FARIBAULT , MINN. 

HANSEN’S 
Budded Improved 
BUSH ns 
CHERRIES 
The Cherry for the Small City Yard 
ABSOLUTELY HARDY .. . 
WILL GROW ANYWHERE 
Prof. N. E. Hansen spent many years improving the western 
South Dakota Sand Cherry from a small fruit of little value into 
a large fruit, desirable to eat and wonderful for the jam and jelly 
made from it. 
Prof. Hansen experimented with hundreds of thousands of seed- 
lings and from all these tests extending over a period of about 
40 years selected out a dozen or so varieties which he thought good 
enough to name. From this selection, some six years ago, we pur- 
chased stock of what we considered the ten best varieties. The 
fruits vary in size from 9/16 of an inch up to an inch in diameter. 
They also vary in color, from a greenish yellow, overcast with red, 
through bright red to dark deep blackish red. 
SMALL, BUSH-LIKE IN GROWTH 
The plants develop rapidly into nice symmetrical bushes about two 
to three feet in diameter and about the same in height. For fruiting they 
should stand 21/4 feet apart with rows four feet apart. 
REAL ORNAMENTAL BUSHES 
Though generally grown for the fruit, these cherries are real orna- 
mental bushes. The bush is very graceful and works nicely into orna- 
mental plantings. The bush is very attractive throughout the year and 
especially so during the fall when the clean silvery green leaves turn to a 
rich bright red. 
In the spring the little bushes are absolutely covered with beautiful 
white bloom before the leaves appear and make a very pleasing sight. 

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THESE ARE ALL BUDDED BUSHES 
Remember that these bushes we offer and send out are not bushes 
propagated from seed and sent out as Hansen Bush Cherries. It is all 
a gamble as to what one gets from such bushes. Our bushes are all 
propagated either by budding or grafting exactly as Standard Cherries 
and Plums are and one gets exactly what he purchases—i. e. named 
Hansen Bush Cherries identical with the very best varieties purchased 
originally by us from the South Dakota Station. 
ABSOLUTELY HARDY 
The original parents of the varieties we send out grew wild on the 
prairies of western South Dakota. This has imparted to these sorts a 
hardiness which makes it possible to grow them clear across ahe most 
northern states from Maine to Washington and far north into southern 
Canada. 
PLANT SEVERAL TOGETHER 
As a rule these Hansen Bush Cherries are not self-fertile. Several 
kinds must be planted together so as to fertilize one another. Because 
of this, we do not sell single plants but offer them in collections of 
different kinds, our selection. Each bush will be named and labeled. 
We have had many inquiries from our customers who ordered a few 
varieties last spring who now wish the entire collection. We can supply 
the balance of the collection if you send us a list of the ones received 
last spring. 
Price of Hansen’s Named Bush Cherries in Assortment 
3 for $1.85; 6 for $3.50; 12 for $6.50, not prepaid 

Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 29, 1942. 
“Some time during 1939 or thereabout I purchased some Oka Cherries and 
some Rocky Mountain Cherries to fertilize them. 
“IT should like to have you advise me as promptly as possible if you still 
have Rocky Mountain Cherries available. They bear well and make a fine 
jelly and I should like to get more of them.” A.M 

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