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MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES, SHENANDOAH, IOWA 
*Wragg — Large, roundish, heart-shaped; dark 
crimson and when fully ripe, black or nearly 
so; flesh and juice light crimson, firm and 
good, very productive; one of the hardiest and 
is usually a sure cropper. 
Yellow Spanish — Large, pale yellow with red 
cheek; flesh firm, juicy and excellent; one of 
the best light colored cherries; vigorous and 
productive; late June. 
COMPASS CHERRY-PLUM 
'Compass Cherry-Plum — Originated at Spring- 
field, Minnesota, by M. H. Knudson, through 
scientific hybridization by applying pollen of 
the English Morello Cherry and Miner Plum 
to the blossom of the Sand Cherry (Prunu.s 
Besseyii). It is absolutely hardy, wonderfully 
prolific, frequently producing fruit on young 
trees in nursery row. In shape, size and 
coloring of the fruit the characteristics of the 
Plum and Cherry are about equally divided. 
Color bright red, deepening as it becomes well 
ripened, until it reaches a rich dark wine color. 
Valuable for canning and preserving. 
The Compass fills a unique place in the North, 
where it stands today as the principal hardy 
fruit approaching the Cherry, and is especially 
recommended for planting where Cherries of 
the Morello type are not successful. 
DWARF ROCKY 
MOUNTAIN CHERRY 
(Prunus Pumila Besseyii) — A very hardy native 
dwarf Cherry, growing in shrub form. Bears 
large crops of medium sized black Cherries, 
which when fully ripe are of fair quality; used 
for cooking and preserving with good results. 
Moorpark 
Napoleon — See page 22. 
APRICOTS 
A beautiful and delicious fruit; a close rela- 
tive of the plum and peach, combining the qual- 
ities of both. The fruit ripens after the early 
cherries and just before the plums and peaches; 
Tree is as hardy as the peach and requires 
about the same cultivation. It ships well and 
commands a good price in the markets and for 
drying and canning, it has no superior. The 
Russian varieties are the most hardy, earliest 
and most productive. 
•Alexander (Russian) — Medium 
to small, light orange, yellow 
- — flecked with red; flesh tender, 
juicy, sweet and good quality; 
- hardy; very productive. July. 
Budd (Russian) — Medium to 
large; light orange with blush 
on sunny side; fle.sh sweet. 
Juicy with flavor of the peach; 
hardy and productive. August. 
. - Early Golden — Small, roundish- 
oval; p-ile orange with smooth 
.skin; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet 
and of the best quality; hardy 
and productive; freestone. 
Harris — Large, oval, bright yel- 
low with red cheek; flesh ten- 
der, juicy, sweet and good, tree 
hardy, productive. Late July. 
•Moorpark — One of the largest; 
orange yellow with numerous 
specks and dots; flesh yellow, 
sweet, juicy and rich; tree 
somewhat tender and inclined 
to ripen unevenly. August. 
R 0 y a I — Large, roundish - oval; 
pale orange with faintly tinged 
red cheek; flesh yellow, firm, 
sweet, high flavored, slightly 
sub-acid and good quality, rip- 
ens a week earlier than Moor- 
park; a good market variety. 
Superb (Russian) — Medium, 
roundish-oval, smooth, light 
salmon with numerous red or 
russet dots; flesh yellow, firm, 
sub-acid and good; tree hardy 
and productive; ...iddle of July. 
