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HARRISONS’ NURSERIES, BERLIN, MARYLAND 
Buds 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 orchards 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 
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 propagating every variety of apples, peaches, 
The way Harrisons’ trees grow in an orchard 
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 produces 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 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 directly from trees 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, hence¬ 
forth, 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 while growing in the best manner in 
our nurseries. 
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, to make doubly sure that no 
diseased trees are shipped out. 
The trees are given a final thorough inspection 
just before they are packed ready for shipment. 
Every precaution possible is taken for the pro¬ 
tection of the customer and his stock, and each 
box or bale is tagged with the State Entomologist’s 
Certificate of Health Inspection. 
Harrisons Special Service 
Our more than twenty 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 ahy fruit-growing prob-f 
Iem, 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. 
Do You Want Our 
Orchard Adviser to 
Come to See You? 
If you are contemplating 
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 likely 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 
varieties to plant, write to us, and we will be 
glad to give you all the information we can. 
Do You Want tlie Advice of an Expert 
to Help You to Beautify Your Lawn? 
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 
will 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 advan¬ 
tages of planting to a plan are too many and varied 
to be fully explained here. Write if interested. 
THE VARIETIES IN THIS CATALOGUE ARE THOROUGHLY RELIABLE 
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