BRAND PEONY FARMS.Inc. 
FARIBAULT, MINN. 
PLUM-CHERRY HYBRIDS 
(Excellent fertilizers for the Oka Cherry) 
People who live in the Middle West from Texas on the 
south, up through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, 
North Dakota, to Manitoba on the north and adjacent border' 
ing territories, cannot afford to miss planting these Plum-Cherry 
Hybrids. They all do exceedingly well in this territory. They 
are dependable and easily grown. The fruit from all of them 
is equally good for canning and for making jam and jelly. 
COMPASS CHERRY. A very hardy tree and a great bearer 
that thrives in all sorts of locations. If you have failed to 
grow other cherries, try the Compass. The fruit is espe' 
dally desirable for canning purposes. It is the best known 
pollinizer for all the rest of the Plum-Cherries. Be sure to 
plant one Compass to every group using at least one to every 
six of the others. 
COOPER CHERRY. The Cooper Cherry was originated in 
North Dakota. It is a seedling of the Compass Cherry. The 
fruit is considerably larger than Compass, round in shape 
and pink when ripe. When cooked, the thin peeling becomes 
inconspicuous so that the canned product resembles the white 
sweet cherry more nearly than anything I could compare 
it to. 
an excellent canning 
OPATA CHERRY. One of 
Hansen’s earlier cherries and 
still recognized as one of the 
best. The tree is very thrifty, 
a low spreading grower, 
carrying great loads of good' 
sized, nice tasting, green- 
fleshed, dull red-colored fruit. 
The fruit is splendid to eat and is 
variety. 
SAPA CHERRY. Another wonderful Hansen cherry. The 
color is purple-red. The meat of the cherry is also purple- 
red and very juicy. The fruit has a small pit. The trees bear 
fruit abundantly and are now found in northern commercial 
orchards. 
PRICES OF HARDY PLUM-CHERRSES (Express Collect) 
Any variety- 
Size 
Each 
Per 5 
Per 10 
3 to 4 ft. 
. . $0.40 
$1.75 
$3.25 
4 to 5 ft. 
. . .55 
2.50 
4.75 
5 to 6 ft., Extra Select . 
. . 1.00 
4.00 
7.50 
MORDENA CHERRY. A new cherry coming to us from the 
Morden Experimental Station, Morden, Manitoba, Canada, 
which is 500 miles north of here. It is surprising to learn 
that cherries better than the Compass can be grown so far 
north. The fruit ripens much earlier than the Compass and 
we consider it better. This is just the cherry for the northern 
line of the United States. Should be grown in bush form. 
GROW IN BUSH FORM 
All of these Plum-Cherries do best and bear more abundantly when 
grown in bush form Keep them all trimmed by severely cutting out 
the old wood. This causes them to throw many suckers which will 
all bear at two years of age. These Plum-Cherries must be cross- 
fertilized to bear. But they do best where all kinds are planted 
together. For real eating enjoyment, be sure to plant heavily of Oka, 
using others for a fertilizer. 
OKA 
Oka Cherries 
CHERRY 
From Prof. Hansen, the Plant Wizard 
of South Dakota 
His latest, and we think the best in quality 
of all his hardy cherries. 
The trees are perfectly hardy in North and South Dakota, Wis¬ 
consin, Northern Michigan, and all over Minnesota, wherever the 
hardy fruits can be grown. 
They are small, so small in fact, that six or more can be grown in 
a back yard, interfering little with other things. Being a sand cherry 
hybrid, it requires some other plum to fertilize its blossoms so that 
it will bear fruit. 
When properly cross-fertilized, the trees will bear heavy crops of 
fruit every year beginning as two-year-olds in the nursery row. 
In the nursery we grow all of these varieties in one block, side 
by side, and they are perfectly cross-fertilized. We do not know just 
which of these varieties cross-fertilize one another, but we do know 
by planting as many as three different varieties that you are sure to 
get proper fertilization 
OKA CHERRY 
is beginning to be planted by orchardists in large quantities and is proving 
profitable in a commercial way. Large fruit growing on small trees makes 
easy picking. 
OKA Cherry Prices: 
Each 
Per 5 
Per 10 
2 to 3 ft. 
.$0.50 
$2.00 
$3.50 
3 to 4 ft. 
.60 
2.55 
4.85 
4 to 5 ft. 
.75 
3.05 
5.90 
The fruit is round, average l'/q inches in diameter, is black on 
the outside with a rich, juicy red-purple flesh, that is very sweet. 
All who have had the pleasure of eating this wonderful new plum- 
cherry hybrid are perfectly agreed that it’s the sweetest and finest of 
all hardy cherries. And by hardy we mean a cherry that is hardy 
in Minnesota. 
In 1932 Oka Cherry was the only new fruit added by the Minne¬ 
sota State Horticultural Society to its fruit list for planting all over 
the state. 
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