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The tree is very ornamental, being a beautiful tree in itself and in the 
spring is covered with a world of beautiful, pink'tinged, white flowers 
in such profusion as to almost hide the tree, to be followed in late 
summer and far into the fall with an immense crop of brilliant red fruit. 
The fruit is of medium size, long, conical, produced in great quan- 
titles and dazzling all-over red. 
Skin is thin, and cooks up nicely; flesh is white, crisp, slightly acid. 
Fine to eat, to can, or preserve, and wonderful for jelly, making a rich, 
deep red jelly. 
For further description and prices, see page 28. 
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APRICOTS 
During the past six or seven years, Minnesota and the Middle West 
have experienced some unusual and very trying weather conditions; 
drawn out droughts, intense heat, terrific hot winds. Added to all this, 
came the terrible long cold winter of ’36. For six long weeks, during 
late January through February, the thermometer did not register above 
freezing, and 20 and even 30 degrees below at night was not unusual. 
When spring came, many of the old orchards through Minnesota 
were as good as dead. 
But during all this time, in the State Orchard at Brookings, S. D., 
the Hansen Apricots were bearing heavy crops and passed the cold win¬ 
ter uninjured. 
We can now grow Apricots in Minnesota. It was not even dreamed of 
before. For further description and prices, see page 40. 
So-me N€W 
KOREAN BARBERRY. (New.) A new Barberry from Korea; straight 
upright grower. Has rich varicolored foliage, deepening in color in 
the fall. Does not spread rust. Red berries. Fine for hedge or speci¬ 
men plants. 3 for $1.00. 
BUCKTHORN (Rhamnus Chadwicki). (New.) An outstanding Buck¬ 
thorn with very broad, long, bright green leaves. Fine for hedges or 
specimen planting. Can be trimmed into any form. Very fresh, clean 
foliage. Many blue-black berries. 3 for $1.00. 
BUCKTHORN (Rhamnus Frangula). Not new but still new to most 
people. Another very fine Buckthorn, very hardy, with rounded 
glossy leaves, and no thorns. Fine for hedge or specimen plants. 
Covered with blue-black berries in June. Wonderful food for birds. 
A beautiful shrub. 3 for $1.00. 
HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera Podocarpa Maacki). Late Amur Honey¬ 
suckle. One of the new Honeysuckles that we like very much. A fast 
growing upright bush with long, slender, graceful drooping branches 
absolutely smothered in neat light green foliage. Extra fine where 
a large specimen is desired. 2 to 3 ft., 50c; 3 to 4 ft., 75c. 
LONICERA Syringantha. A new Honeysuckle that seems a climber, 
but it can easily be grown into a large, tall bush by trimming. It 
is covered in early spring with fragrant lilac flowers. 2 to 3 ft., 60c; 
3 to 4 ft., 75c. (See page 24.) 
FONTANESIA Fortune!. Another beautiful new shrub absolutely un¬ 
like anything else we have. A very rapid growing shrub often 
reaching 10 feet. Grows very upright into a narrow, tall pyramid of 
very slender, graceful, upward growing branches, heavily covered 
with narrow sharply pointed deep green leaves. Covered with clus¬ 
ters of small white flowers. Hardy as far north as Massachusetts. 
Makes a fine self-trimmed pyramid. 2 to 3 ft., 50c; 3 for $1.00. 
3 to 4 ft., 75c; 3 for $1.50. 
All the above new plants can be grown either as specimen shrubs 
or in hedge form. Quantity prices for hedges a matter of corres¬ 
pondence. 
^icyUdia 
This bulb produces very colorful blooms in the most brilliant shades 
of orange, rose, scarlet, and yellow. Large triangular flowers with the 
three inner petals blotched with carmine, purple, or mahogany. A gor¬ 
geous flower. 
Bulbs, 15c each; 3 for 40c; 12 for $1.35; 100 for $10.00. 
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