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WILL’S PIONEER SEEDHOUSE, GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY 
Plums and Plum Hybrids 
Hardy, High Class Varieties for the Northwest 
Plant Several Types Together or Plant with Cherides to Insure Pollination. 
MORDEN STATION HYBRID SEEDLINGS 
BOUNTY. An outstanding’ seedling of Assiniboine—very early, excellent as a dessert fruit 
and very satisfactory for canning. Bears very heavily every year, is large even ■when 
a heavy crop is set. An oval, rod plum, with thin skin and yellow flesh. Each, 3 to 4 
ft., 75c; 5 for $3.50. 
SAPA SEEDLING P-4A-18. A beautiful fruit, bears tremendous crops of large mottled 
plums with rich dark purple flesh and very small pits. A week or more later than 
Sapa. Fruit hangs to the tree for a long time, and shrivels without spoiling. 3 to 4 
ft., each, 75e; 5 for .$,3..50. 
SAPA SEEDLING Q-55-65. A heavy yielding tree, ten days earlier than Sapa, with color 
more purple and pulp a handsome red. Gives a huge crop of delicious fruit in early to 
middle August. 3 to 4 ft., each, 60c; 5 for ,$2.75. 
SHIRO X LUNN R-6A-1. Large American-Japanese Plum hybrid of unusually fine quality. 
A sturdy, upright tree of good shape. Very haidy. 3 to 4 ft., each 60c; 5 for $2.75. 
¥ 
OPATA. A cross between sand- 
cherry and Gold Plum by Dr. 
N. E. Hansen. Perhaps the best 
and most widely used of the Han¬ 
sen Hybrids. Head low, trim out 
Morden Seedling 
Opata Flam 
Red Wing 
Underwood 
Radisson 
old wood as it bears on the new wood. A round fruit 1 to iy 2 in. 
in diameter, with green flesh. A very nice flavor and wonderful for 
canning. Ripens in early August. 3 to 4 ft. Price, each, 40c; 
5 for $1.75. 
KAGA. Another Hansen plum and one of the most delicious we have ever 
tasted. Its unusual fine sweet flavor comes from the apricot plum 
blood which it contains. Not very large but tops in quality. 3 to 4 ft. 
Each, 50c; 5 for $2.25. 
WILD PLUM. This hardy native is rapidly acquiring popularity for its 
value as a shelter belt tree as well as an ornamental and a producer of 
fruit. We offer very thrifty stock from native seed. Wonderful for 
sauce, jam and jelly. 3 to 4 ft. Each, 30c; 5 for $1.25. 18 to 24 in. 
sdlgs. for shelter belt., etc.: doz., 50c; 100, $2.50. 
UNDERWOOD. Many ,• 
of the Minnesota 
plums are not 
adapted to the Great 
Plains. Long trials 
of Underwood, how¬ 
ever, have sufficed to 
prove its hardiness. 
In flavor it equals 
the Japanese plums, 
size is intermediate, 
trees strong and 
thrifty and bear an¬ 
nually. Fruit is dark 
red and sweet, ripens 
in late August, and 
is an excellent keeper. 
,3 to 4 ft. Each, 45c; 
5 for $2.00. 
WANETA. Apparently 
the hardiest of the * 
extra large size plums. The largest of Dr. Hansen’s productions. A 
heavy bearer of very large, good quality fruit. Very drouth resistant. 
Ripens in mid-season. The best large plum for the Great Plains. 3 to 
4 ft. Each, 50c; 5 for $2.25. 
CREE. Another Hansen plum of great hardiness, and one of the best. 
Has blood of the prunus nigra wild 
plum of the north and is very hardy 
and cold resistant. Fruit bright red, 
skin thin, flavor excellent, ripens in 
late August. .3 to 4 ft. Each, 50c; 
a for .$2.25. 
TECUMSEH. Professor Patterson of 
the University of Saskatchewan Hor¬ 
ticultural Dept. says. “It is a high 
class plum with considerable promise 
for the north.’’ One of Dr. Hansen’s 
productions. Very good at Mandan. 
3 to 4 ft., each, 45c; 5 for $2.00. 
RADISSON. Another extra hardy Minnesota 
plum. An early variety, fairly large, with 
good tree form. Fruit is a handsome red 
and the quality very high. 3 to 4 ft. 
Each, 40c; 5 for $1.7.5. 
RED WING. This variety has stood up re¬ 
markably well in the dry area during the 
past few severe years. It is a very large 
fruited plum. Fruit is Arm. sweet'and of 
good quality. Color is yellow overlaid 
with red. Mid-season bearer. 3 to 4 ft 
Each, 45c; 5 for .$2.00. 
GOLDEN ROD. A Minn. Fruit Breeding 
Sta. Plum of considerable hardiness. Fairly 
good sized, a handsome yellow color and 
delicious flavor. 3 to 4 ft., each 50c; 5 
for $2.2o. (lyee Plum 
