FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL NURSERY STOCK 
anything sent by us that proves untrue to label; 
but it is understood and agreed, between the pur¬ 
chaser and ourselves, that we are not to be held 
liable for any greater sum than that paid for such 
trees as may prove untrue. 
CLAIMS. We are extremely careful in filling 
and packing all orders, and are always willing to 
do as much or a little more than we agree to; we 
want you to notify us promptly of any seeming 
errors in filling your order, and we will make satis¬ 
factory explanation or adjustment. All claims for 
errors, etc., must be made within five days after 
arrival of shipment. 
WHEN WRITING FOR INFORMATION OR 
PRICES, PLEASE GIVE US FULL DETAILS—IT 
IS IMPORTANT. It will help us greatly to give 
you the books and papers that you need if you will 
explain in your letter, or on your card, just what 
information you want. Give us something on which 
to base our suggestions. If it is prices you want, 
and you have your mind made up, give us approxi¬ 
mately the number of trees or plants of the different 
kinds that you need, also the varieties and the 
number of each variety. We are willing to go to con¬ 
siderable trouble to see that you get what you want 
and need—advice, information or trees. Will you 
meet us part way? Don’t hesitate to write at length. 
NO UNNECESSARY DELAYS IN SHIPPING. 
As far as possible, we get your trees to you at 
exactly the time you ask for them; but many times 
the trees will be better if shipment is delayed, and 
you will be benefited decidedly by our holding your 
order for a little while. 
Most planters want their trees early for trenching- 
in or for fall planting. But, if the trees are kept 
growing in the nursery as fast as required to make 
them as big and sturdy as they should be, they will 
not start to ripen their wood until in September, 
and will not be thoroughly ripe until in October or 
November in normal seasons. Seasons vary, how¬ 
ever, as much as six weeks, and leaves fall any¬ 
where from August to November. 
Some growers dig trees before they are. ripe and 
strip the leaves off. This makes trees look all right, 
but they still have soft, sappy wood and ragged 
wounds where the leaves were torn away, instead 
of natural calluses. Such trees wither during winter 
no matter how stored, or, if planted, may be killed 
by freezing. If they live, it takes them two years 
to recover their vitality. On the other hand, trees 
that are allowed to ripen naturally to the full are 
not influenced much by digging and storing, will 
stand shipping and handling without a sign of 
damage, and, when planted, will start to grow with 
the same vigor they showed the previous season in 
the nursery. Complete dormancy is the prime 
essential for transplanting fruit trees successfully. 
For winter or spring planting many of our cus¬ 
tomers order their trees during fall or early winter, 
and have us trench them in sand, to be shipped 
during mild days in February or March. We pack 
and ship when trees can be moved and planted most 
safely. Sometimes this is early; again, it will be 
late. Each season varies. The work and time ele¬ 
ments enter into it to some extent, of course, but 
we cannot pack in one day, or one week, all the 
trees we handle. Tell us when you want your trees, 
but give us as much leeway as possible, and we will 
promise to look out for your interests and send your 
trees in good condition at the right time. 
DON’T PLANT WORTHLESS VARIETIES. 
For many years the list, especially of peach and 
apple trees, in nursery catalogues has been burdened 
with worthless varieties. This year we have elimi¬ 
nated a great many of them, and you will find the 
list in this catalogue to be composed of good ones 
throughout. Don’t burden yourself with a lot of 
miscellaneous kinds just for the sake of having them 
in your orchard. We shall be glad to help you to 
select the profitable varieties that will succeed in 
your section. 
Our Special Service Department 
Our twenty-five years’ experience in fruit-growing 
ought to be valuable to all fruit-growers or those 
who contemplate planting. We invite you to write 
us about any fruit-growing problem, and, if possible, 
we will help you solve it. A “Service Bureau” is 
maintained by us for the benefit of our patrons, 
and we want you to use it. 
The Results of our Many Years of Fruit-Growing 
Experience is Yours for the Asking. If you are con¬ 
templating planting a large orchard and need expert 
advice about varieties, how to plant, or information 
on any other point on which you are in doubt, ask 
us to send our man to your place. We can lik ely 
arrange to have him go. We want you to have the 
benefit of our practical experience, which has 
brought success to our own orchard enterprises. It 
might help you to avoid unnecessary and costly, 
possibly fatal, mistakes. Consultation is the thing, 
and it is yours for the asking. When needed, we 
can usually supply a competent man to oversee 
the planting of large orchards, and for this service 
only a nominal charge is made in addition to the 
man’s actual expenses. 
If your planting will be small, and if you desire 
our advice as to the best and most profitable va¬ 
rieties to plant, write to us and we shall be glad to 
give you all the information we can. 
Be Free to Consult Our Landscape Department. 
Many people have homes which need shade trees, 
evergreens, hedges, flowers and vines, but do not 
know what to choose or how to plant. We have this 
material of the very finest quality, and where the 
planting needed is large enough to justify it, and 
the distance from Berlin is not too great, we shall 
be glad to send an expert landscape planter to lay 
out your grounds for you, and give you his advice 
as to what and how to plant. The advantages of 
planting to a plan are too many and varied to be 
fully explained here. Write if interested, and let us 
tell you how you can improve your home grounds. 
Harrison Trees Are Budded From Bearing Orchards 
It was many years ago that we started our 
famous test-orchard of peach trees. In it now there 
are over a hundred varieties of peaches, six or more 
trees of each sort, each tree tagged. From the best 
trees we cut budding wood and propagate trees for 
orchards of our own, and from these orchaids we 
cut buds for use on our millions of peach tree 
seedlings. 
With apples the proposition is a little different, 
because it takes longer for the trees to come into 
bearing and make records or show what character¬ 
istics they do possess. But we watch all the trees 
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