Wiyuta Crabapple - Offered for the first time. Pedigree; Nevis, ?iIinnesota 
wild crab ( Pyrus loensis ) x Wolf River apple polleii. This is of the same pedigree as 
Wetonka, Wahoya and Viiakaga described in previous lists. Fruit inches across; 2 
inches deep, round, slightly truncated, regular; much shaded end marbled red over 
greenish yellow, cavity (stem end) with much green out over base. A great improve¬ 
ment, when cooked, over the Nevis wild crab. Season evidently all vdnter and spring. 
Fruits of Wetonka a.fter freezing solid until late in January this year, when cooked 
had lost the acerbity and v;ere of neutral quality. These four very productive wild 
crab hybrids are vrarthy of further development. Scions only available,' per foot, 
$ 1 . 00 . 
w Watopa Crabapple - Offered for the first time. Pedigree: Elk River, Minnesota, 
wild crab x Jonathan apple pollen. A sister to W'amdesa introduced last year, but 
larger, the fruits in 1958 being 2 7/8 inches across. Fruit regular, round, trun¬ 
cated, greenish yellow v^ith much thinly washed end striped red over green and much 
green out over base (stem end); sifin unctuous; besin, smooth, abrupt, calyx segments 
very small, closed. An all-the-year keeper. Tree very productive. Flavor mildly 
acid to neutral in the cooked fruit. Scions only, per foot, $1.00. 
Wotanda Crabapole - Offered for the first time. The largest of several seedlings 
r of the same pedigree: Nevis, northwest Minnesota, v;ild crab x Northwestern Greening 
apple pollen. Fruit 2-^- x 2 inches. Very regular, oblate, unctous, yellowish green. 
Calyx segments very small, closed. Fruit an all-the-year keeper; heavy for its size, 
one fruit v/eighed,a little over four ounces. When cooked, the flavor is mild, not 
acerb. Tree productive. Only scions available, per foot, $1.00. 
Apples: Triploid and Tetraploid 
Hansen's Kola crabapple, the first tetraploid (with 68 chromcsom.es, double the 
usual diploid number), continues to attract attention in several countries. He has 
many more. They offer a chance to originate many triploid apples (51 chi’omosomes). 
Recent cytological study in Sv/eden and England indicates triploid apples contain more 
vitamins than ordinary apples. He is also getting entirely new types of apples of 
great value for the open prairie; smaller in tree, but with good fruit that will keep 
a year; also hea.vj^ annual bearers. 
Progress in Apples 
Many new seedling apples fruited the past season. About 6,000 hybrid apple 
seedlings are ready for spring planting to be fruited as soon as possible. For 
several years much of this work w^as done in the orchard of the late John Robertson 
at Hot Springs. Mr. Robertson was glad to cooperate without charge to the State 
College, Some tours were made to southern states to obtain pollen. 
North and South Travel : Dr. Hansen decided to do more of this trave^toworknorth 
with the apple blossoms. This is an extension of the movable-tub orchard method that ' 
he began in 1897 and which has been widely adopted in the United States and foreign 
countries. It makes combinations possible not otherwise possible. Early in the 
spring of 1937, he began work in Arkansas and worked north vdth the apple blossoms 
through Missouri, lov/a and Nebraska; Hot Springs, Sioux Falls, Brookings and Water- 
town, South Dakota, clear north to Morden and Winnipeg, iManitoba. In the autumn, 
he went to Manitoba to gather the fruits. Thousands of flowers were cross-pollinated 
and much hybridized seed was obtained. In 1938, the tour began at iMountain Grove 
in southern ?^issouri and extended to Morden and Winnipeg, Manitoba. In the fa.ll, he 
went to Manitoba again to gacher the fruits. 
Perfumed Plums 
In originating the first hybrids of our native plum (Prunus Americana) with the 
Chinese apricot-plum Prunus Simoni, there were 16 seedlings. Of these, Kaga, Hanska, 
Toka, and Inkpa were named and distributed. Tokata, the reciprocal hybrid, was also 
sent out and by many is regarded as the finest of all in its superb flavor, Kaga, 
Toka, and Hanska are now widely grown in many states for the excellent flavor of the 
firm perfurried flesh. In Minnesota, Kaga is found to be rn excellent pollenizer for 
other plums. 
There is another of these 16 original seedlings worthy of introduction because 
of its larger size, and it is novv named the Kota, The tree is very productive. It 
made a splendid record in the State Orchard at Sioux Falls in 1958. 
Kota Plum - Offered for the first time. A sister to Kaga, Toka, a.nd Hanska, 
but the fruit averages larger. Fruit 1 5/4 inches across, 1-| inches deep, a vivid 
dark red with large distinct yellow dots and white bloom; oblate, with slightly 
sunken apex; suture very wide and shallow; cavity deep, regular, acute; stem stout. 
Flesh very firm, richly fragrant and delicious. In general, the multitude of large 
yellow dots is a distinguishing characteristic. fauionSf per foot $l.cO 
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