OSCAR H. WILL 8c 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. 
Compass Cherry 
Champa 
^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, 50c; 5 for $2.25. 
TOM THUMB SAND CHERRY. A bush 
cherry with red flesh. Grows only 
3 to 5 ft. high. One of Dr. N. E. 
Hansen’s productions. A very hardy 
fruit, popular well into Canada. 
Pleasant to eat fresh. May be set out 
about like gooseberries and will bear 
well at that rate of planting. 2 to 3 
ft. Each, 60c; 5 for $2.75. 
JCHAMPA SAND CHERRY. Another of 
Dr. Hansen’s varieties. Very similar 
to Tom Thumb, a low bush that can be planted close. The 
principal difference is that the fruit has green flesh instead 
of red. Bears a little earlier. Fine flavor. 2 to 3 ft. 
Each, 50c; 5 for $2.25. 
--OKA. Another Hansen fruit. A fine large cherry, borne on 
a tree instead of a bush. Quite variable in performance, 
depending 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. 
3 to 4 ft. Each, 50c; 5 for $2.25. 
^ RUSSIAN PIE CHERRY. A true sour cherry which comes 
to us from the Dominion Station at Morden. Perfectly 
hardy and something new in cherries for the Northern Great 
Plains. 3 to 4 ft., each, $1.00. 
s' BLACK BEAUTY. From the Chipman Nurseries at Winnipeg. 
An unusually large fruited select sand cherry of fine quality 
and flavor. A heavy bearer. 2 to 3 ft., each, 75c; 5 for $3.50. 
NORTHERN PIN CHERRY. A small but very ornamental cherry 
tree which bears quantities of small bright red fruits suitable 
for excellent jelly and preserves. Each, 18 to 24 in., 40c; 
5 for $1.75. 
NANKING CHERRY—PRUNUS TOMENTOSA (Chinese Bush 
Cherry). Very useful as an ornamental or hedge shrub, out¬ 
standingly 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, 
50c; 5 for $2.25. 
SAND CHERRY (Promts besseyi), 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, 30c; 5 for $1.25; Seed¬ 
lings, 6 to 12 in., doz., 50c; 100 for $4.00. 
WESTERN CHOKECHERRY (Primus melano- 
carpa). Larger and sweeter than the eastern 
chokecherry. A tremendous bearer. One of 
our very hardiest natives, useful as an orna¬ 
mental, in shelter belts and for its fruit which 
makes perhaps the most delicious of all jellies 
and syrups. It is becoming more valued and 
appreciated yearly. 2 to 3 ft. Each, 25c; 
10 for $2.00; Seedlings. 6 to 12 in., doz., 40c; 
Sand Cherry 100 for $3.00. 
Oka Cherry 
Black Beauty 
Chokecherry 
