THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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ORLANDO HARRISON. 
The accompanying engraving represents Orlando Har¬ 
rison, eldest son of J. G. Harrison, and member of the 
well-known firm of J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. 
He is 29 years of age. He entered the firm in ] 888. He 
attends to all the correspondence and superintends the 
’planting of new varieties, which is now an important 
feature of the business. 
J. G. Harrison was born in Sussex County, Delaware, 
November 15, 1840. At the age of 27 he was married, 
and at that time started the growing of strawberries. At 
that time the famous old Wilson was the berry. One 
acre that stood in bearing for several years netted from 
$200 to $500 per acre annually. This caused a love for 
fruit culture, and Mr. Harrison bought a farm near Ber¬ 
lin, Md., where he now resides, 170 
acres^of red clay sandy loam. In 
1884 and 1885 he started planting, 
the soil being particularly adapted 
to growing nursery stock. He 
planted at first only ten bushels of 
peach seed, and had no idea of 
the increase in planting which has 
resulted. 
When the business was first 
started only 100 price lists were 
sent out. Now the firm sends 
out over forty thousand catal¬ 
ogues in one year, fall and spring. 
At first the sales were only a few 
hundred dollars yearly; now they 
are several thousand. This gives 
considerable correspondence daily, 
which is done by assistance. 
In 1892 George A. Harrison, 
the youngest son, was taken in 
as a partner. He is 25 years of 
age. He takes care of the grow¬ 
ing of peach trees and the bud. 
ding, digging and packing of trees 
and plants. 
The Berlin Nurseries started eleven years ago have now 
hundreds of customers added to their list yearly; 550 
bushels of peacfi seed are planted yearly. The firm has 
purchased 1,000 bushels of Natural Tenn. peach seed 
for the fall planting. The seed planted should sprout 
1,000,000 trees. From one acre of strawberries the plant¬ 
ing has increased to 30 acres. The spring planting will 
include 50,000 plum seedlings and 20,000 apple trees. 
They have already grown 200,000 peach trees, 25,000 plum 
trees, 5,000,000 strawberry plants, 800,000 asparagus roots, 
20,000 apple trees. 
They grow an abundance of Crimson clover as a pre¬ 
paratory crop to plant on, which helps out for fertilizers. 
Being in a section where there are no diseased trees they 
grow as fine nursery stock as can be grown in the country. 
They devote their entire attention to their business. 
They are not seedsmen nor floriculturists, but they grow 
as specialties peach trees, asparagus roots and strawberry 
plants in large quantities. By this method they have 
produced some superior varieties of strawberries which 
they are new offering. One is Berlin and the other is 
Ocean City, fully described in their spring catalogue. 
NEW JERSEY HORTICULTURISTS. 
The annual meeting of the New Jersey Horticultural 
Society was held at Trenton on January 2d and 3d. S. 
D. Willard read a paper on “ Mistakes in Fruit Growing.” 
J. H. Hale talked of peach growing. Charles Parry read 
a paper on “The San Jose Scale.” He advocated the 
introduction of a parasitic insect to feed upon the scale. 
These officers were elected: President, Dr. J. B. Ward, 
of Essex; vice-president, I. W 
Nicholson of Camden; secretary, 
Henry I. Budd of Mount Holly; 
treasurer, Charles L. Jones of 
Newark. 
ORLANDO HARRISON. 
The Southeastern Iowa Horti¬ 
cultural Society has elected the 
following officers : President, C. 
L. Watrous, Des Moines; vice- 
president, Frank O. Harrington, 
York Center; treasurer, Wesley 
Green, Davenport; secretary, C. 
W. Burion, Cedar Rapids. 
The Southwestern Iowa Horti¬ 
cultural Society has elected these 
officers for 1896: J. P. Hess, Coun¬ 
cil Bluffs, president; E. W. Lotts, 
Harrison county, vice-president ; 
George Van Houten, Lenox, 
secretary and treasurer. Council 
Bluffs was selected as the place 
for the next meeting. 
The Connecticut Horticultural 
Society has elected these officers: 
President, H. R. Hayden; vice- 
presidents, W. B. May, John Coombs, Edward Browne; 
secretary, T. J. McRonald ; treasurer, N. F. Peck ; pomol- 
ogist, Dr. G. W. Russell; botanist, S. W. Adams. The 
society has 295 members. 
The Illinois State Horticultural Society has elected the 
following officers : President, T. E. Goodrich, Cobden ; 
vice-president, L. Small, Kankakee; secretary, H. M. 
Dunlap, Savoy ; treasurer, Arthur Bryant, Princeton. 
All of these were re-elections except the vice-president. 
Springfield was chosen for the next meeting in January, 
1897. 
The Pennsylvania State Horticultural Society has 
elected these officers; President, William H. Moon; 
vice-presidents, H. M. Engle, Howard Chase and Henry 
S. Rupp ; recording secretary, William H. Brinton ; cor¬ 
responding secretary, W. P. Brinton; treasurer, llibberd 
Bartram. The next annual meeting will be held at Allen¬ 
town. 
