New NOVELTIES of Vote 
FOREWORD 
Many plums and cherries originated and intro- 
duced by Prof..N. E. Hansen during his many 
years of work at South Dakota State College, have 
not been distributed as widely as others. This is 
probably due to the fact that nurserymen have 
propagated mainly only a few with which they 
It has al- 
ways been our plan to keep all of his many vari- 
eties under propagation and so each year we 
became acquainted in earlier years. 
try to graft a stock of them. 
All of them are outsanding for some reason. 
Some of them may become as famous and popu- 
lar as his world famous Waneta, Sapa, Opata and 
Hanska. Each variety was worthy of being recog- 
nized and singled out from thousands of plum hy- 
brids by Professor Hansen and given a name. 
Each of them will suit a particular need that 
All of them 
others cannot fill in certain localities. 

Tom Thumb Cherry 
should have widespread trial, and the very ones you select may be just the fruit you have 
been looking for, for just the particular circumstances you have. 
To help you in selecting some that you might like to try, we are giving a brief descrip- 
tion, but it is hard to say all that is good about them in just a few words. 
OACOMA PLUM 
Named and introduced by Prof. N. E. Hansen 
in 1938, this is one of his newest plum introduc- 
tions, offered by us now for the first time. Prof. 
Hansen says of the Oacoma, ‘The high quality 
of this pure native South Dakota plum should 
quickly make it a general favorite.’’ A red plum 
of the very best quality when eaten fresh or when 
preserved, and the skin is so thin that it dissolves 
in cooking. Fruit is round, about an inch and a 
half in diameter, with a rather small pit that is 
round and flattened. The tree is very hardy and 
is a heavy bearer. Oacoma was named for the 
little town near which it was found. 
EZAPTAN PLUM 
Remarkable for extreme earliness and heavy 
bearing. Purple fruit with slight gray bloom. 
Quality delicious from skin to pit. Excellent for 
heavy production of pollen in mixed orchards. 
Perfectly hardy at 40 below. In places where other 
plums do not succeed so well, Ezaptan is usually 
at its best and thrives better than the rest. 
WEWELA BUSH CHERRY 
One of the best of the recent bush cherry selec- 
tions made by Prof. N. E. Hansen, because of their 
outstanding quality and flavor. Wewela has a 
very heavy crop of fruit of good quality, with 
small pits, black with light green, sweet flesh. 
The tree is of bush type, low and spreading and 
upright in growth. 
ETOPA CHERRY-PLUM 
Remarkable for its intense black, purple-red 
skin, flesh and juice. Fruit has a thin skin, free 
from acerbity. Some think it is the best of the 
cherry plum hybrids with its fruit of excellent 
quality. Of the same pedigree as Sapa, this hy- 
brid resembles it very much, in habit of heavy 
crops and type of fruit. Ripens about midseason. 
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PRICES FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE PLUMS OR CHERRIES 
All of One Kind or Assorted 
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TOM THUMB CHERRY 
Hardiness, Flavor and Productiveness. 
This new fruit has had a surprisingly quick leap 
to fame. Nothing like it anywhere. Though grow- 
ing but knee high can bear a bushel of fruit. Ex- 
ceedingly sweet fresh. Delicious in sauce and jams. 
For canning, they are perhaps the best of any of 
the Hansen Hybrid Cherries in preserving the 
shape of the whole fruit, much the same as the 
canned cherries you buy. Fruit good sized. Flesh 
dark reddish purple. Hardy far north into Canada. 
Tom Thumb is a low bush just right for protec- 
tion by snow drifts, bearing an abundant crop 
of fruit the year after planting and annually there- 
after. Everyone should plant more Tom Thumb 
Cherries for sure results and good quality. 
KOTA PLUM 
The largest of the plums with an apricot flavor. 
Fruit measures 134 inches across and 1!/, inches 
deep. A vivid dark red with large distinct yellow 
dots. Flesh very firm, richly fragrant and delicious. 
Kota is very productive. Since its introduction in 
1939 we have been able to graft only a limited 
number, but we have already had many calls for it. 
ENOPA CHERRY-PLUM 
Fruit is round, dark red, with a very thin skin 
and green flesh with a very pleasant flavor. 
Ripens at midseason. The plants make a strong 
bushy growth, with strong branches. This is a 
sister to the famous Sapa and some folks like it 
even better. 
OKIYA CHERRY-PLUM 
One of the earliest in season of the cherry-plum 
hybrids. Okiya could be called a cherry the size 
of a plum, with its dark red fruits with green flesh 
and sprightly sweet juice, excellent in quality. 
Of the same pedigree as the Opata, a cross be- 
tween the Dakota Sand Cherry and Burbank’s 
Gold Plum. Tree is of strong bushy growth and 
perfectly hardy. 
SPECIAL ASSORTMENT 
1 Each Kind, $2.00 
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