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HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 
ONE OF OUR SPECIALTIES, 
STRAWBERRIES, 
We grow Strawberry Plants by the Millions on our own soil. 
. Strawberry plants as a Specialty. likewise, we issue our Spring Catalogue each season,, 
giving full description of new and old varieties of Strawberries as they do with us, and as far as we can, 
7 isit Strawberry Specialists during the season to learn the best to keep in cultivation. In this way we arc 
able to put more emphasis on the ones that do well and weed out many worthless varieties. There will be 
tound m our list the cream of the standard sorts. We have been associated with Strawberries from boy¬ 
hood and yet we find ripe Strawberries in Spring a luxury to every family, and to the commercial planter 
we can only say it is the one that sticks to his profession or business that succeeds best. 
DIRECTIONS FOR BEGINNERS. 
Plant the strawberry in the Spring, while the soil is moist and cool, when 
there is less evaporation and more favorable weather generally, and when 
the plant is iully grown, matured and dormant. 
SELECT GOOD SOIL.— New ground is best. A clover soil is excellent, 
if in good heart, or a field that has been cultivated in hoed crops. A strong, 
sandy or clay loam in all cases would be our first choice; but large crops of 
fine fruit are grown on all kinds of soil, from light sand to heavy clay, and 
even on muck. It depends on its treatment and the varieties. A sunny ex¬ 
posure will hasten the ripening, as a northern exposure will delay it. 
Don’t plow when the ground is wet and soggy—wait until the soil will 
crumble in the hand. Roll and drag immediately and alternately until 
thoroughly fined and firmed, as too little time is spent in preparing the 
strawberry bed. 
Mark into rows four feet apart if you want to grow broad matted rows, 
or three feet apart for narrow rows, setting the plants 18 inches apart in 
the row. 
If the roots are too long, trim them with a knife—see Fig. 500—as the 
extra long roots are not of any special value, but a strong crown and stout 
roots are the life of the plant. Use a trowel for the setting of the plants and 
see that the dirt is firmly packed around them, and there will be but little loss. 
It costs just the same to cultivate a poor stand as it does a good one. Ths: 
accompanying cut shows a plant properly set. See Fig. 499, 
If these instructions are properly carried 
out there will be less complaint to nursery¬ 
men, 
The blossoms of all varieties are bi-sexual 
or perfect. Those marked imperfect are 
destitute of stamens, and are termed pis¬ 
tillate or imperfect, as are shown in figure. 
Imperfect varieties should have a row of per¬ 
fect flowered sorts planted every third or 
fourth row at least to pollenize their blossoms. 
When the imperfect bloomers are properly 
FIG. 500. _ _ fertilized they are the most prolific, and there 
is no reason for any prejudice against them. Success depends in a great measure 
on getting fine, healthy plants, strictly pure and true to name. This we know 
our plants to be. 
, L Kee ?L . a11 blo f soms Picked off in the new setting. Cultivate and hoe often to 
destroy the weeds as soon as they appear, and to put and keep the ground in 
good condition for the young plants. We use the hoe among them as long as 
we can cultivating between the rows until late in the Fall. 
. MULCHING, a 3 soon ps the ground begins to freeze in the Fall, cover the 
vines with pine needles, straw, com stalks or coarse manure, and allow to Fig. 499. 
^c«V n i her ? u ntll eaUv Spring, then rake the mulch off the vines, leaving it between the rows, which will 
conserve moisture during a dry spell. 
MULCHING TO KEEP THE FRUIT CLEAN. —Before the fruit begins to ripen, mulch the ground 
around the plants with short hay or straw, or grass mowings from the lawn, or anything of that sort. This 
will not only keep the fruit clean, but will prevent the ground from drying or baking, and thus lengthen 
the fruit season. 
GRADING FRUIT .—It is a good plan to assort and grade all fruit as it comes from the pickers, and take 
no risk, especially with new hands in the height of harvest. Have each crate exactly as represented throughout. 
Whatever a man s reputation in the market, it is soon at a discount or a premium, and seldom fails of being 
rated at its true value. 
T _ „ . „ Tennessee, October 20,1904. 
J. G. Harrison & Sons, 
Berlin, Md. 
Sirs:—I received the strawberry plants all O. K.,and am well 
pleased with them. 
Yours truly, 
P. C. Dorsett. 
Pennsylvania, Novembers, 1904. 
Dear Sirs:—I received the strawberry plants in good condition 
and are now looking fresh and healthy, and believe that they are 
perfectly true to name. I received them on October 10, 1904. 
Yours truly, 
C. W. Leitzei. 
