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WILL’S PIONEER SEEDHOUSE, GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY 
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Plums and Plum Hybrids 
Hardy, High Class Varieties for the Northwest 
Plant Several Types Together or Plant with Cherries to Insure Pollination. 3 to 4 Ft. Trees 
SPECIAL PIONEER PLUM COLLECTION 
7 fine plums and Hybrids as follows for $2.25: 
1 Waneta—1 Underwood—1 Radisson—1 Golden Anniversary—1 Opata— 
1 Native Wild—1 Hennepin 
Value at regular rates—$2.95. SPECIAL PRICE. 
Cree Plum 
HENNEPIN (Minn. No. 132). A 
Japanese-American cross. 
Medium size, dark red plum 
with bloom on skin, flesh red, 
early, vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. Price, each, 45c; 5 for 
$ 2 . 00 . 
OPATA. A plum-sandcherry 
cross, should be headed low 
and the old wood trimmed out 
as it bears on young wood. 
An origination of Professor 
Hansen and one of his most 
popular ones. A cross be¬ 
tween Sandcherry and Gold 
Plum. Fruit dark red with a 
blue bloom, early, flesh green 
with a delicious flavor. Ready 
in mid-August. Price, each, 
40c; 5 for $1.80. 
^GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY. This 
is a hybrid seedling, the best 
of several hundred which have 
been fruiting in our nursery 
for several years now. It is 
large, firm, of good quality 
and a good bearer. The flavor 
is unusual and very pleasant. 
We feel that it is well worth 
trying under different condi¬ 
tions. Each, 45c; 5 for $2.00. 
Opata 
CREE. The Cree is one of Professor Hansen’s originations 
and assuredly one of the best. It has been carefully tested 
here and at the Mandan Station and has proven absolutely hardy and of wonderful quality. It is one 
of the largest sized plums of the North, the fruit being bright red, skin thin, ripening in the latter part 
of August. It is a cross between the Prunus Nigra of Manitoba and the Shiro plum. Each, 40c; 5 for 
$1.80. 
NATIVE WILD PLUM. Ironclad as to hardiness, useful in windbreak and shelter belt planting, and very 
valuable for its certain crop of fruit which makes delicious sauce, jam and jelly. Prices low, as they 
can be raised without budding or grafting. 3 to 4 feet. Each, 30c; 10 for $2.50. 
RED WING. This is one of the largest fruited plums of the new introductions from the Minnesota State 
Fruit Breeding Station, which means that it is as large as the regular commercial plums. It has proven 
hardy over most of our state. Fruit is large, firm, yellow overlaid with red in color, flesh sweet and of 
good quality; freestone. Midseason bearer. Each, 40c; 5 for $1.80. 
RADISSON. This exceptionally early and delicious plum from the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Station once 
again has shown itself to be one of the hardiest and most satisfactory for the Northwest. The size is 
fairly large and the quality is unsurpassed. Fruit is a handsome red. Each, 45e; 5 for $2.00. 
UNDERWOOD. This is one of the hardiest of the new Minnesota Fruit Breeding Station varieties and 
has proven perfectly hardy with us. These varieties in flavor are the equal of any of the Japanese 
plums, are larger than any of the American type, and are thrifty and strong varieties which bear an¬ 
nually. The Underwood is an excellent keeper and the earliest plum in the list. Fruit is large, dark 
red, and sweet. Ripens in midseason. Each, 45c; 5 for $2.00. 
WANETA. This is the largest of Professor 
Hansen’s hybrid plums, being a cross 
similar to the Underwood. It has proven 
perfectly hardy at the U. S. Station at 
Mandan, is a heavy bearer and produces 
the largest fruit of any hardy plum. 
Fruit is of good quality, ripens in mid¬ 
season and is of excellent flavor. Fine 
healthy trees, each, 45c; 5 for $2,00'. 
SAPA. a similar cross to Opata, between 
sandcherry and Japanese Plum. A couple 
of weeks later than Opata but of the 
same habit of growth and should be 
handled in the same way. The fruit is 
dark purple, and the flesh is a purplish 
red which makes it exceptionally attrac¬ 
tive, particularly when canned. Winter- 
kills at the ends of the branches some¬ 
times. This does not affect production. 
Price, euch, 45c; 5 for $2,00. Waneta Plum 
Underwood 
