OSCAR H. WILL & CO., BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA 
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CHERRIES and CHERRY HYBRIDS 
The Best Suited of All Fruits to the Northwest 
SPECIAL COLLECTION OF DELICIOUS HARDY CHERRIES 
We offer one each of the following eight varieties: 
CHAMPA—TOM THUMB—OKA—COMPASS—ST. ANTHONY— 
TOMENTOSA—NATIVE CHOKECHERRY. Total Value $2.50. 
Special Price $2.00 
COMPASS. The tree is perfectly hardy, even in the far 
North, and seems especially adapted to the Western 
prairies, where it is very free from disease, and remark¬ 
ably exempt from insect enemies and the depredations of 
birds. It frequently bears the same year it is set, and is 
quite certain to bear a good crop annually thereafter. The 
fruit, which resembles a small bright red plum, is of pleas¬ 
ant acidity as eaten out of the hand and when cooked or 
canned makes a remarkably fine rich flavored sauce. 
Price, each, 3 to 4 ft., 45c; 5, $2.00. 
OKA CHERRY. This is the outstanding Hansen production 
of recent years. Introduced a few years ago it has gained 
an enviable name for itself both in this country and Can¬ 
ada. A sand cherry hybrid, bushy but larger than Tom 
Thumb, it bears early and heavily. The fruit is the largest 
of the bush cherry type, dark red in color with reddish 
flesh, and of delicious flavor. The fruit hangs to the tree 
for a long time after ripe and dries instead of decaying. 
Altogether it is a fruit that will take a very high place on 
account of its combined good qualities. Each, 3 to 4 ft., 
40c; 5 for $1.80. 
CHAMPA. This is a handsome bush about the size of the 
common sand cherry and bears in great profusion a fairly 
early ripening blapk fruit very similar to the Tom Thumb 
cherry, but with a greenish flesh. It is a delicious fruit to 
eat from the hand and excellent for sauce. This is one of 
Prof. Hansen’s productions. Each, 3 to 4 ft., 40c; 5 for $1.80'. 
ST. ANTHONY. This is another Minnesota Sta¬ 
tion Hybrid cherry of the same type as Zumbra 
but with red flesh and more palatable still for 
cooking. Price, 3 to 4 ft., each, 40c; 5, $1 jS0. 
PRUNES TOMENTOSA or NANKING CHERRY 
(Chinese Bush Cherry). Worthy as a beautiful 
ornamental and hedge plant, outstanding on ac¬ 
count of its hardiness which has been well dem¬ 
onstrated both in North Dakota and Manitoba, 
valuable for its fruit, which is of an unusually 
pleasant flavor, a handsome red in color and 
larger than the chokecherry. Blooms in early 
spring, grows to a compact large bush or small 
tree. Great Plains Station Selection. 3 to 4 ft., 
each, 40c; 5, $1.80; 3 to 3 ft. seedling transplants, 
each, 30c; 10, $2.50. 
TOM THUMB. Another production of 
Prof. Hansen and one which is meet¬ 
ing with unusual favor in Canada. 
It is a cherry growing on a bush, 
and may be planted, like 
currants and gooseber¬ 
ries. Begins to bear the 
second year and pro¬ 
duces tremendous crops 
of cherries about the 
size of Compass but 
black in color and with 
dark red flesh like the 
Sapa. Each, 2 to 3 ft., 
40 c; 5 for $1.80. 
Compass Cherry. 
Tom Thumb. 
Oka. 
WESTERN CHOKECHERRY-PRUNUS MELAN- 
OCARPA. This is a larger and sweeter cherry 
than the eastern variety and is exceedingly 
satisfactory for j'elly and sauce, being perhaps 
the most delicious for that purpose of any of 
our western fruit. Also valuable in shelter belt 
and windbreak planting and a handsome orna¬ 
ment. Transplanted stock, 3 to 4 ft., each, 20c; 
10, $1.75; 4 to 0 ft., each, 25c; 10, $2.00. 
Western Chokecherry 
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