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Mljtg Pear 
The original tree still stands at this station, free from blight and very- 
productive, Pedicreej Pyrus Ovoidea x Louise Bonne de Jersey, a choice French 
pear. The fruit is of good commercial size, flesh melting, of delicious flavor, a 
first class pear. Strong one-year root-grafts on commercial Pyrus Ussuriensis 
stock, each £1.00. 
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Mona Sandcherry Hybrid 
First offered, spring 1952. A hybrid of the native sandcherry of ,Dropmore, 
western Manitoba, with the Burbank, a large and excellent Japanese plum. Fruit 
round, one inch in diameter. The green-yellow flesh of pleasant quality cooks into 
rich, red, good-flavored sauce. Pit of medium size with rounded edc-es and no 
sharp points. The round shape of this fruit will sell it as a cherry. The name is 
condensed from Manitoba. This new cherry for the prairies should be of interest at 
the North, One-year plants budded on native plum, each £1.00. 
Ezaptan Sandcherry Hybrid 
I was the first to hybridize the sandcherry, Primus besseyi . with the Japan¬ 
ese plum. Of this series, the Sapa and Opata, introduced in 1908, are perhaps the 
most widely grown. They are now grown in all the western states from Texas north 
into Canada, The Sapa is popular because of the rich dark purple-black of the 
flesh and juice. The fruit cooks into a rich red sauce of high quality. At that 
time a number of seedlings were introduced of this same pedigree in the hope that 
general experience would soon determine which was best. The Ezaptan, introduced 
in 1911, I believe now has been overlooked. It is much like Sapa in every way, 
but of milder quality, really an excellent substitute for the black sweet cherries 
which are shipped in from milder climates. A few trees on sandcherry stock, each 
£ 1 . 00 , 
Select Sandcherries Budded on Native Plum Stock , 177 numbers 
Offered for the first time. The sandcherry seedlings distributed from this 
department are mainly from budded plantations, which means that they are selected 
seedlings budded on plum roots so that both parents bear large fruit. I am trying 
to breed this larre-fruited good quality type to come true to seed. 177 numbers 
are available this spring as one or two-year buds on native plum. A few plants are 
ready for experimenters. Two plants of one kind for £1.00. Not less than £l,00 
for each item. They will be distributed under number and are intended as a basis 
for further experiments. 
Select Wild South Dakota Plums , 17 numbers 
Offered for the first time. Many thousand seedlings of the native plum of 
South Dakota have been grown in the effort to obtain varieties with large fruit, 
larger at least than the common run of plums brought to market. In 1952, the main 
search was in the Bad River region, west of Chamberlain and Pierre. Seventeen 
seedlings, Wild South Dakota, Jfos. 1—17 were selected. Several of these are 
yellow plums. None of these are recommended for propagation, but they are one step 
on the way and can always be used for pollinating the hybrid plums that bloom in 
the same season. Many people like the stronger flavor of the native plum, especi¬ 
ally for preserves and jams. Trees, one-year buds on native plum stock, each : 
50 cents. 
The New Fruits in South Dakota Bulletin 224 
Requests are often received from propagators and other experimenters for 
the new fruits introduced in former years and described in Bulletin 224. Many 
of these can be obtained in commercial nurseries. From a set which was propagated 
for our new State Orchard a few can be supplied in one-year budded or grafted 
trees. Price each, £1.00. Scions when available, one foot for £1.00. Grape 
vines, each £1.00. 
