A Little Journey to Harrisons’ Nurseries Will Make a 
Pleasant Vacation For You 
Come to the beautiful “Eastern Shore” of Maryland, see this great farming section, and some of its historical places— 
it is an old section, you know, and the famous Decatur plantation (where Commodore Stephen Decatur was born) is a part of 
our nurseries. 
The nurseries contain about three thousand acres. Some of our visitors have said that the nurseries are not at Berlin, 
but that “Berlin is at the Nurseries.” We are located about seven miles from the Atlantic Ocean, and about fifty feet above 
tide level. The temperature in this part of Maryland never gets very low in winter, and the summers are a great deal cooler 
than at inland points. The average temperature for the year is between 53 degrees and 54 degrees. We never have extreme 
droughts here and the ocean breezes are always moist. 
We grow a hundred and sixteen varieties of peaches, ninety varieties of apples, all the best kinds of pears, cherries and 
plums. Strawberry plants are a big item, too. Last year we grew forty-five varieties, and handled millions of plants. 
When we say we grow millions of peach trees it doesn’t mean very much unless you have some standard by which to 
compare the figures—but if you could stand in our nurseries and look over a block of these trees, the figures would begin to 
make an impression. You can look in one direction for almost a mile and see nothing but the tops of little peach trees. 
Turning in another direction you get a broad view of the blocks of apple trees; long, straight rows of sturdy youngsters. 
And the rows are clean—every one cultivated as carefully as a farmer cultivates his prize-winning corn patch. 
If you look another way you will see row on row of Privet—literally Privet by the mile. Now you begin to realize 
the size of the nursery that had its beginning in the little peach orchard in Delaware, and has grown until it now covers over 
four square miles—four sections, our western friends call them. 
The buds that we use come from bearing trees; we have about four hundred thousand trees in bearing, so we don’t 
have any trouble in getting good buds and all we need. This part of the work is looked after by George A. Harrison, and be¬ 
ginning about June 15th he has a force of a hundred men at work. One of his champion “budders” covered 4700 peach trees 
in ten hours one day last summer. 
Last summer we built a new packing house—the old houses weren’t big enough to take care of things as fast as they 
were dug. The main house is about 400 feet long and 150 feet wide. “Mud-holes” are made in the cement floor and the roots 
of every tree are dipped before packing. A railroad switch runs along the house, and the car and house floor are on a level, so 
it isn’t hard work to shoot the boxes into the car. 
There are many other things of interest around the nursery—the sawmill where the boxes are made; the moss swamps, 
where we get all the packing moss; the fumigating plant; the cold storage house for keeping buds, a process originated by George 
Hale Harrison. 
All these things mean something to you, because you want your stuff shipped in the best way, and put through as quick 
as possible. You want stock that will please your customers and bring “repeat” orders—you get it from Harrisons’ Nurseries. 
The summer meeting of the Maryland-Delaioare Horticultural Societies will be held at Berlin, July 31, and the members 
will be our guests while here. This summer meeting offers practical demonstrations of the value of modern methods in fruit 
growing, as the School of Horticulture of the Maryland Agricultural College is conducting a series of experiments in spraying 
and fertilizing in our bearing orchards. A visit at this time will give you a great deal of valuable information. 
Berlin is on the Pennsylvania Railroad, which runs north and south, and on the Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic, 
which runs east and west. You can come one route and go another, in this way visiting a larger part of the country. Phila¬ 
delphia, Baltimore and Washington are our nearest large cities. 
We would like to have you come to Berlin, see the nurseries, the bearing orchards, the big farms around here, and goto 
Ocean City for a dip in salt water. Come at any time—we are always at home and ready to receive visitors. Let us know 
when you can come and we will meet you at the station and make every effort to have you enjoy your visit here. We will pay 
your hotel expenses while here. 
Write or wire for our new Surplus List of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, etc. You should plan now for your 
fall business. 
Designed and written by The McFarland Publicity Service, Harrisburg, Pa, 
W. F. HUMPHREY. PRINTER, GENEVA, N. Y. 
