Harrisons' nurseries : "nurserymen - orchardists" . Gano. prefer low elevations HARRISONS NURSERIES, BERLIN. MD., U. S. Picking and Hauling Ray Peaches Producing Fruit Trees ThatYou Can Bank On By Henry L. Harrison GOING over the nursery a short time ago, I was attracted bythe appearance of a block of apple trees. The block wasback from the main road, and so would not be noticedunless some particular thing drew attention to it. Now. there must be a reason for the quality that was shown inthe trees I saw; so I began to call to mind the points that go tomake up a real tree, knowing that in t
Harrisons' nurseries : "nurserymen - orchardists" . Gano. prefer low elevations HARRISONS NURSERIES, BERLIN. MD., U. S. Picking and Hauling Ray Peaches Producing Fruit Trees ThatYou Can Bank On By Henry L. Harrison GOING over the nursery a short time ago, I was attracted bythe appearance of a block of apple trees. The block wasback from the main road, and so would not be noticedunless some particular thing drew attention to it. Now. there must be a reason for the quality that was shown inthe trees I saw; so I began to call to mind the points that go tomake up a real tree, knowing that in them I should find the rea-sons I was looking for. The first reason is that Harrisons trees are budded from hear-ing orchards, so there can be no question about the variety, norabout what the small tree may be expected to do. That reallymeans pedigreed trees, but we dont call them by that name. Thebud-sticks are cut from trees that have produced fruit for severalyears—not first-year bearers. This is done because we want toknow that the parent is worthy of having its characteristicpassed on to a second or third genera
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