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The Siberian apricot was collected by Dr. N. &. Hansen in two places in 
East Asia. The Shilka Siberian apricot is from Shilka, East Siberia, an area 
with a minimum low winter temperature of -67°F. The Mendo Siberian apricot is 
from Mendochino, north Manchuria, in the Great Khingan Mountains. 
TE Shilka and Mendo are offered for the first time; one-year seedlings, each 
' fifty cents. 
Select Hansen Bush Cherries 
Out of 37 acres of the Hansen Bushcherry, Prunus Besseyi, of the fourteenth 
generation under cultivation, the best seedlings were numbered and then budded 
on native plum in 1938 and 1939. Most of these selections will be used for a 
new budded plantation. Seventy-seven of these new selections together with 
three older selections are now available as one-year buds for preliminary trial 
and as a basis for further experiments. These numbered, budded bushcherries 
are highly productive. 
In addition there are ten named Bushcherries. The nine varieties listed in 
South Dakota Agr. Exp. Sta. Bulletin 309 and the Sioux are available in small 
numbers budded on native plum. Budded selections and named varieties, 50¢ each. 
New Apples and Crabapples 
All orchardists who suffered from the unusual blizzard of Armistice Day, 
1940, realize the importance of hardy apple varieties on Siberian crab stocks. 
The following one-year trees are on Siberian crab stocks, each $1.00. 
Nebo apple - Introduced 1940. Pedigree: Alexander apple x Mercer wild 
crab pollen. Fruit 34 inches across, round, regular, truncated, slightly tepering; 
basin narrow, shallow, smooth; cavity obtuse. Color red, striped, grayed, 
mixed and splashed. Flesh pleasant subacid, juicy, cooks up easily into excellent 
sauce. The tree is productive. The largest so far of all these apple seedlings. 
(Nebo: the Russian for "sky"). : 
The Alexander was introduced into England from Russia in 1817 and later 
from there to America, the year unknown. It is the Emperor Alexander, one of the 
largest of all apples, and classified as a member of the Aport group of Russian 
apples. The huge Wolf River from Wisconsin is no doubt a seedling of the 
Alexander. 
Semla apple - Introduced 1940. The next largest apple in 1939. Pedigree: 
an open-pollinated seedling of Wolf River apple. Fruit very large, 3 inches in 
diameter, oblate with red stripes with mixed and solid red over yellow ground, 
with grayish net-vweining. Basin smooth, abrupt, narrow; cavity acute, narrow, 
russeted. Flesh pleasant subacid. When propagated and under orchard conditions 
probably the fruit will be larger than three inches. Excellent quality sauce. 
(Semla: the Russian for "family"). 
Lina apple - Introduced 1933. A seedling of Malinda. If a late yellow 
apple is desired, the Lina, a seedling of Malinda, should be tested. Fruit 24 
inches across, somewhat conical, truncated, good juicy subacid. It is shaped 
_ much like Malinda, but without corrugations in basin or blossom end. 
Wekpala apple - Introduced 1928. A good sized apple, 3/4 tame apple, } 
wild crab. Pedigree: Mercer crab x Tolman Sweet apple pollen. In 1939 the 
fruit was 2.5 inches across; color yellow lightly striped with red; flesh white 
subacid with spicy sweet fragrance. Cooks up quickly into excellent light 
yellow sauce; the slices retain their shape in cooking. Season winter. 
Older Introductions in Apples 
A few Redflesh crabs, Dolgo crab, Anoka apple, l-year trees on Siberian 
crab root, each 50¢. 
Keo crabapple - Introduced 1940. This Amur crabapple seedling fruited 
heavily in 1939. The tree was standing far. from other apple trees, so it is 
very likely self-fertile. The fruit is 1 and 5/8 inches across, oblate, regular; 
with a flat basin; flesh white, sauce red-tinted, of excellent quality; the 
slices retain their shape in cooking. The color is really remarkable: an in- 
tense polished bright crimson red all over, shaded deeper on the sun side. 
