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Smooth Stem Hardy Rose Stocks 
The experiments in breeding 100% thornless hardy roses resulted in the fall 
of 1932 in finding a few such plants in twenty acres of seedlings in the State Rose 
Garden at Sioux Falls and here at State College, Brookings. 
This work leaves a lot of rose seedlings with smooth stems, worthy of trial 
as stocks for budding. The midrib of the loaf is prickly, but this will not affect 
the budding. These seedlings vary in vigor of growth and the flowers are pink to 
white. Even if they do not prove to be valuable for budding, they have value as 
ornamental shrubs. The great crop of red rose-hips makes them highly ornamental for 
a long time in autumn and winter. 
Plants, one year sprouts, Smooth Stem hardy roses, 5 for Si.00. 
100% Thornless Rose 
Offered for the first time. This rose has 100% thornless stems, and the mid¬ 
rib of the leaf is entirely smooth. The flowers are single, pink, fragrant. The 
abundant red rose-hips in autumn and winter are noteworthy. Plant of sturdy up¬ 
right habit. These plants are now being crossed with many large double-flowered 
varieties in other colors. 
A few one-year sprouts can be spared, Price, each, $2.00. 
In its present condition it is a pleasing ornamental shrub that will endure 
40°to‘50° below zero Fahrenheit without protection, wnd which nay he .found useful 
by the rose-breeders in eliminating thorns. 
Siberian Crab Seedlings for Stocks 
Stock orchards of the best Siberian crabs should be planted to pro'ride an 
annual supply of stocks for budding. This would prevent root-killing, which is 
the cause of much loss in the apple orchards in the prairie Northwest. Price: 
One-year seedlings of the following: .Alexis, Amur, a eauty, Dolgo, Olga, Yellow 
Siberian, $5.00 per 100. Not less than 50 of one variety. 
Named Apple Seedlings 
One year-old seedlings can be spared of Anoka, the earliest bearing apple 
in the world; also of Maga apple (cross of McIntosh and Virginia crab); and of 
Giant wild crab, and Cathay crab. All described in South Dakota Bulletin 224. They 
are only for experimenters who know that the results will be uncertain. Price of 
seedlings, $10.00 per 100. 
Bird Cherry . Omsk, Siberia . Offered for the first time, ^his is Prunus P adus . 
as I found it native in the Omsk region of west Siberia. Closely related to our 
native Choke Cherry but with larger flowers and larger racemes. The fruit is of 
milder flavor, and is U3ed for cooking in its native region. An interesting orna¬ 
mental tree. One year trees, 2 for $1.00. 
Pink Semi Rose . Offered for the first time. A pink single-flower form of the 
Semi Rose (Rosa laxa, Retz.) from the dry steppes of Semipalatinsk, Siberia. I 
gathered original seed in 1913. (Most of theSemi Rose plants bear white flowers; 
see South Dakota bulletin 240). A tall thorny shrub, to 8 feet, of upright habit, 
fruits bright red, flowering over a long period. Price, plants on own root, each, 
50 cents. 
The Hansen Alfalfa. Flowo ~s white, seeds white . The first alfalfa with a trade¬ 
mark or distinguishing characteristic by which it may be known. In the .1932 spring 
list I gave this name to the Hansen Whiteseed Alfalfa of which a few plants were 
sent cut in 1926 (see Bulletin 224). In the spring of 1931 I offered to send ten 
plants free to the first 300 applicants in South Dakota. Many more than 300 appli¬ 
cations were received, so about 3,560 plants were distributed. I am trying to 
perfect the Hansen alfalfa as rapidly as possible. Female parent: the Yellow 
Flowered Alfalfa ( Medicago falcata) from Omsk, Siberia. Male parent: the Cossack 
Alfalfa. Some strong transplanted three-year-old plants, 10 plants for $1.00. 
Thu Sibturk Alfalfa . This is a hybrid of the Siberian and the Turkestan alfalfas. 
The female parent is the Yellow Flowered Alfalfa ( Medicago falcata; . which I brought 
from Semipalatinsk, Siberia, in 1913. The male parent is the Select Turkestan 
Alfalfa, remarkable for its erect vigorous growth, and which I brought back from my 
1906 tour. Sibturk is the name I chose for the Hansen Hybrid No. 1, described 
in Bulletin No. 224. This is a very hardy and productive variety, showing astonish¬ 
ing endurance in a field where it has been cut several years as a lawn. The seed is 
held tightly in the pod. Flowers variegated in many colors, with much yellow. 
Sibturk is an excellent combination of these two species. The name is condensed 
from the words Siberia and Turkestan. Seed per packet, 50 cents. 
