HARDY GROWN 
IN THE GREAT 
NORTHWEST 
BEST 
VARIETIES 
HOUSE OF GURNEY 
Plattsmouth, Neb. 
Mar. 22, 1937 
About 16 years ago I ordered a Sapa and one Waneta 
Plum from you. These trees have been a joy, and provided 
us with an abundant crop of delicious fruit, even in the dry I 
seasons. 1 always think of your firm as a pioneer in recog¬ 
nizing the great work of Prof. Hansen at Brookings, and 
making the products of his labor available to the great 
Northwest, where hardy and adapted fruit is so badly 
needed. 
W. F. Nolte 
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HYBRID CHERRY AND PLUM PRICES 
(Unless otherwise priced) 
Size 
Each 
Per 5 
Per 10 
Per 25 
3-4 ft. 
. 30c 
$1.25 
$2.15 
$4.75 
4-5 ft. 
. 35c 
1.50 
2.75 
6.00 
5-7 ft. 
. 40c 
1.85 
3.60 
8.75 
BIG 
All 4 
1 Waneta 
1 Cherisota 
1 Opata 
SIX BARGAIN 
5 ft. Trees 
1 Oka 
1 Sapa 
1 Tom Thumb 
ONLY $1.85 Postpaid 
THE FAMOUS PROF. HANSEN 
HYBRID PLUMS 
★ CHERISOTA 
Plant this tree and you should have loads of plums. It begins bearing 
when one year old and bears every year after. The plums are a large, 
dark red with a wonderful flavor. They are exceptionally delicious to 
eat fresh. 
★ HANSKA 
HANSKA is a plum that has that apricot flavor. The fruit is 
medium sized, bright red color, flesh is firm, yellow, a good flavor, and 
very fragrant. This variety is much in demand for canning and pre¬ 
serving. Freestone. Order your Hanska plum now. 
★ OPATA 
Here is a tangy, acid flavor that so many like so well. It ripens 
early, is a dark purplish-red plum of medium size. The flesh is green. 
Wonderful for canning. Freestone. 
★ SAPA (3-4 ft. and 4-5 ft. Only) 
Here is a plum I know you will want, you can’t help it. This plum 
is perfect either for canning or for eating. iThe trees bear the first 
year after planting, and are tremendously heavy bearers producing more 
fruit than any other plum. The fruit is fairly large, with purple skin 
and purple flesh just full of the richest, sweetest juice with a perfect 
flavor. It is freestone and does well everywhere. 
★ TOKA 
You should plant Toka for a number of reasons: First, it is extreme¬ 
ly hardy and a heavy bearer ; second, it produces large delicious plums 
regularly; third, for its value as a pollenizer, inducing other varieties 
to bear heavily, fourth, because it is of delicious, rich, plum-apricot 
flavor. You will want Toka in your plum collection. 
★ WANETA 
WANETA is truly a delicious plum. It is an old favorite, one of Pro¬ 
fessor Hansen’s most popular. The fruit is large and a gorgeous red¬ 
dish-purple color. Waneta is of the finest quality. The flesh is tender, 
sweet and juicy. 
Gurney’s Improved Compass 
MORDENA — HYBRID CHERRY 
I am sure that you will like this plum. 
It is a rich purple-red color, with a 
smooth flesh of good consistency. The 
fruit is juicy, with a very pleasing, sweet 
taste. The Mordena has been compared 
to the Compass Cherry but it is larg¬ 
er, sweeter, meatier, darker in color and 
generally superior. It is comparatively 
a freestone. I know you will want to 
try this variety. 
KAGA PLUM—See Page 59 
HYBRID CHERRIES_ 
★ COMPASS 
If you want fruit and lots of it—Compass is YOUR 
tree. You'd better plan to “prop” the branches to hold 
the load. Quality good and excellent for canning. Hardy 
anywhere. Bears one year after planting. 
★ OKA (3-4 ft. and 4-5 ft. Only) 
This tree should be grown as a low' tree or shrub. It 
is one of the best of the Hybrid Cherries introduced by 
Professor Hansen. It is unusually hardy, bearing attractive, 
delicious fruit the first year after planting. The skin 
is black and the flesh red and juicy. 
s ★ NICOLLET (3-4 ft. and 4-5 ft. Only) 
Here is a wonderful Cherry for your Cherry pies. It is 
superior to most other sour cherries or pie cherries. It 
is dark red, almost an inch in diameter with juicy yellow 
flesh. An early heavy bearer. 
★ TOM THUMB (3-4 ft. and 4-5 ft. Only) 
TOM THUMB are good cherries to eat fresh or 
canned. They are dependable, and hardy, with an abund¬ 
ance of blue-black fruit a year of ter planting. The branches 
are covered with beautiful blossoms in the spring and they 
are followed by enormous numbers of dark juicy fruit. 
★ ZUMBRA (3-4 ft. and 4-5 ft. Only) 
ZJUMBRA is a good pollenizer for other Cherry 
Hybrids. It is a three way cross of Black Sweet Cherry, 
Pie Cherry and Sand Cherry and produces a heavy 
annual crop of fruit. The fruit is a dark reddish black 
with yellow green flesh. - 
Fiebing Prize—Hardy, Early, Quality Plus 
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