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WILL’S PIONEER SEEDHOUSE, GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY 
Plums and Plum Hybrids 
Hardy, High Class Varieties for the Northwest 
Plant Several Tyijes Together or Plant Avitli Cherries to Insure Pollination. 
Seedlings. We can fur¬ 
nish unusually thrifty 
seedling's for thicket and 
shelter belt or for orchard 
planting. 12 to IS in., 50, 
.Sl.OO; 100, <i;i.75; 500, .$7..50; 
18 to 24 in., 50, $1.25; 100, 
^2.00; 500, $9.00. 
CREE- Another Hansen plum of great hardi¬ 
ness, and one of the best. Has blood of the 
lu'unus nigra wild plum of the north and is 
very hardy and cold resistant. Fruit bright 
red, skin thin, flavor excellent, ripens in late 
August. 3 to 4 ft. Each, 70c; 5 for $3.25. 
SUPERIOR. Newest of the Minnesota Fruit Breeding 
Station hardy plums. It has proved hardy well into 
northern Minnesota. Ripens in mid-season. Fruit 
is larger than Underwood, bright red in color, almost 
free stone and of high quality. A good keeper. An 
important new variety. 3 to 4 ft. Each, 75c. 
RED WIXO. This variety has stood up remarkably 
well in the dry area during the past few severe 
years. It is a very large fruited plum. Fruit is 
firm, sweet and of good quality. Color is yellow 
overlaid with red. Midseason bearer. 3 to 4 ft. 
Each, <;5c; 5 for .$.3.09. 
Opata 
flavor and wonderful for canning. 
$2,50. 
OPATA. A cross between'sandcherry and 
Gold Plum by Dr. N. E. Hansen. Per¬ 
haps the best and most widely used of 
the Hansen Hybrids. Head low, trim 
out old wood as it bears on the new 
wmod. A round fruit 1 to 1% in. in 
diameter, with green flesh. A very nice 
Ripens in early August. Price; each, 55c; 5 for 
Our Plum Seedlings 
■\VAXETA, Apparently the hardiest of the extra large size plums. The largest of Dr. 
Hansen's pioductions. A heavy beai-er of very large, good quality fruit. Very 
drouth resistant. Ripens in mid-season. The best large plum for the Great Plains. 
3 to 4 ft. Each, «5c; 5 for $3.00. 
Wan eta 
UNDERWOOD*- Many of the Minnesota plums 
are not adapted to the Great Plains. Dong 
trials of Underwood, however, have suffleed 
to prove its hardiness. In flavor it equals the 
Japanese plums, size is intermediate, trees 
strong and thrifty and bear annually. P^ruit 
is dark red and sweet, ripens in late August, 
and is an excellent keeper. 3 to 4 ft. Each, 
65c; 5 for $3.00. 
RADI8SON. Another extra hardy Minnesota plum. An 
early variety, fairly large, with good tree form. 
Fruit is a handsome red and the quality very high. 
3 to 4 ft. Each, G5c; 5 for $3.00. 
Kaga 
Underwood 
wy 
L,D PLUm. This 
ardy native is rap¬ 
idly acquiring pop¬ 
ularity for its value 
as a.shelter belt tree 
as well as an orna¬ 
mental and a pro¬ 
ducer of fruit., We 
offer very thrifty 
stock from native 
seed. Wonderful for 
sauce, jam and jelly. 
3 to 4 ft. Each^ 35c; 
5 for $1.50. 
Budding Plums at our Nursery 
KAGA. Another Hansen plum and one of the most 
delicious we have ever tasted. Its unusual fine 
sweet flavor comes from the apricot plum blood 
which it contains. Not very large but tops in 
quality. 3 to 4 ft. Each, 70c; 5 for $3.25. 
Superior 
