OSCAR H. WILL dc CO., BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA 
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CHERRIES and CHERRY HYBRIDS 
Tom Thumb 
Nearly all of these plants are self- 
sterile—plant wild plum or sand 
cherry ne^r them for pollenizing. 
BROOKS SAND CHERRY. The largest and 
best selected sand cherry yet introduced. 
From the C. P. R. Agricultural Station at 
Brooks, Alberta. Fruit over an inch in 
diameter, excellent for jam and canning. 
Branches do not di-ag on the ground. Pro¬ 
duces a crop in the driest years. 2 to 3 ft. 
bushes. Each, 50c; 5 for $2.25. 
COMPASS. The oldest and best known of the 
sand cherry hybrids. Ripens late July or 
August. Fruit blight red when matUx’e, 
nearly an inch long, oval, pleasant to eat 
fresh; unrivalled for sauce, jelly or jiarn. 
Hardy throughout the whole Northwest. 3 
to 4 ft. Each, 50c; 5 for .$2.25. 
TOM THUMB SAND CHERRY. A bush cherry 
with red flesh. Grows only 3 to 5 ft. high. 
One of Dr. N. E. Hansen’s productions. A 
very hardy fruit, popular well into Canada. 
Pleasant to eat fresh. May be set out about 
like gooseberries and will bear well at that 
rate of planting. 2 to 3 ft. Each, 50c; 5 for 
$ 2 . 00 . 
OKA. Another Hansen fruit. A fine large 
cherry, borne on a tree instead of a bush. 
Quite variable in performance, depending 
on local conditions. At its best it is perhaps 
the finest of the type. The fruit is very 
large for a cherry, a rich purple in color, 
skin thin, flesh red, delicious flavor. Fruit 
hangs to tree and cures there like a dried 
prune. 3 to 4 ft. Each, 50c; 5 foi* $2^25. 
MORDEN OKA SEEDLING. Another of the Morden Dominion 
Sta. varieties, not as yet named. A very heavy bearing 
cherry. Fruits a trifle smaller than Oka, color similar, pro¬ 
duces more, and is a week or more earlier. 3 to 4 ft., each, 
65c; 5 for $3.00. 
Brooks Sand Cherry 
NANKING OR CHINESE BUSH CHERRY (Prunus tomentosa). A per¬ 
fectly hardy ornamental shrub, valuable for its delicious bright red 
fruit, its handsome bloom in early spring and 
its compact shape. 3 to 4 ft., each, 60c; 5 
for $2.50. 
WHITE NANKING CHERRY. Same as the 
cherry above except that it bears a pure white 
fr\iit and is more productive. 3 to 4 ft., each, 
70c; 5 for $3.25. 
RUSSIAN PIE CHERRY. A true sour chenw- 
which comes to us from the Dominion Station 
at Morden. Perfectly hardy and something 
new in cherries for the Northern Great Plains. 
3 to 4 ft., each, $1.00. 
NORTHERN PIN CHERRY. A small but very 
ornamental cherry tree which bears quantities 
of small bright red fruits suitable for excel¬ 
lent jelly and preserves. Each, 18 to 24 in., 
40c; .5 for $1.75. 
SAND CHERRY (Prunus 
besseyi). The native 
bush cherry of the*great 
^ plains. Fruit almost the 
Compass pize of a sour cherry, 
black and often veiT fine flavored. Always good in jam and jelly. A 
low bush, may be planted 3 to 4 ft. apart and will produce a tremen¬ 
dous quantity of fruit. 2 to .3 ft. Each, 30c; 5 for $1.25; Seedlings, 
6 to 12 in., doz., 50c; 100 for $4.00. 
WESTERN CHOKECHERRY (Prunus inelanocarpa). 
Larger and sweeter than the eastern chokecherry. 
A tremendous bearer. One of our very hardiest 
natives, useful as an ornamental, in shelter belts 
and for its fruit which makes perhaps the most 
delicious of all jellies and syrups. It is becom¬ 
ing more valued and appreciated yearly. 2 to 3 
ft. Each, 2.5c; 10 for $2.00; Seedlings, 12 to 
18 in., doz., 60c; 100 for $4.00. 
CHA3HPA SAND CHERRY. Another of Dr. Han¬ 
sen’s varieties. Very similar to Tom Thumb, a 
low bush that can be planted close. The prin¬ 
cipal difference is that the fruit has green flesh 
instead of red. Bears a little earlier. Fine flavor. 
3 to 4 ft. Each, 50c; 5 for $2.25. 
PLUM & CHERRY, COMPASS CHERRY & OPATA 
PLUM in one tree—see page one—a double or 
twin tree budded with both kinds. 3 to 4 ft.> 
each, 75c; 5 for $3.50. 
Choke Cherry 
Sand Cherry 
Oka Cherry 
