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Sherman Nursery Company, Charles City, Iowa 
EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE 
PLUMS, continued 
its flavor. Will keep fully two weeks in 
perfect condition after ripening Abiin- 
dantyearly bearer. Fruit large, roundish, 
dark red or purplish, with thin lilac 
bloom ; flesh amber yellow, melting, 
.iuley, with rich sugary flavor; stone 
small and free. Bears very young. 
German Prune. Medium, oval; purple 
or blue; juicy, rich, fine. Tree vigorous 
and very productive. September. 
WHY DOES THE PLUM FAIL? 
One of the principal reasons for the failure of Plums throughout the Northwest is 
that they have been propagated on tender roots. Throughout the East and South the 
Plum is usually propagated on Myrobalan, a native Plum of B'ranee, or on Marianna, 
the wild Plum of the South. These roots will not stand the severe cold of our iioi th- 
ern winters, and when the root dies the tree, of course, is a failure. Our trees are 
all worked on our native wild Plum, which is perfectly hardy. In planting Plums it 
is well to plant several varieties in a group, as some sorts seem not to fertilize their 
own blossoms. 
Cherry 
Compass. Originated by H. Knudson, 
Springfield, Minn. A cross between the 
Miner plum and the Sand cherry. Fruit 
a little larger than a medium cherry; color 
red ; round ; skin moderately thick ; flesh 
firm, juicy, coarse ; stone medium; flavor 
subacid: quality good; good bearer ; very 
hardy; leaves resemble the Sand Cherry, 
as does the twig and tlie color of the bark. 
It is at present being widely distributed 
by the nurserymen. Of value in sec- 
tions of the Northwest. Plum type in 
general appearance, but in quality of 
fruit resembles the Cherry. Season, July 
20 to 30. 
Early Richmond. Fruit fair size, red, 
sour. Tree a good bearer. 
English Morello. Large, dark red, acid, 
tender, .juicy and rich; tree dwarfish, 
and in this section one of the hardiest of 
the old sorts. 
Montmorency, Large. A fniit much larger 
than Early Kichmond; red, acid, and an 
extremely fine canning fruit. Tree very 
vigorous. 
Oslheim. A tree said to be of Russian 
or German origin ; very hardy, having 
stood the test well up into Minnesota. 
Fruit of good size, very dark red, acid. 
This promises to be a success in all of 
our northern states. 
Rocky Mountain DwarE. This Cherry is 
practically the same thing as the Sand 
Cherry of Nebraska. The fruit when 
well grown is about the size of Early 
Richmond; dark red in color and sweet. 
It is a very slow-growing plant, and 
is more properly described as a shrub 
than a tree. It is peculiarly well adapted 
to dry sections and dry location. We 
regard it as perfectly hardy as far north 
as Minneapolis. Where the varieties of 
cultivated Cherries can be grown, how- 
ever, we would not recommend its planting. 
Wragg. Rather a dwarfish tree ; a good 
bearer; fruit light red, and late. 
Grape= Vines 
We grow our vines on open prairie land and believe them far superior to vines grown 
in the moist lake climate and gravelly soil of western New York. They are also free 
from the e.\posure to insects and diseases such as are common among the vineyards of 
the East. They also have the added advantage of having been tested in this climate. 
Agawam (Rogers' No. 15). One of the 
most reliable of the hybrid Grapes. 
Bunches large, berries very large, dark 
red. Ripens with or soon after Concord, 
and is of peculiar, aromatic flavor. 
Brighton. A new variety, originating at 
Rochester, N. Y. Is a cross between 
Concord and Diana Hamburg. Bunch 
medium to large, compact, shouldered; 
berries medium, dark red; skin thin: 
flesh tender, sweet; quality best. Vine 
a vigorous grower, healthy, with no more 
tendency to leaf-blight in unfavorable 
seasons than Rogers' Nos. 4, 15, 19, or 
Salom. Is productive and ripens early, 
about with Delaware. Is of fine quality, 
but not so good if allowed to remain on 
vine till fully ripe. It then becomes 
nearly lilack, anil to some extent insipid. 
Champion. A large Grape, of medium 
quality. Its chief value consists in vigor 
of plant and earliness, reinlering it a 
valuable sort to plant where the season is 
short. 
