Prof. HANSEN’S HARDY APRICOTS 
Fruit growers of the Northwest were surprised 
and delighted when they heard that Prof. N. E. 
Hansen, of South. Dakota State College, had orig' 
inated a new hardy strain of apricots. 
We secured propagating wood from Prof. Han^ 
sen of the 12 varieties he considered best and have 
a limited number of trees to offer this spring. 
Prof. Hansen writes: “Hardy apricots are here— 
probably the greatest hardy fruit introduction in 
many years. 
“The hardy apricots of the world are in North 
Manchuria, and in East Siberia. In my 1924 tour to 
North Manchuria, home of the old Manchu con^ 
querors of China, I became interested in the apricots 
native of the region between Harbin, on the Siber^ 
ian railway, and the Amur River. The conditions 
are really those of East Siberia on either side with 
minimum temperature of 50 degrees below 2 ;ero 
Fahrenheit. I saved seed from many fruits and now 
have 45 seedlings. The trees are a beautiful sight in 
bloom. The large flowers, white with distinct pink 
tinge, appear early before the leaves. The fruit is 
yellow, somewhat smaller than the apricots of com^ 
merce, and makes delicious preserves. 
“In 1935 a careful study was made of these 
45 seedlings, and I decided that the best 12 should 
be given a name, and the remainder held for 
further study. The great advantage of these 
apricots is their early season, coming in here 
ahead of plums so that they find a ready market.” 
Two very outstanding points of interest about 
these apricots is their extreme drouth resistance 
and their extreme hardiness. Heat and drouth 
or the other extreme, 50° below zero does not 
interfere with their vigorous growth and heavy 
crops. 
In ordering, please give a second and third 
choice as our supply this year is limited. See 
shipment information page 24. 
Professor N. E. Hansen with branches of the New Hansen Bush 
Cherry. 
PRICES OF APRICOTS—PREPAID: 
Size: Each 2 10 
2 to 3 ft.^0.75 ^1.40 ^6.80 
3 to 4 ft. 1.00 1.90 9.35 
Prof. Hansen’s descriptions are as follows: 
MANCHU. Large yellow fruit; heavy crop. Fruit No. 1 
in size and quality. Cooks up into pale yellow, good 
quality sauce. Apparently the largest fruit in this lot 
of seedlings. 
MANDARIN. Fruit large, rich yellow color; one of the 
best in quality, fresh or when cooked. 
CHOW. Tree productive; fruit large, good eating. Pale 
yellow sauce of good quality. 
SING. Tree productive, fruit large. Good rich opange' 
yellow sauce; flavor stronger than some of the others. 
NINGUTA. Fruit large yellow with red blush. Crop 
very heavy. Season late. One of the mildest and best. 
TOLA. Large, freestone. Makes excellent quality sauce. 
1935 crop very heavy. One of the best. Season early, 
August. 
ANDA. Tree productive, fruit freestone, good size. 
Season late. In cooking, stays firm and does not cook 
up. One of the very best in quality. 
ZUN. Quality of fruit nearly excellent. Pit small, round, 
freestone. 
SINO. Heavy crop, fruit small, on S-foot, crowded tree. 
Cooking test: excellent flavor. 
LALIN. Fruit large, yellow with red blush. Fresh fruit 
good quality. Tree a heavy cropper. No cooking 
test. Season early. 
HULAN. Very heavy crop of large fruit. Season early. 
Cooking test: makes good flavored sauce. 
SANSIN. Heavy crop of large fruit. Fresh fruit of ex' 
cellent quality, making a rich orange^yellow sauce. 
Prof. Hansen's Improyed Bush Cherry 
Hansen’s Improved Bush Cherries are recommended as pollinizers 
for the hybrid cherries listed on page 5. 
1. They are easy to grow and are perfectly hardy. 
2. The fruit makes delicious preserves. 
3. Bear early, heavily and annually. 
4. They are efficient pollinizers for Sapa and Oka. 
PRICES OF HANSEN’S BUSH CHERRIES—PREPAID: 
Size: Each 4 10 
Medium, 2-year .$0.30 $1.00 $2.00 
Large, 2-year.45 1.55 3.50 
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