Yol. XIII. 
National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyrighted 1903 by The National Nurseryman Publishing Co.. Incorporated. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., OCTOBER, 1905~ No. $ 
Where Peaches and Apples are Grown by the Million 
THE STORY OF THE PROGRESSIVE FIRM 
OF J. G. HARRISON AND SONS, BERLIN, MD. 
[By our special correspondent, illustrated with 
Situated within'seven miles of the]Atlantic Ocean, and one of 
Maryland’s most popular summer resorts, Ocean City, one] hun¬ 
dred and twenty four miles from Baltimore, one hundred and 
fifty miles from Philadelphia, and one hundred and _sixty 
photographs made by our own artist.] 
high-grade nursery stock. An important part of this achieve¬ 
ment lies in the fact that the growth of the firm has been solely 
dependent upon the proceeds of the business itself. No side 
lines, no lucky incidental investments, nor anything in the way 
THE HARRISON ESTABLISHMENT, BERLIN, MD. 
Residence of Orlando Harrison, barns, office and packing houses in the rear From humble beginnings with small without 
o their packing houses which are now among the most complete in the east with many conveniences for loading from the packing house direct to tne car vitnoui 
xposing stock. 
miles from Jamestown, is one of the great Nurseries of the 
country. Considering its age and small beginning, the Harri¬ 
son’s Nurseries are among the striking nursery achievements 
of the times. 
Like many American institutions, the inception of the enter¬ 
prise was exceedingly modest. Twenty-one years ago, J. G. 
Harrison left a small lumber business in the North Carolina 
Swamps, and with his two young sons Orlando and “Al, 
purchased for $2,500, a farm at Berlin, Md. Four years later, 
a crop of Smock peaches directed attention to the fruit-grow¬ 
ing possibilities of the soil and climate of this section. Two 
thousand buds were set the same year, and the great business 
which is suggested by the budding this year of a quarter of a 
million of one variety of peach (Elberta), was started, (^ee 
frontispiece.) 
The farm of one hundred odd acres has grown each yeai, 
till today, it is a tract of eleven hundred acres all occupied with 
of appreciation of real estate has contributed to the develop¬ 
ment of the enterprise. It has been straight, hard application 
to the nursery work. 
The firm is now composed of three members: J. G. Harri¬ 
son, parent and senior member: Orlando Harrison, business 
manager, and G. A. Harrison, assisted by the senior membei, 
nursery manager. 
SPECIALTIES. 
From the outset the firm has endeavored, and successfully, 
to establish itself as headquarters for certain lines of stock' 
The Peach Tree has always occupied an important place. 
Not only are leading varieties grown in wholesale fashion, but 
many thousands of each of the varieties known to the trade 
are propagated every year. This entails much care in the 
handling of buds and trees to avoid mixing and confusion. It 
is easy, however, when the work is systematized as it is here- 
