OSCAR H. WILL & CO., BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA 
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CHERRIES and CHERRY HYBRIDS 
Nearly all of these plants are self-sterile—plant wild plum or sand cherry 
near them for pollenizing. 
BROOKS SAND CHERRY. The largest and best selected 
sand cherry yet introduced. From the C. P. R. Agricultural 
Station at Brooks, Alberta. Fruit over an inch in diameter, 
excellent for jam and canning. Branches do not drag on 
the ground. Produces a crop in the driest years. 2 year 
l>u.shes. Each, 75c; 5 for $5.50. 
COMPASS. The oldest and best known of the sand cherry 
hybrids. Ripens late July or August. Fruit bright red 
when mature, nearly an inch long, oval, pleasant to eat 
fresh; unrivalled for sauce, jelly or jam. Hardy throughout 
the whole Northwest. 3 to 4 ft. Each, GOc; 5 for $2.75. 
T03I THUMB SAND CHERRY. ^ cherry with red flesh. 
Grows only 3 to 5 ft. high. One of Dr. N. E. Hansen’s pro¬ 
ductions. A very hardy fruit, popular well into Canada. 
Pleasant to eat fresh. May be set out about like goose¬ 
berries and will bear well at that rate of planting. 2 to 3 
ft. Each, GOc; 5 for .$2.75. 
Brooks Sand Cherry. 
CHAMPA SAND CHERRY. Another of Dr. Hansen’s varieties. 
Very similar to 
Tom Thumb, a 
low bush that 
can be planted 
close. The 
principal dif¬ 
ference is that 
the fruit has 
green flesh in- 
stead of red. 
Bears a little 
earlier. Fine 
flavor. 2 to 3 
ft. Each, 60c; 
5 for $2.75. 
OKA. Another 
Hansen fruit. 
A fine large 
cherry borne 
Compass 
on a tree instead of a bush. Quite variable in performance, ' de¬ 
pending on local conditions. At its best it is perhaps the finest 
of the type. The fruit is very large for a cherry, a rich purple in 
color, skin thin, flesh red, delicious flavor. Fruit hangs to tree and 
cures there like a dried prune. 2 to 3 ft, E'ach, 65c; 5 for $3.00. 
ST. ANTHONY. One of the Minnesota sand cherry hybrids, supposed 
to contain blood of the sweet cherry also. Bush habit. Matures 
in August. Fruit extra good for cooking. Flesh red. Hardy but 
not very drouth resistant. 2 to 3 ft. Each, GOc; 5 for $2.75. 
NANKING CHERRY—PRUNUS T03IENT0SA (Chinese Bush Cherry ). 
Very useful as an ornamental or hedge shrub, outstandingly hardy 
in both the Great Plains and Canadian Northwest. Its fruit, bright 
red, is of very fine flavor for every purpose, somewhat larger than 
a choke cherry. Its bearing is, however, rather erratic. Blooms 
very early in the spring and is a handsome, compact bush at all 
times. 3 to 4 ft. Each, 60c; 5 for .$2.7.5. 
SAND CHERRY (Priiiiiis hcsscyi). The native bush cherry of the 
great plains. Fruit almost the size of a sour cherry, black and 
often very fine flavored. Always good in jam and jelly. A low 
bush, may be planted 3 to 4 ft. apart and will produce a tremendous 
quantity of fruit. 2 to 3 ft. Each, .‘JOc; 5 for $1.25. 
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WESTERN ClIOKECIIKRIt V (Pruiuis iiiclaiiocarpa). Larger and 
sweeter than the eastern chokecherry. A tremendous bearer. One 
of our very hardiest natives, useful as an ornamental, in shelter 
belts and for its fruit which makes perhap.s the ino.st deliciou.s of aR 
jellie.s and .syriip.s. It is becoming more valued and appreciated 
yearly. 2 to 3 ft. Each, 2.5c; 10, $2.00. 
Tom Thumb 
MVstfrn Chokecherry 
Sami Cherry 
