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WILL’S PIONEER SEEDHOUSE, GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY 
Plums and Plum Hybrids 
Hardy, High Class Varieties for the Northwest 
Plant Several Types Together or Plant with Cherries to Insure Pollination. 3 to 4 Ft. Trees 
Opata, 
and of good quality 
PATA. a plum-sandcherry cross, should be 
headed low and the old wood trimmed out as it 
bears on young wood. An origination of Profes¬ 
sor Hansen and one of his most popular ones. A 
cross between Sandcherry and Gold Plum. Fruit 
dark red with a blue bloom, early, flesh green 
with a delicious flavor. Ready in mid-August.. 
Price, each, 60c. 
LA CRESCENT. Perhaps the most delicious of all 
the Minnesota hybrid plums. Yellow of skin and 
flesh with a delightful apricot flavor. 3 to 4 ft'. 
Each, 55c. 
golden anniversary. This is a hybrld Eeea „. 
ling, the best of several hundred which have been 
fruiting in our nursery for several years now. It 
is large, firm, of good quality and a good bearer. 
The flavor is unusual and very pleasant. We feel 
that it is well worth trying under different condi¬ 
tions. Each, 55c. 
WANETA. This is the largest of Professor Han¬ 
sen’s hybrid plums, being a cross similar to the 
Underwood. It has proven perfectly hardy at the 
U. S. Station at Mandan, is a heavy bearer and 
produces the largest fruit of any hardy plum. Fruit is of good quality 
^ ripens m midseason and is of excellent flavor. Fine healthy trees, each, 60c. 
UNDERWOOD. This is one of the hardiest of the new Minnesota Fruit Breed¬ 
ing Station varieties and has proven perfectly hardy with us. These vari¬ 
eties in flavor are the equal of any of the Japanese plums, are larger than 
any of the American type, and are thrifty and strong varieties which bear 
annually. The Underwood is an excellent keeper and the earliest plum in the 
list. Fruit is large, dark red, and sweet. Ripens in midseason. Each, 60c. 
RED WING This is one of the largest fruited plums of the new introductions 
from the Minnesota State Fruit Breeding Station, which means that it is as 
laige as the legular commercial plums. It has proven hardy over most of 
our state. Fruit is large, firm, yellow overlaid with red in color, flesh sweet 
; freestone. Midseason bearer. Each, 60c. 
Waneta. 
NATIV E WILD PLUM, Ironclad as to hardiness, useful in 
windbreak and shelter belt planting, and very valuable for 
its certain crop of fruit which makes delicious sauce, jam 
and jelly. Prices low, as they can be raised without budding 
or grafting. 3 to 4 feet. Each, 35c; 5 for $1.50. 
RADIS SON. This exceptionally early and delicious plum from 
the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Station once again has shown 
itself to be one of the hardiest and most satisfactory for the Northwest. 
The size is fairly large and the quality is unsurpassed. Fruit is a hand¬ 
some red. Each, 60c. 
Underwood, 
HENNEPIN (Minn. No. 132). A Japanese-American cross. Medium size, 
daik led plum with bloom on skin, flesh red, early, vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. Price, each, 60c. 
CREE. The Cree is one of Professor Hansen’s originations and 
assuredly one of the best. It has been carefully tested here 
and at the Mandan Station and has proven absolutely hardy 
and of wonderful quality. It is one of the largest sized 
plums of the North, the fruit being bright red, skin thin, 
ripening in the latter part of August. It is a cross between 
the Prunus Nigra of Manitoba and the Shiro plum. Each, 
65c. 
MENDOTA. a product of the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm, and the larg¬ 
est. Quality and production both high. 3 to 4 ft. Each, 60c. 
GOLDENROD. a Minn. Fruit Breeding Farm plum and the only pure yel¬ 
low one. Outstanding for its keeping qualities. 3 to 4 ft. Each, 60c. 
Cree. 
