

‘WESTERN Pati CuERny beni melanocarpa). Larger and sweeter than 
OSCAR H. WILL & CO. aCe NORTH: DAKOTA 
SAND ‘CHERRY (Prunus besseyi). The native bush cherry of the Great Plains. 
Fruit almost the size of a sour cherry, black and often very fine flavored. Al- 
ways good in jam and jelly. A low bush, may be planted 3 to 4 ft: apart and 
Will Seto: a peeendous Saag Od of fruit. 12 to 18 in., each, 40c; 5 for 
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- the eastern chokecherry. A tremendous bearer. One of our very hardiest na- 
tives, useful as an ornamental,.in shelter belts and for its fruit which makes 
_ perhaps the most delicious of all jellies and syrups. It is becoming more 
-yalued and appreciated yearly. 4 to 5 ft., each, 75c. 
TOM THUMB. A bush cherry with red 
fiesh and pleasant flavor. Grows 3 to 
5 ft. tall. From Dr. N. E. Hansen. A 
favorite in Canada, very hardy. 2 to 
3 ft., each, $1.00; 5, $4.50. 
CHAMPA. Another prunus besseyi se- 
lection from Dr. Hansen. Champa 
has very dark skin, but flesh is green, 
Compass ae fee sweet. 2 to 3 ft., each, 
CHERRY HYBRIDS 
COMPASS. The oldest and best known of the sand cherry hybrids. 
‘Ripens late July or August. Fruit bright red when mature, nearly an 
inch long, oval, pleasant to eat fresh; unrivalled for sauce, jelly or jam. 
ees throughout the whole Northwest. 3 to 4 ft., each, $1.00; 5 for 

OKA. Another Hansen fruit. A fine 
large cherry, borne on a tree instead 
ofabush. Quite variable in perform- 
ance, depending on local conditions. 
At its best it is perhaps the finest of 
the type. The fruit is very large for 
a cherry, a rich purple in color, skin 
thin, flesh red, delicious flavor. Fruit 
hangs to tree and cures there like a 
dried prune. 8 to 4 ft., each, $1.00; 
5 for $4.75. 
COOPER. A Compass seedling from Prof. Yeager 
with somewhat larger size and darker color and 
Sa excellent flavor. Very hardy. Growth habit like 
Oka Compass. 3to 4 ft., each, $1.00. 
NANKING CHERRY. A beautiful ornamental. A delicious fruit. We have a. lim- 
ited number of Minn. Fruit Breeding Sta. selections, picked for yield and quality 
of fruit. Each, 75c; 5 for $3.50. 
ORNAMENTAL CHERRIES 
- PURPLE LEAVED SANDCHERRY—CISTENA. Grows 3 to 4 ft. high, spreading 
about the same. Foliage of a rich dark red, which makes a valuable contrast in 
shrub plantings. 2 to 3 ft., each, 75c; 5 for $3.50. 
PRUNUS JAPONICA. A shrub to 
5 ft. tall, broad and graceful, 
white to pink flowers in early 
spring, followed in August by 

each, 60c: 
spring and gradually turns to 
each, $1.00; 5 for $4.50. 
Prunus Japonica 


Sand Cherry or 
Bush Cherry 


Oka 
tremendous numbers of bright red fruits. 12 
to 18 in., each, 40c; 5 for $1.75; 2 to 8 ft., 
PURPLE LEAVED CHOKECHERRY. This is 
something entirely new in ornamentals, dis- 
covered by our nursery chief, 
several years ago. It leaves out green in the 
Mr. Schubert, 
a dark purple 
during the summer. Very striking. 2 to 3 ft., 
For Double Flowering Plum see page 65. 
