1934 SPRING AND FALL THE HOUSE OF GURNEY, INC. yankton, south Dakota 
PLUMS-GURNEYS ARE SPECIALISTS-PLUMS 
P LUM TREES like apple trees must have hardy roots in order to with¬ 
stand cold, dry winters. The only root that is absolutely hardy is the 
American Wild Plum, growing native in this northwest country. We 
gather thousands of bushels of these wild plums each year and plant the 
seeds. When these seedlings are one year old we bud them with good vari¬ 
eties. This assures you of a hardy root. The work is done in July and August. 
Very early the next spring the top of the wild seedling is removed just above 
the new bud so as to force all the vitality of the plant into that bud. A stake 
is placed by each little tree and as soon as the new shoot is about six inches 
high it is tied to the stake so that it may grow straight and the wind may 
not break it over. They are grown in this field one or two years, then dug 
with the big tree digger, packed and shipped just as are the apple trees;- 
PROF. HANSEN’S IRON-CLAD HYBRID PLUMS 
L. E. Gilman, Lemmon, S. D., Hansen 
Plums, Opata 
Minnesota Plums 
Underwood—No. 91. Another Minnesota 
plum that has several of the required qualities 
which are large size, hardiness, early and of good 
quality. A variety that D. B. Gurney recom¬ 
mends to all plum planters. 
American Plums 
Surprise Plum—Extra large,, red, high qual¬ 
ity. Good for market. Makes an unusually 
large tree. Very productive. 
Terry—One of the largest of pure American 
plums, is dark red and the tree is vigorous and 
healthy and very productive. A good variety and 
very hardy. 
Wyant—Hardy, heavy producing, large Plum 
of good quality. Purplish-red in color; a good 
shipper. 
Prices of All Plums 
Size Each Per 10 Per 25 Per SO 
3 to 4 ft. 40c $2.75 $5.25 $10.00 
4 to 6 ft.45c 3.75 8.50 15.00 
Cree 
Heavy bearing, extra hardy plum of high qual¬ 
ity. A cross of a wild plum from Canada and one 
of the high quality California plums. Fruitislarge, 
red, very early bearer. Hardy as far north as you 
wish to plant. 
Pequot, Minn. 
June 14, 1933 
Dear Mr. Gurney, Pres.: 
Received the Strawberry plants O. K. and 
I want to thank you very much for making 
such a prompt deliver.v. Hope 1 have success 
with them. Yours truly, 
Julius P. Stowell 
Hanska 
Sioux Indian word for "tall” which describes 
the tree. Its fragrance once inhaled will always 
be remembered as most delicious. This variety 
produces a plum the same shape as the apricot; 
retaining its fragrance and shipping ability and 
increased its production beyond either parent. 
It is not unusual to have specimens measure 
one and one-half inches through. The best qual¬ 
ity of any plum produced for eating-from the 
hand and which retains its fragrance when can¬ 
ned or made into jellies or jams. The fruit is 
flattened at the ends, reddish-blue in color, skin 
tender, pits small. This plum will stand shipping 
in the hot part of the later summer when it 
ripens. 
Hardy Kahinta 
One of Prof. Hansen's very hardy free-stone 
Plums. Fruit exceptionally large, dark red, round, 
flesh firm, yellow, very sweet. Both tree and 
fruit very free from attacks of fungus and in¬ 
sects. We recommend this. It ripens about 
the time of the Waneta. 
Kaga 
Of the same pedigree as the Hanska. Ripens 
a little earlier and is a little larger and if it is 
possible to be better quality, then the Kaga 
wins first prize on that score. The fruit in an 
extremely wet season is apt to crack on the tree 
and when you find one of those broken open it is 
delicious to eat but a poor shipper. In size it is 
a little larger than the Hanska, about a quar¬ 
ter of an inch, and is one of the best of the mar¬ 
ket plums. 
Cherisota 
An abundant bearer of moderately large 
dark red plums of high quality. Producing as 
the other Sand Cherry Crosses do, large quanti¬ 
ties of fruit from one year old up. This is a 
cross of the sand cherry of western South 
Dakota and the American Plum De Sota. When 
Prof. Hansen had produced these plums he 
found there was a gap between the maturity of 
some of the varieties and the later ones so he 
produced the 
Waneta 
Prof. Hansen’s Masterpiece 
To my mind, this is unquestionably Prof. 
Hansen’s masterpiece 
in production, and it 
combines hardines 
immense size, delic¬ 
ious quality, long 
keeping, beautiful col¬ 
or, small pit and ear¬ 
ly bearing, producing 
a good crop at two 
years of age and never 
missing a crop any 
year. At four years 
old it is not unusual 
for a Waneta to pro¬ 
duce four bushels of 
plums. It is a rapid 
grower. We have 
shipped this plum a- 
cross the United 
States and back, and 
it was returned to us 
in perfect condition. 
Assininboin 
Plum 
A very popular plum 
in Manitoba for its 
early, annual, heavy 
bearing of fine large 
plums. Developed from the wild plum of Stone- 
wal, north of Winnipeg. The fruit has an attrac¬ 
tive red color. Assininboin is a splendid plum for 
the far north not only for its extreme hardi¬ 
ness, but also for its very fine flavor and earli¬ 
ness; a very good plum for all of the prairie 
Northwest. Assininboin is highly recommended ' 
by the Canadian and Northwest fruit men, 
generally, as a sure thing for a good crop of the 
good fruit under the most trying circumstances; 
will stand farther north than any other plum. We 
will furnish the Assininboin Plums in one-year 
only as these trees grow rather stocky. 
Opata 
This is Siou.x Indian for “bouquet” and i$‘, 
the first of the plums of the Sand Cherry Cross, 
to ripen. At blooming time it is a gigantiq^ 
bouquet of white flowers of the most exquisite 
fragrance. It blooms just a little later than 
the American Plum and escapes the frost 
danger tliat so often gets the crop of wild . 
plums. The Opata is a Sand Cherry Cross. The 
wild sand cherries of the Dakotas with the 
Gold Plum of California. The trees of the Sand ' 
Cherry Crosses should be grown as bushes, not 
trees, for the reason that you can grow twice as 
much fruit and one or two years earlier by letting 
them branch from the ground, than they will if 
you make them in tree form, and they are much 
longer lived in bush form. Color of the flesh 
green, flavor very pleasant, ripens about July,, 
15th and will hang on the tree in good condition^ 
for about two weeks. V, 
Sapa ' 
The Sioux Indian word for "black”—“As'' 
dark as the shadows of even banked in th§J 
Western Heavens.” Turning the branched; 
of this tree back when the fruit is ripe exposing' 
the long ropes of glossy black fruit to the rays of 
the sun, the background, the smooth bark and 
glossy dark green foliage are a pleasant sight. 
Good for home consumption and the home mar¬ 
ket, marketed to best advantage in grape baskets 
or quart boxes. They sell readily and at good 
prices this way. When it first commences to 
mature the skin is dark green. The flesh a royal 
purple. The color of the skin and flesh gradually 
change until it is as black as the darkest night. 
These Sand Cherry Crosses are excellent for can¬ 
ning, jellies or jams, as the skin entirely disap¬ 
pears with cooking. 
Waneta Plum 
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