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FOR MINNESOTA AND THE FAR NORTH 
ALL COME INTO BEARING BEFORE PLUMS 
Hardy Hansen Manchurian Apricots 
A few years ago we did not dream it were possible to grow Apricots in 
Minnesota. But Hansen, the fruit wizard of the South Dakota Fruit Breed' 
ing Station, has turned the trick. Starting with Manchurian Apricots 
brought back with him from one of his far-flung trips to Siberia, he has, 
by hard work and most careful selection, given us a line of Apricots that 
are of finest quality and hardy over the Dakotas and Minnesota. This brings 
a most desirable and long-wanted fruit to the entire middle northwest. 
Keep in mind these Apricots are about the most drought-resistant trees 
we know of, as they came through the great drought years of 1933, 1934, 
and 1935, with full foliage and with no apparent bad effects, and bore 
heavy crops in South Dakota during those years. 
Five years ago I made a trip to South Dakota to see this new fruit as it 
looked on the tree. I was so favorably impressed that I purchased a number 
of these trees for further trial and for propagating wood. Last spring we 
planted 100 of these trees into our orchard. 
These Apricots should be planted deep as they are budded on native 
American Plum root. Plant so that the bud union is 10 inches below surface 
level which will tend to cause the tree to work onto its own roots. Tie each 
tree securely to a stout stake as the Apricot grows very rapidly and may 
break at the union with a strong wind. 
We are offering here what we consider the best of these introductions: 
ANDA. Good size, freestone. A late variety. Fruit of high quality. Tree 
very productive. 
MANCHU. Largest yellow. No. 1 in size. Heavy bearer. Sauce excellent 
quality, pale yellow. 
MANDARIN. Large, rich yellow fruit. High quality, either fresh or 
cooked. 
NINGUTA. Large yellow fruit with red blush. Very mild. Tree produces 
large crops late in the season. 
SANSIN. Large fruit. Excellent to eat fresh, or as a rich orange-yellow 
sauce. Heavy cropper. 
TOLA. An early variety to ripen. A large freestone that makes excellent 
sauce. One of the best. 
PRICES ON ALL VARIETIES 
Each Per 6 Per 12 
3 to 4 ft.^0.75 ^3.60 $ 6.50 Prepaid 
4 to 5 ft. 1.00 4.50 7.50 Not Prepaid 
5 to 6 ft. 1.25 6.00 10.00 Not Prepaid 
RED RASPBERRIES 
LATHAM. Greatest of all Raspberries. (See color illustration on page 
47.) More money can be made growing red Raspberries for market 
than any other farm crop. The Latham is the greatest red Raspberry 
ever introduced. In competition with all other high producing va¬ 
rieties at the Connecticut Experiment Farm under official test the crop 
yield per acre was: 
Latham. 5430 Quarts 
Herbert . 3648 Quarts 
Cuthbert. 3600 Quarts 
Which conclusively shows the outstanding superiority of Latham as 
a producer and a money-maker. In our own fields we have netted 
over $1000 per acre from Latham. Our fields of Raspberries are 
inspected three times every growing season by official state inspectors 
and our stock is certified mosaic free. There are more Latham Rasp¬ 
berry plants grown at Faribault, Minnesota, for sale than any one 
other city in the world. There are no better plants grown than we 
offer. Latham can be grown all over the country the most successfully 
of all Red Raspberries. Heavy No. 1 plants: 12 for 80c; 25 for $1.15; 
50 for $1.90; 100 for $3.25, postpaid. 
A block of the one-year-old Manchurian Apricots growing in our nursery, 
season of 1939. Where these varieties have borne fruit they have grown in 
blocks with many varieties. We cannot state whether or not they self fertilize 
We advise planting two or more varieties. 
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