Evening journal., 1911-09-01
PEACH TREES
BY MILLIONS
Are to be Seen on Harrison
Nurseries at
Berlin
SIX MILLION TREES
In ONE BIG FIELD

DOVER. Del, Sept 1-Horticultur-
lists, who visited the nurseries Of J.
c. Harrison and Sons. at Berlin, Md,
last week. we're delighted with the
visit and what they saw.
The soil at Berlin and in the stretch
of country nearby is particularly we'll
suited for farming of all kinds. It Is
a sandy loan. very deep and very
rich. 1t seldom packs OF gets hard.
and the roots of plants and trees have
q splendid chance to develop.
The nurseries contain about 5000
acres in trees and farms. In a space
of ground about the size Of city
square you can see a million peach
trees, in another a million apple trees,
and in another many times that num-
ber Of strawberry plants. The coun-
try near Berlin is also we'll suited 70
raising privet hedges, which are 80
popular and have replaced picket
fences as borders to yards, gardens
and country places in the past few
years.
Famous Farm.
Berlin is only seven miles from the
ocean, so that the nurseries get the
benefit of the salt air, which gives
an unusual hardness and vigor to all
plant growth The whole country
about Berlin has been settled long
time. The part of the nurseries on
which Strawberries are grown, con-
sisting of 100 acres. was a part OF the
famous Decatur plantation, where
Commodore Stephen Decatur was
born. and the land was cultivated dur
ing Revolutionary days.
Near Berlin the Harrisons have a
test orchard, where bearing fruit trees
of all kinds are grown. In the test
orchard for peaches alone there are
1000 spendid speciments of trees, in
which are more than 100 varieties. In
this orchard you can get ripe peaches
from June IS to October 27. This is
said to be the largest experimental
peach orchard in the United States.
Some of the trees are "a years old and
are without a sign of disease or decay.
Nearby are orchards of apple trees,
,plum trees and other fruits. The
test orchards are watched and attend
ed to with the greatest care by ex-
perts, because it .s from them that
the new hardy prize species come.
In one field there are six million
young peach trees. They would plant
one peach orchard Of $4,000 acres at
the regulation distance of 20 feet
apart, 100 trees to the acre. Imagine
it, you who live in the city where
peaches are only seen in baskets, in
a hucksters wagon or on a fruit
, stand. In another orchard are trees
loaded with fruit. These may be seen
as far as the eye can reach.
More than 25 years ago the nursery
was started, with a half-acre OF
Strawberries and 100 peach trees
Now all over the town of Berlin may
be found California privet hedge
plants grown by the Harrisons. The
nursery has seven million plants, and
from all appearances the whole com
munity is replacing picket fences with
the hedges. Every month thousands
of privet hedges are shipped all over
the United States. They are used in
the country, in the city and in the
suburbs-in fact. everywhere where a
fence or hedge is needed.
The United States Department oi
Agriculture for ten years has shown
statistics proving that the produc.
tion of apples in this country has
steadily and yearly decreased, while
the demand here and in Europe Il
rapidly increasing At the nurseries
are a million apple trees of the finest
commercial varieties and in the besi
of health to meet the demands and
needs Of the orchardists. Good ap.