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STANDARD PLUMS - continued 
♦TOKA - A new Prof.Hansen variety. A cross between the native northwestern wild 
plum and the Intensely fragrant Chinese apricot, Prunus simonl.Good for eating 
and canning. When cooked,the apricot flavor Is brought out to perfection. Very 
small pit. Begins to bear second year. Fruit medium to large. Very hardy. 
♦WAUNETA - Older sister of Kahlnta,wlth fruit about the same size. It Is more 
Inclined to overbear, resulting in smaller fruit. 
♦WEBER(German Prune) - An exceptional type of German Prune that has borne heavily 
and consistently for years on the grounds of the late Don. C. Weber in Arling¬ 
ton. The fruit Is large and quality excellent. The tree is perfectly hardy and 
a heavy bearer in eastern Nebraska. 
BUSH PLUMS 
These trees are part Sand Cherry blood and grow low and bushy and should be 
kept in this form. They bloom a little later than ordinary plums,thus better 
escaping frost. Generally free from rot and curculio. Very hardy. 
♦COMPASS CHERRY PLUM - Sand Cherry and 
Wild Plum cross. Very good for pre¬ 
serving, Used In North and West on 
account of being very hardy. Not 
recommended for sections in which 
cherries do well. 
♦OPATA - Ripens early. Meat Is green 
in color. Ripens with us about July 
10. Medium size. Very good. One 
of Prof. Hansen’s varieties. 
♦SAPA - Fruit medium size,glossy, dark 
purple skin,flesh rich dark purplish- 
red, fine flavor. Very good. Prof. 
Hansen variety. 
V APRICOTS 
This fruit is a close relative of the plum euid peach, combining the qualities 
of both.The fruit ripens after the early cherries,Just before plums and peaches. 
HANSEN-Prof.N.E.Hansen of South Dakota State College, has originated a new hardy 
strain of apricots. We secured propagating wood from him and have a limited 
number of trees to offer this spring. Prof. Hansen says, - 
"Hardy apricots are here - probably the greatest hardy fruit introduction in many years". 
"The hardy apricots of the world are in North Manchuria, and in East Siberia. In my 1924 
tour to North Manchuria, home of the old Manchu conquerors of China, I beceune interested in 
the apricots native of the region between Harbin, on the Siberian railway, and the Amur 
River. The conditions are really those of East Siberia on either side of mlninmm tempera¬ 
ture of 50 degrees below zero, Fahrenheit. I saved seed from many fruits euid now have 45 
seedlings. The trees are a beautiful sight in bloom. The large flowers, white with dis¬ 
tinct pink tinge, appear early before the loaves. The fruit is yellow, somewhat smaller 
than the apricots of commerce, and makes delicious preserves." 
Two very outstanding points of interest about these apricots are their ex¬ 
treme drouth resistance and their extreme hardiness. Heat and drouth, or the 
other extreme - 50 degrees below zero -, does not interfere with their vigorous 
growth and heavy crops. 
MONARCH - Larger and better quality than the hardier sorts. Southern Nebraska, 
East and South. 
RUSSIAN - Seedling, medium, and li^ht orange in color; flesh is sweet. Juicy and 
of good quality. August. Hardyjin Nebraska, the South and East. 
J PEACHES 
The northern peirts of both Iowa and Nebraska is not a peach 
country,and it is only by painstaking care that this section grows 
even a limited supply of the better class. The peach prefers a 
well-drained loam. We recommend the following sorts, hardy enough 
to stand without protection in the southern half of Nebraska and 
southern Iowa. Please remember the asterisk (♦) sorts will do best 
in the greater part of this territory. Plant 12 to 20 ft. apart. 
♦CHAMPION - Fruit is large,beautiful in 
appearance; flavor delicious - sweet, 
rich and Juicy; skin is creamy white, 
with red cheek, becoming quite red 
when ripe. White meat. Freestone; 
season, last of August. Large. Tree 
vigorous. Is one of the hardier and 
well known varieties. 
CRAWFORD - One of the best freestone 
peaches for the West. A rich golden 
yellow, sometimes slightly flushed; 
yellow meat; quality rich and delic - 
ious; a reliable bearer and as hardy 
as Wright. Season, late. 
♦MARQUETTE- New dwarf peach from north- 
