containing over a hundred varieties of Peaches. 
The buds that we use in the nurseries are cut from bearing trees. This insures 
accuracy in variety, vigor in growth, and surety of fruiting. 
My brother, George A. Harrison, supervises the general work about the or¬ 
chards and nursery. My son, G. Hale Harrison, has full charge of the summer 
budding operations. During the college year he is at Cornell University, where 
he is a Senior in the Agricultural College. All of us have grown up in the 
nursery. We have succeeded because we studied the great problems that 
confront the nurseryman and fruit-grower today. 
Come to Berlin. We’ll be mighty glad to see you. This will tell you how 
to come from Philadelphia. 
Berlin is located on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, about 140 miles south 
of Philadelphia. The most convenient train leaves Broad Street Station, 
Philadelphia, at 7.25 A.M., by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington 
Railroad, Delaware Division, arriving at Berlin shortly before 1 o’clock. 
Another train leaves Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, at 3:55 P.M., arriving 
at Berlin at 9.02 P.M. If you will tell us when you expect to visit Berlin, 
we will meet you at the station and you will be our guest at the hotel during 
your visit here. ORLANDO HARRISON 
