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HARRISONS’ NURSERIES, BERLIN, MARYLAND 
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Wolf River Apple set spring of 1910 in A. L. Blaisdell’s orchard, 
Maine; Mr. Blaisdell himself. Photo taken fall of 1912 
“But of over-production, it is my opinion there is as 
little danger today as there was seventeen years ago, 
when I was told that the trees I was then planting 
would never pay. There was another orchard being 
planted in the neighborhood at the same time. We 
were told that we had better throw our trees away and 
sow our land in grass for grazing purposes. The or¬ 
chards have not been equally profitable, and should 
the results of the least profitable one be considered, 
this question of over-production would have to be 
answered in the affirmative. When that other orchard 
happened to produce a crop it has been hard to find a 
place in the market for the fruit, as the place it had to 
occupy was always filled, not by the product of fruit¬ 
growers but by fruit which had simply grown without 
care or attention. The other orchard has borne nine 
successive crops in the seventeen years, and so far 
there has been no trouble in finding a market for the 
entire output. . . . . The thing that should 
govern us is our liking for, and our means and ability 
to prosecute, the work of caring for and developing the 
orchard. The right man in the right location with 
the right varieties on the right soil and a lot of other 
‘rights’ may be as sure of success in the Apple business 
of today as we were twenty years ago.” 
In the April 19th issue of the “Pennsylvania Farmer,” 
Mr. Moore further states his opinion: “Whenever we 
go on the market and find it full of Apples which are 
covered with scab or other fungous diseases, we should 
not be surprise^ to find them moving very slowly and 
the prices not satisfactory to the grower. At such time 
and places we hear a great deal said about over-produc¬ 
tion, while on the same market we may see Apples 
which have been carefully grown and placed before the 
public in an attractive manner selling at fancy prices. 
I believe—and conditions in our glutted markets this 
season have borne me out—that there is little or no 
danger of the over-production of first-class Apples. 
Geo. T. Powell, Ghent, N. Y., says in “The Practical 
Farmer,” of January 11, 1913: “With the very general 
interest that, in recent years, has arisen in the planting 
of Apple trees, the question naturally is being asked, 
‘Are there not going to be more Apples produced than 
can be sold with profit?’ . . . There has been 
much misleading writing upon the profits in Apple- 
culture, while there has sprung up a horde of promoters 
and land speculators, whose advertising and operations 
have been on a basis of absolute fraud. 
From these sources there is no danger of over-pro¬ 
duction in the future, for while many trees have been 
planted, many will never produce fruit enough to add 
to future supplies. ... It will be a long time before 
our markets will be overstocked with good Apples, 
and when consumers will be able to use them in abun¬ 
dance and at a reasonable cost.” 
J. A. Cohill, Manager of Tonoloway Orchard Com¬ 
pany, Hancock, Md., is a man who looks at the business 
from a thoroughly practical point, and his opinion is 
given in the “Pennsylvania Farmer,” of April 26, 1913: 
‘Apple-culture is one of the leading enterprises of the 
day in the line of agriculture. A pursuit in which the 
city man as well as the farmer is enthusiastic, and it 
is already a loot for the real-estate game. The over¬ 
production bugaboo is a question that nearly everyone 
you meet can answer. The widespread interest which 
the Apple industry is causing on account of the enor¬ 
mously large plantings in the various fruit sections all 
over the country, naturally causes the questions to be 
asked, ‘Will it be overdone? Will there be more Apples 
produced than can be sold at a profit?’ 
“Were we to sell our eight hundred acres of Apple 
trees today, tomorrow would likely find us planting 
more Apple trees on our other farms. Have the nu¬ 
merous agricultural publications been misleading in¬ 
vestors upon the profits in Apple-culture? I don’t think 
so. I believe they have conscientiously warned inves¬ 
tors that capital, time and patience, as well as economy 
of labor and thorough business methods are necessary 
for success in fruit-growing. 
“The Apple-crop will increase in the future, that we 
may consider almost a certainty; but isn’t the popula¬ 
tion of the country also increasing in leaps and bounds? 
By teaching the public through systematic adver¬ 
tising the value of Apples as a commodity, the two 
hundred different ways of preparing them and giving 
them the quality, the consumption will increase 
rapidly.” 
Price of Two-year Budded Apple Trees, All Standard Kinds 
6 to 7 ft. 
5 to 6 ft.. 
4 to 5 ft. 
Each 
.$0 40 
. 35 
. 30 
10 
$3 50 
3 00 
2 50 
■" 100 
$30 00 
25 00 
20 00 
1,000 
$250 00 
200 00 
150 00 
3 to 4 ft. 
2 to 3 ft. 
Each 
.$0 25 
. 16 
10 
$2 00 
1 50 
100 
$15 00 
12 00 
1,000 
$125 00 
100 00 
One-year Budded Apple Trees, All Standard Kinds 
5 to 6 ft. 
4 to 5 ft. 
Each 
.$0 35 
. 30 
10 
$3 00 
2 50 
100 
$25 00 
20 00 
1,000 
$200 00 
150 00 
3 to 4 ft. 
2 to 3 ft. 
Each 
.$0 25 
. 16 
10 
$2 00 
1 50 
100 
$15 00 
12 00 
1,000 
$125 00 
100 00 
One to 4 trees are sold at the each rate, 5 to 49 trees are sold at the 10 rate, 50 to 299 trees are sold at the 
100 rate, 300 trees or more are sold at the 1,000 rate. 
PARCEL POST. Trees not larger in size than 2 to 3 feet can be sent by parcel post, prepaid, at 3 cts. per 
Special Prices on Large Orders. Special quotations on large orders will be given on application. When 
writing, tell us what varieties are wanted, the approximate number of trees of each variety, and the size. 
HARRISONS’ TREES HAVE A CLEAN REPUTATION ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES 
