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bloom; flesh green, and flavor a mingling 
of tlie spriglitliness of the Sand Cherry 
with the rich sweetness of the Gold 
Plum. Pit very small. Season, July IBth. 
Sapa — A cross of the Sand Cherry and 
Burbanlc's large purple fleshed plum 
called Sultan. Fruit slightly larger 
than Opata. Skin, flesh and juice very 
dark purple-red which makes this en- 
tirely unlike any other fruit grown here. 
Sapa is one of the best for here. August. 
Wachampa — Another cross between Sand 
Cherry and Sultan plum. Fruit about 
as large as Sapa, of uniform size, 
purplish, with light red flesh and very 
small pit; sweet and good. August. 
Sansoto^A cross of Sand Cherry and 
De Soto plum. Fruit round, about the 
size of the De Soto plum, almost black 
when fully ripe. Flesh yellowish-green, 
sprightly pleasant, skin thin; pit very 
small; cling stone. A vigorous variety. 
August. 
Cheresoto — Same parentage as Sansoto 
and very much the same except In 
shape. Cheresoto is long and has a 
small point at the apex. August. 
APRICOT PLUMS 
Hybrids of the large, flat, Chinese Apri- 
cot, Prunus Simoni and our native plum. 
These varieties are very hardy and all 
are remarkably vigorous growers. Their 
fruit is so Arm and of such splendid qual- 
ity for culinary purposes that we believe 
that they will become the most valuable 
of all plums. 
Hanska — Fruit large, distinctly flat; 
bright red, with heavy bloom. Flesh 
firm, yellow, of very fine quality and 
richly fragrant. The apricot flavor is 
brought out to perfection in cooking. 
Very vigorous, hardy and productive. 
Inkpa, Kaga anil Toka — Of the same ped- 
igree as Hanska and very similar to it 
in fruit. These four varieties are all 
remarkably vigorous and make the fln- 
est nursery trees of anything we have 
ever grown. We believe there Is a great 
future for this class of hybrids. 
Cherries 
Cherry trees thrive on almost any soil which is well drained but not where 
water stands about the roots. Our stock of cherry trees for this year is e^eclally 
line. We know they will give far better results than any shipped In stock. The fol- 
lowing is a list of best out of many varieties: 
Early 
Baldwin — Very large; dark red; round, 
and good. Tree vigorous and healthy; 
very resistant to leaf diseases. A 
promising new variety. 
DyehouBc — Large, round; red, and good. 
Is slightly earlier than Richmond and 
much like It. 
Enelish Morello — Almost Identical with 
Wragg. One of the best of this class 
of cherries. 
Homer — Fruit large, dark red, and 
good; ripens about the same time as 
Richmond. This is claimed to be 
the very hardiest of the cherries and 
has been grown in Minnesota for 
many years where other varieties are 
too tender. 
