CARL A. HANSEN NURSERY, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA 
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OKA CHERRY 
DWARF HABIT 
EARLY BEARING 
LARGE FRUIT 
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4 « cherry hybrid of delicious sweetness proclaim it by far the best they have ever X 
* tasted. Prof. N. E. Hansen, the originator, himself considers Oka Cherry the best 
X plum-cherry hybrid he has introduced to date. J* 
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DELICIOUS FLAVOR! 
Latest and Best. 
Extra Fine. 
One of Prof. N. E. Hansen's 
latest cherry-plum introduc¬ 
tions and considered his best 
so far. It is a sand cherry hy¬ 
brid grown from seed of the 
Champa. The fruit is rounder 
than Sapa and has a some¬ 
what brighter skin color, which 
is a rich dark purplish red. 
The flesh color is a rich, in¬ 
tense purplish black red. It is 
in all a very remarkable fruit to look at 
and surely a delight to eat. Jelly and jam 
made from Oka Cherries are equally good. 
Dwarf and Bushy 
Dwarf and Bushy. 
Very Sturdy. 
The tree of Oka has a dwarf 
bushy habit and bears from 
the ground up. This remark¬ 
able feature is of unique value 
when harvesting the fruit. No 
need for a stepladder for ail 
the fruit is within easy reach. 
But the dwarf size in no way 
indicates the size of the crop 
of cherries. For the strength 
of the plant goes into fruit pro¬ 
duction and not into surplus 
tree growth, and so consequently the limbs 
and branches burden themselves with fruit. 
The leaves are small, sort of a pointed oval 
shape, and a bright, shiny green color. 
Prolific 
The buds come in groups of three and are rather closely set together on the branches. 
Thus in a good fruit year at each bud group are two cherry-plums and one leaf, making 
the branches an almost solid mass of fruit. 
Early Bearing—Very Hardy 
Oka Cherry, like the other of Prof. 
N. E. Hansen's sandcherry hybrids, 
bear extremely early—always, if the 
season is at all favorable, the year 
after planting. Oka is an annual bear¬ 
er and hardy throughout the northwest 
prairies. It is indeed an extraordinary 
cherry-plum, to which too much praise 
cannot be given. 
PRICES FOR LARGE SIZE TREES 
Per Tree, 75c; Three Trees, $2.00; 
Six Trees, $3.50; Twelve Trees, $6.50; 
Twenty-five Trees, $12.50. 
Bears Very Heavily 
Large And Fine 
a SPECIAL 1 Selected Extra Large Size Specimen Trees of Oka Cherry which are 
ready to bear a good crop of fruit this year. One Tree, $1.25; Three 
Trees, $3.50; Six Trees, $6.50; Twelve Trees, $12.00. J* 
