OSCAR H. WILL 8C CO., BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA 
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CHERRIES and CHERRY HYBRIDS 
The Best Suited of All Fruits to the Northwest 
Oka 
Cherry. 
COMPASS. The tree is perfectly hardy, 
even in the far North, and seems espe¬ 
cially adapted to the Western prairies, 
where it is very free from disease, and 
remarkably exempt from insect enemies 
and the depredations of birds. It fre¬ 
quently bears the same year it is set, and 
is quite certain to bear a good crop an¬ 
nually thereafter. The fruit, which re¬ 
sembles a small bright red plum, is of 
pleasant acidity as eaten out of the hand 
and when cooked or canned makes a. re¬ 
markably fine rich flavored sauce. Price, 
each, 3 to 4 ft., 60c. 
ZITMBRA. This is an entirely new type of 
cherry which promises to be of great 
value. It has been thoroughly tested for 
hardiness and seems to be fully as hardy 
as the Compass. It is a production of the 
Minnesota State Fruit Breeding Farm, 
and is supposed to be a cross between 
the sweet cherry, the pin cherry and sand 
cherry. Fruit is very dark, flesh greenish, 
freestone, quality very good. Excellent 
for preserves. Each, 3 to 4 ft., 50c. 
Compass Cherry. 
TOM THUMB. Another production of Prof. Hansen and one which is meeting with un¬ 
usual favor in Canada. It is a cherry growing on a bush, and may be planted like 
currants and gooseberries. Begins to bear the second year and produces tremendous 
crops of cherries about the size of Compass but black in color and with dark red 
flesh like the Sapa. Each, 3 to 3 ft., 65c. 
OKA CHERRY. This is the outstanding Hansen production of recent years. Introduced a few years 
ago it has gained an enviable name for itself both in this country and Canada. A sand cherry hy¬ 
brid, bushy, but larger than Tom Thumb, it bears early and heavily. The fruit is the largest of the 
bush elieriy type, dark red in color with reddish flesh, and of delicious flavor. The 
fruit hangs to the tree for a long time after ripe and dries instead of decaying. 
Altogether it is a fruit that will take a very high place on account of its combined 
good qualities. Each, 3 to 4 ft., 65e. 
CHAMPA. This is a handsome bush about the size of the common sand cherry and 
bears in great profusion a fairly early ripening black fruit very similar to the Tom 
Thumb cherry, but with a greenish flesh. It is a delicious fruit to eat from the 
hand and excellent for sauce. This is one of Prof. Hansen’s productions. Each, 3 
to 4 ft., 60c. 
ST. ANTHONY. This is another Minnesota Station Hybrid cherry of the same type as 
Zumbra but with red flesh and more palatable still for cooking. Price, 3 to 4 ft., 
each, 50c; 5 for $2.00. 
SAND CHERRY or ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHERRY. This is a 
native bush cherry; wonderfully productive and very hardy. 
This fruit is nearly the size of a tame cherry and when dead 
ripe, of pleasant taste. Fine for jams and jellies. 18 to 24 in., 
each, 20c; 12, $2.00. 
WESTERN CHOKECHERRY—PRUNUS ME- 
LANOCARPA. This is a larger and sweeter 
cherry than the eastern variety and is ex- 
— ceedingly satisfactory for jelly and sauce, 
being perhaps the most delicious for that 
purpose of any of our western fruit. Also 
valuable in shelter belt and windbreak 
planting and a handsome ornament. Trans¬ 
planted stock, 2 to 3 ft., each, 20c; 10, $1.75. 
6 to 12 in. seedlings, per dox., 40o; per 100, 
V $3.00. 
V YELLOW CHOKECHERRY. A novelty, 
' ^ sweeter than the black, budded on May 
Day, roots so especially.useful as an orna¬ 
mental. 2 to 3 ft. Each, $1.00. 
P R U N U S TO M ENTOSA or NANKING 
CHERR Y (Chinese Bush Cherry). Worthy 
as a beautiful ornamental and hedge plant, 
outstanding on account of its hardiness 
which has been well demonstrated both in 
North Dakota and Manitoba, valuable for 
its fruit, which is of an unusually pleas¬ 
ant flavor, a handsome red in color, and 
larger than the chokecherry. Blooms in 
early spring, grows to a compact large 
bush or small tree. Great Plains Station 
Sand Cherry. Selection. 2 to 3 ft., each, 40c; 5, $1.80, Chokecherry. 
