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Checkpa bushcherry ^ Offered for the first time. The largest and best so 
far, The fruit in 1939 was black, almost one inch in diameter, exact size 15/16 inch. 
The weight of 100 fruits was 418 grams and the percentage ration of pit to friiit 3.92. 
In other words, out of 3.00 pounds of fruit, only 3.92 pounds would be pit. The high¬ 
est quality for this species; the sauce is excellent. This variety is named in honor 
of Chief Checkpa, a great Sisseton Indian chief who died in 1926 at his home at 
Pickerel Lake, north of Webster. He was said by all to have been the "ideal type 
of Indian in bravery, physique, stature and ideals." 
Kasota bushcherry - Offered for the first time. The second best bushcherry 
of 1939. The color black. Size 15/16 inch in diameter, or nearly one inch. The 
weight of 100 fruits is 406 grams and the percentage ratio of pit to fruj.t is 5.29. 
The quality is very good. (Kasota is the Sioux Indian name for "a clear sIq'’"). 
Plants of Checkpa and Kasota are now in dormant bud on native plum root for 
distribution for fall 1940 as one-year-budded plants. For spring 1940, a few scions 
at ll.OO per foot. 
Good Grapes Hardy Without Winter Protection 
From S. D. Bul3.etin No. 509: "There is a great need for grapes of choice 
quality that will be hardy without v.dnter protection in South Dakota. Concord and 
all its descendants v;ill not help us, as they are too short-lived. The Beta and 
Alpha, which are large fruited selections of the wild grape of Minnesota, are hardy 
without winter protection, but we need something larger in size and better in quality. 
In the spring of 1925 I introduced 32 of my nev; grapes, mostly hybrids of the wild 
grape collected at Bismarck, North Dakota, and Fort Pierre, South Dakota, with 
choice eastern grapes, especially with Roger hybrids. The series of dry seasons has 
delayed the propagation of these new grapes, and the demand for cuttings has taken 
most of the crop each year. 
"My opinion is that these new grapes and their successors along the same line 
of breeding will eventually revolutionize the grape culture of the prairie Northwest. 
Our prairie farmers will not lay down and give winter protection to any grape vine. 
But these new grapes are not intended to go into the.milder regions where the Concord 
and its seedlings are hardy without winter protection. The problem now is to find 
the best few out of the 32 varieties. Also, there is a problem of whether the market 
prefers black grapes, v/hite, or red grapes. Some of the choicest quality grapes are 
not the largest in size."—N. E. Hansen 
The following 18 varieties are available: 
Atkan 
Eona 
Siposka 
Arikora 
Lacimla 
Sonona 
Azita 
Mandan 
Toscha 
Chonkee 
Napka 
Wachepa 
Chontay 
Ree 
Vfecota 
Emana 
Shakoka 
VJe tonka 
For description, see S. D. Bulletin No. 224, 
Price of these grapes, assorted cuttings, customers’ choice as far as 
supply permits; otherwise, our selection: 10 for $1.00. 
Good Hybrid Gooseberries 
Eleven varieties of gooseberries with large fruit of good quality are des¬ 
cribed in Bulletin 224. They are hybrids of the giant gooseberry of western Europe 
witli the wild gooseberries. ( Ribes gracile ) from Lake Oakvjood and Gory, South Dakota. 
The western European gooseberries are the largest in the world, but all winter-kill 
in the prairie Northwest. This hybridizing was done in the fruit-breeding greenhouse 
of this Station. The European gooseberries did not live long even Vi/ith special care, 
but long enough to make the cross. In 1924 the Sunset gooseberry was offered. Ten 
other varieties were introduced in 1925. Good plants grown from layers are available 
at 50 cents each in the following numbers: 
Kabu-6 
Kaduza-13 
Kana-25 
Kanega-15 
Kapoza-54 
Kataga-29 
Kawanka-8 
Kazonta-41 
Keza-13 
Kopa-35 
Sunset-24 
These gooseberries are marked by heavj^ bearing, large size, and good quality. 
