1935 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 w T ith 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 «o 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 
Space 20x20 ft.—108 per acre 
Ilanska 
Sioux Indian word for “tall” which describes 
the tree. Its fragrance once inhaled wall 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. 
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 fur¬ 
nish the Assiniboin Plums in one-year only as 
these trees grow rather stocky. 
Opata 
This is Sioux Indian for “bouquet” and is 
the first of the plums of the Sand Cherry Cross 
to ripen. At blooming time it is a gigantic 
bouquet of white flowers of the most exquisite 
fragrance. It blooms just a little later than 
the American Plum and escapes the frost 
danger that so often gets the crop of wild 
plums. 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. 
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. 
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. 
Sept. 25, 1954 
Want to express appreciation for your 
efforts in benefiting the Great Agricultural 
Northwest for helpful advice and benefits 
which accrue from horticulture. 
Feel'specially grateful that you have intro¬ 
duced the Chinese Elm which seems to be 
just the shade this country needs. All such 
trees that I set last spring that have had 
proper care have lived. 
What is a home without trees? 
Gratefully, 
G. L. Gilman, Mission Hill*, S. Dak. 
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. 
Waneta 
Prof. Hansen’s Masterpiece 
To my mind, this is unquestionably Prof. 
Hansen’s masterpiece in production, and it com¬ 
bines hardiness, immense size, delicious quality, 
long keeping, beautiful color, small pit and early 
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 across the United 
States and back, 
and it was returned 
to us in perfect con¬ 
dition. 
Assiniboin 
Plum 
A very popular 
plum in Manitoba 
for its early, annual, 
heavy bearing of fine 
large plums. De¬ 
veloped from the 
wild plum of Stone- 
wal, north of Winni¬ 
peg. The fruit has 
an attractive red 
color. Assiniboin is 
a splendid plum for 
the far north not 
only for its extreme 
hardiness, but also 
for its very fine 
flavor and earliness; 
a very good plum f o r 
all of the prairie 
Northwest. Assini¬ 
boin is highly rec¬ 
ommended by the 
Sapa 
The Sioux Indian word for "black”—“As 
dark as the shadows of even banked in the 
Western Heavens.” Turning the branches 
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. 
PRICES OF ALL PLUMS 
Size Each Per 10 Per 25 Per 50 
3 to 4 ft. 40c $3.50 $8.00 $15.00 
4 to 6 ft. 45c 4.25 10.00 19.00 
Waneta Plum 
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