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'^CHERRIES 
The FRUIT of MANY USES 
Every home owner, whether in city, village or country, can plant cherries. 
Every housewife likes them for canning. They are one of the first fruits to 
ripen and one of the most resistant to Insects and disease. Plant a 
few each year. 
♦EARLY RICHMOND - Medium, red, fine when 
well-ripened. Tree is hardy and very 
productive. This variety has been 
widely planted and has given general 
satisfaction. Home owners are now 
planting these in equal numbers with 
Montmorency,thus extending the season 
to about four weeks. Marshalls Early 
Richmond is from a selected strain of 
outstanding size and bearing quali¬ 
ties . 
MAY DUKE - This is the most popular of 
all the Dukes. An upright, beaut if ul'K^H 
grower, and bears well. Fruit large,/ 
oblate, dark red, early. Is not af¬ 
fected by the leaf rust so destruc¬ 
tive in wet seasons. Sweeter than 
Richmond and Montmorency. Is fine to 
eat from the hand as well as for can¬ 
ning. 
♦MONTMORENCY - The most popular of the 
sour cherries. Large, red, acid; 
larger than Early Richmond,and ten 
days later. Quality, the best. 
Marshalls strain is from a tree of 
outstanding performance located in 
Arlington on the property of the late 
Bruce Mansfield. The fruit of this 
tree was exceptionally large and the 
tree bore very heavily year after 
year. It is not to be compared 
with the ordinary Montmorency. 
♦MORELLO - Medium to large; is blackish 
red; rich acid, Juicy and good; very 
productive. This is an excellent 
late canning variety. Its color, both 
skin and flesh, is a black red. It is 
better adapted to sections of medium 
to light rainfall than to the lower 
more moist parts of the Central West. 
WEST POINT - Propagated from a tree of 
large red sweet cherry brought from 
Europe by an early settler of Cuming 
County, Nebraska. The tree is hardy 
there and has borne regularly for 
a number of years. It appears to be 
better adapted to eastern Nebras¬ 
ka than other red sweet cherries. Is 
recommended for trial except in the 
North and West. 
YELLOW GLASS - A yellow sweet cherry 
Introduced from Russia by Prof. Budd 
while at the Iowa State College. Is a 
strong growing tree and has shown 
Itself quite hardy in our trial 
orchards. The fruit is medium size 
and good quality. Moderate bearer. 
PLUMS 
Plums are used for cainnlng, sauce, butters. Jelly and eating from the hand. 
This fruit has been Improved very rapidly in recent years. Varieties of highest 
quality only a few years ago, have now been discarded for newer and better ones. 
We have been testing out in our trial grounds many new varieties of promise, and 
are pleased to state that we are now offering some varieties that are definite¬ 
ly worth while. We have discarded almost all of the pure Japanese and European 
sorts, as they are only semi-hardy, and we now have hybrids with quality fully 
equal to these kinds and much hardier. Read the descriptions. Select more than 
one variety to Insure proper fertilization of bloom. Plums are self-sterile to 
quite an extent. (*) The hardiest varieties are indicated with an asterisk. 
STANDARD PLUMS 
♦EMBER (MINNESOTA No. 83) The new plum 
originated at the Minnesota Fruit 
Breeding Farm about which there have 
been so many fine reports. 
Prof. W.H. Alderman, Chief, Div¬ 
ision of Horticulture, says, "Ember 
is a late plum of good size and has 
exceptionally fine dessert and can¬ 
ning qualities. It is yellow with 
an attractive red blush. It has two 
valuable and outstanding characteris¬ 
tics; it hangs to the tree tenacious¬ 
ly - even at full maturity -and after 
picking will keep in good condition 
for two or three weeks". 
♦KAGA - One of Prof. Hansen’s best. It 
combines hardiness, inimense size, de¬ 
licious quality, long-keeping,beauti¬ 
ful color, small pit, and early bear¬ 
ing. It is a 2 inch,2 ounce plum. A 
wonderful plum. Very hardy. 
♦MONITOR - One of the market plums we 
have been looking for here in the 
Northwest. It has high quality, firm 
flesh and a large size-some being 
more than 1-3/4 inches in diameter. 
It is very productive and a regular 
bearer. Season, late August. 
♦OMAHA - A valuable plum, originated by the late Theodore Williams of Benson, 
Nebraska. Very large. The flavor is excellent; meat is solid and pit small. A 
favorite from the tree and one of the best canning plums that is grown. Its 
size,testure,and the flavor resemble the Burbank,one of the leading California 
plums,and as a market plum it sells quite as readily. This variety is one that 
we will guarantee to please the most critical. Is very productive. Perfectly 
hardy in Minnesota. Season, medium. (continued next page) 
