HARRISONS’ NURSERIES, BERLIN, MARYLAND 
growing in our own and other orchards, and get 
budding wood from the best bearing trees we can 
find. This policy is followed just as far as possible 
in propagatng every variety of apples, peaches, 
pears, cherries and other fruit that we list in this 
book. Through enforcing this policy, and selling 
only trees that we grow, we are enabled to know 
just exactly what our trees are at all times, and to 
back up the claims we make for their superiority. 
It has been pretty thoroughly demonstrated that 
when young trees are propagated by buds or grafts, 
they have the same bearing characteristics as the 
trees from which the budding or grafting wood was 
cut. If this tree is a regular bearer of heavy crops 
of fine fruit, the young trees, in all probability, will 
be the same. If that tree is a shy bearer, or pro¬ 
duces inferior fruit, the young trees have very little 
chance of ever becoming profitable orchards. You 
can notice it in your own orchard and neighborhood 
—one Baldwin or York Imperial tree will bear twice 
as many apples as another standing alongside of it, 
and better apples, too. This condition applies as 
well to peaches and pears and other fruits. 
When, therefore, we say that our trees are budded 
from bearing orchards, it means that they have 
come from trees growing in a successful orchard, 
and that they should possess superior bearing habits 
throughout their life. Under no circumstances will 
we ship you any trees that have not been grown by 
ourselves. When you order Harrisons’ trees 
henceforth, know that you are getting stock that 
has been propagated in our own nurseries, from 
buds cut from selected bearing trees, on well-grown 
seedlings, and cared for in the best manner while 
growing in our nurseries. Harrisons’ trees are de¬ 
pendable at all times. 
Our Trees Are Free From Disease 
All stock is thoroughly inspected by the State 
Entomologist each fall just before digging time, and 
one of his assistants, in the employ of the state, is 
located at our nursery during the entire shipping 
season. The trees are given a final thorough inspec¬ 
tion just before they are packed ready for shipment. 
Every precaution possible is taken for the protection 
of the customer and his stock, and each box or bale 
is tagged with the State Entomologist’s Certificate 
of Health Inspection. 
Harrisons' Trees Succeed Perfectly in New York, New 
England and Canada 
A great many planters seem to have a doubt in their minds as to whether Berlin-grown trees will 
succeed in the North as well as northern-grown 
trees. Harrisons’ trees do succeed in the North per¬ 
fectly and as well as any other trees. Here is why: 
A northern orchard should be planted to trees of 
the varieties that are suited to the North. To attempt 
to plant a southern variety means failure, no matter 
where the tree is grown. Some varieties naturally 
stand more cold than others. These are the ones 
you must plant in the North. Also, there is a differ¬ 
ence in the time required to mature, or ripen fruit. 
Some varieties mature it in a much shorter period 
than others. Northern localities require quick-ma¬ 
turing, and southern localities slow-maturing sorts. 
For northern orchards we recommend these varieties: 
Baldwin, Ben Davis (once in a while), Delicious, 
Duchess, Early Harvest, Fameuse, Gano, Graven- 
stein, Hubbardston, Grimes’ Golden, Jonathan, 
King, McIntosh Tied, Northern Spy, Northwestern 
Greening and Rhode Island Greening, Rambo, Rome 
Beauty, Spitzenburg, _ Stark, Starr, Stayman, 
Wagener, Wealthy, Winter Banana and Yellow 
Transparent. 
Berlin-grown trees are not southern trees. Cli¬ 
matic conditions here, the Atlantic storms of win¬ 
ter, the damp, piercing air, combined with our 
superior soil and our expert care, put more life and 
vitality and size into our trees than average trees 
have, and our trees are hardened as much 
as they would be if grown in Maine. We 
always make certain that our trees 
are entirely dormant when they 
are dug. The wood is hard and 
well- ripened. But the best proof 
we can give of the fact that our 
trees are entirely hardy in the 
North is the experience of those 
who have planted them in northern 
orchards. Here are a few letters. 
If you want the addresses of more 
orchards, ask for them. 
. . “During the past three or tour years I have bought 
This is the Yellow Transparent Apple tree referred to by Mr. from you some 450 apple trees. I am sending you two 
Frank M. Cobb (see, also, page 21) photographs—one of the trees, and one of the fruit 
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