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Title: 1940 Planter's guide
Identifier: 1940plantersguid1940harr (find matches)
Year: 1940 (1940s)
Authors: Harrison's Nurseries (Berlin, Md. ); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Harrison's Nurseries (Berlin, Md. ); Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture); Fruit trees; Trees; Plants, Ornamental
Publisher: Berlin, Md. : Harrison's
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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REDAPPLES EYE APPEAL —SELLS ON SIGHT —GET YOUR ORCHARD STARTED THIS YEAR REASONS FOR PLANTING THIS REMARKABLE APPLE: mRRISONSt 1. Most Profitable Apple 6. Earlier Coloring. \ grown. 7. Triple Red Color. \ 2. Succeeds Nearly Every- 8. Attractive Shape. \ where. 9. Big Crops. \ 3. Bears Young. 10. Good Keeper. 4. Rich Flavor. n. Easily Grown. 5. Large Size. 12. More Extra Fancy Fruit Whot men everywhere ore telling their fellow fruit growers: "Why pay more when Harrisons' Triple-Red Delicious is the best type and superior strain of any Delicious grown." SOLID BRIGHT RED COLOR Starts Coloring During Early August—One Month Before Ripening GLORIFIED RED APPLE OF THE WORLD Ideal for Home Orchords Harrisons' Triple-Red Delicious is not only a commercial apple, but it is every bit as well adapted to the home grounds. Whether you wish to plant a thousand or if you have room for only one tree, Harrisons' Triple-Red Delicious will give full value. Why pay premium prices for other improved strains of Delicious when trees of Harrisons' Triple-Red Delicious, the earliest coloring, heavy producing type, being superior to all others, can be bought from Har- risons' at a lower cost. Same price as other varieties. See page 18. ^^^^^ COMMERCIAL PLANTERS SPECIAL Offer No. 236 25 Harrisons' Triple-Red Delicious apple trees 2-yr., 4 to 5 ft. ONLY $8.75 LEADING FRUIT GROWERS PROCLAIM HARRISONS' TRIPLE-RED DELICIOUS IS SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHER STRAINS Leading orchardists and fruit men of the country who have seen the Harrisons' Triple-Red Delicious in fruiting claim it is superior to any of the other sev- eral new double red earlier coloring strains of Red Delicious such as Storking, Richared Delicious, Shot- well Red Delicious, and others. This past season our Harrisons'Triple-Red Delicious colored weeks earlier than the ordinary Red Delicious. Growers expressed amazement at the difference in color of these two distinct strains. Trees looked like they were loaded with balls of fire, each apple solid bright red in color.
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Harrisons' Triple Red Delicious Apples Fruiting in Our Orchards at Berlin, Maryland (21)

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