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PLUM-CHERRY HYBRIDS 
People who live in the Middle West from Texas on the south, up through Okla- 
homa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, to Manitoba on the north and 
adjacent bordering 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 especially desirable for canning pur- 
poses. 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. SAPA SEEDLING I. 55-65. Another new Plum-Cherry that comes 
; to us with the very highest possible recommendation as to its won- 
MINNESOTA No. 317. A new Plum-Cherry cross from the Minnesota derfal lity. WW ; 
Station. Fruit of medium size and of a rich red-purple color. Pit bee yee e have not tested it out ourselves but from what 
small and flavor very fine. A hybrid carrying many Cherry qualities Wee Wines R rahe S 
with it. Very good. PRI 
MORDENA CHERRY. A new cherry coming to us from the Morden CES OF HARDY PLUM-CHERRIES (Express Collect) 
Experimental Station, Morden, Manitoba, Canada, which is 500 miles Any Variety— Size Each “Der se Persl0 
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 4 to 5 ft. ese cece eee eee eee $0.75 $3.50 $6.50 
than the Compass and we consider it better. This is just the Cherry 5 to 6 ft., Extra Select ........ 90 4.00 7.50 
for the northern line of the United States. Should be grown in bush 
form. 
MORDEN’S IMPROVED OKA CHERRY. This is a new Plum-Cherry 
that we are sending out this season for the first time. We did not GROW IN BUSH FORM 
suppose it possible that anything along this line could be produced All of these Plum-Cherries do best and bear more abundantly when 
that in quality could equal the OKA, but the Canadian Station at 
hich h t out so many fine things seems to have done 5 ; : 
ae Na is tented Oka Cherny aati eu 5 ft. size only. the old wood. This causes them to throw many suckers which will 
SAPA CHERRY. (Sce color illustration on page 54). Another won- A bear at two years of age. These Plum-Cherries must be cross- 
derful Hansen Cherry. The color is purple-red. The meat of the ertilized to bear. But they do best where all kinds are planted 
Cherry is also purple-red and very juicy. The fruit has a small pit. together. For real eating enjoyment, be sure to plant heavily of Oka, 
The trees bear fruit abundantly and are now found in northern using others for a fertilizer. 
commercial orchards. 
Finest of All the Plum-Cherry Hybrids 
THE OKA CHERRY 
PLANT OKA—The Last 
Word in Eating Cherries 
grown in bush form. Keep them all trimmed by severely cutting out 






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. 
aoe aa’ They are small, so small in fact, that six or more can be grown in 
“fe - * : oa a back yard, interfering little with other things. Being a Sand Cherry 
:. Tee ager ’ 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 
4 which of these varieties cross-fertilize one another, but we do know 
SESE Se ies | by planting as many as three different varieties that you are sure to 
Bue cieniss get proper fertilization. 
The fruit is round, average 114 inches in diameter, is black on 
OKA CH ERRY the outside with a rich, juicy red-purple flesh, that is very sweet. 
is beginning to be planted by orchardists in large quantities and is proving All who have had the pleasure of eating this wonderful new Plum- 
Peneble in a commercial way. Large fruit growing on small trees makes Cherry Hybrid are perfectly agreed that it’s the sweetest and finest of 
easy picking. all hardy Cherries. And by hardy we mean a Cherry that is hardy 
ae in Minnesota. 
OKA Cherry Prices: Each _ Per5 Per 10 In 1932 Oka Cherry was the only new fruit added by the Minne- 
BRtoOl4 iitoa ee eeeer SERRA ans ia. 5 ht a ea. $0.70 $3.25 $5.50  sota State Horticultural Society to its fruit list for planting all over 
A tOeS < ft. weal Seca ote el eens cote enap nr vee 80 3.75 6.50- the state. 
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