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NORTHERN PLANT NOVELTI E S FOR 1954 l r.»o :ra IT®|> 
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Dr. N. E. Hansen, Department of Horticulture, State College 
Brookings, South Dakota, March 94 , 1954 
5 pages 
This department does not conduct a commercial nursery, but propagates and 
distributes new varieties originated in this department or imported from similar 
climates of the Old World. Many acres of seedling fruits have been mrovra since 
the work was started by the writer in 1895. The improvement in size and quality 
of each plant veneration is greater year by year. Hybridization and selection are 
the main methods of improvement. 
BULLETINS: The work thus far is described in Bulletin 924, May 1927, and in the 
annual spring lists since that time. Other bulletins are: Experiments in Plant 
Heredity, Bulletin 237j Hardy Roses for South Dakota, Bulletin 940; The Shade, 
Windbreak and Timber Trees of South Dakota, Bulletin 246; Evergreens in South Dak¬ 
ota, Bulletin 254; The Ornamental Trees of South Dakota, Bulletin 260; Shrubs 
and Climbing Vines of South Dakota, Bulletin 263. A bulletin on the hardy peren¬ 
nial and annual flowers of South Dakota is in preparation. 
TERMS. The money received from, the sale of plants makes it possible to do the work 
on a larger scale than would otherwise be possible. Those who have followed the 
progress of the work for many years know the importance of ordering promptly, as 
soon as this list is received, as the supply of plaats is limited. Terms are 
cash with order. No credit except to Government Experiment Stations. 
Manchu Apricot . Nos. 1-25 
Offered for the first time . In my 1924 tour to north Manchuria, home of the 
old Manchu conquerors of China, I became interested in the apricots native of the 
region between Harbin, on the Siberian railway, and the Amur River. This section 
of China comes up like a wedge into eastern Siberia and is cut through by the 
Siberian railway. The conditions are really those of east Siberia on either side 
with minimum temperature of about 47 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. I saved seed 
from many fruits and now have 32 seedlings. All of these are of excellent quality. 
The size varies more- or less and there is no good chance to determine the relative • 
superiority as the seedlings were planted, very closely in the row. They are offer¬ 
ed herewith for preliminary trial as Manchu Nos. 1—23 inclusive. So far, 23 out 
of the 32 seedlings have been budded. The trees are a beautiful sight in bloom. 
The large flowers, white with distinct pink tinge, appear early before the leaves. 
The fruit is yellow, somewhat smaller than the apricots of commerce, and makes 
delicious preserves. Trees one-year buds on two-year plum seedlings, each $1.00 
Kazan Ample 
Offered for the first time . A seedling of Anisim. Fruit round, conical, 
regular, brilliant red with crimson stripes, a beautiful fruit. Flesh white, 
juicy, subacid, flesh often red next to the skin. The enormous crops make the 
size medium or below. It may sell as a large crab or as a small apple. Trees, 
one-ygar grafts on common apple stock, each $1.00. 
Lina Apple 
First offered in 1933. A seedling of Malinda and much like it in conical 
Shape with blush, but with no knobs. Remarkable for its perfectly conical shape 
with no corrugations. The flesh is mild subacid and cooks up easily into light 
yellow sauce of good quality. It is much better than the Malinda itself which 
does not cook up easily. Name derived from Malinda. each & l.oo. 
Alexis Crabapple 
The original tree of the Dolgo crab and the original tree of the Alexis crab 
grow near each other on the grounds of this department, but it is very difficult 
if not impossible to distinguish the two by the fruit. The Dolgo is now famous 
in many states west and east and up into Canada. Both Alexis and Dolgo make the 
finest red jelly, sauce and preserves. Both are highly profitable to plant for 
market. The fruit is a brilliant dark solid red with a trace of blue bl^om. Both 
trees are highly attractive in bloom as well as in fruit. It would be well to have 
both Alexis and Dolgo in the same plantation to insure pollination of both vari¬ 
eties. One-year vrafts of .Alexis crab on common apple stock, each $1.00. 
