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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. 

Plant Plum-Cherries in your garden. Many should bear the first year and all will bear heavily the second year. 
FARIBAULT , MINN. 




GROW IN BUSH FORM 
All of these Plum-Cherries do best and bear more abundantly when 
grown in bush form. Keep them all trimmed by severely cutting out 
the old wood. This causes them to throw many suckers which will all 
bear at two years of age. These Plum-Cherries should be planted about 
14 ft. apart. 
When you receive these trees the most of them will seem to be tree 
form but after being planted they will send limbs out from the trunk. 
Let some of these grow and they will soon develop into bush form. 
Each year trim out some of the old wood and let some new wood grow 
in its place. 
All varieties, except Oka, in 4 to 5 ft. and 5 to 6 ft. size. 
DURA. An excellent Plum-Cherry hybrid that comes to us from the 
Manitoba Experimental Station at’ Morden. The bush grows with 
us to a height of about 4 ft. and has the same diameter. The fruit is 
oblong, about an inch long by three-fourths inch in diameter. Green 
with heavy blotches of purple. The flesh is purple, juicy and rich, 
EZAPTAN. Plum-Cherry hybrid. A Plum-Cherry of the same line of 
breeding as Sapa and a splendid kind to plant with that variety as a 
fertilizer. Ezaptan is noted as an early and heavy bearer of dark 
purple fruits more richly colored even than Sapa. Quality is delicious, 
color a black-purple-red from skin to pit, 
RUBY. A hybrid Cherry that comes to us from Canada. We have long 
desired a red-fruited variety among these Cherry hybrids and we 
have this in Ruby. Tremendous bearer of large red Cherries, very 
fine for sauce, jellies and jams. 
SAPA. (See color illustration, page 45.) Planted in great quantities 
throughout the middle northwest in commercial orchards. This is 
the great purple-fleshed Cherry. An absolutely hardy tree that begins 
to bear as a two-year-old. Just loaded with great crops of fruit borne 
all along the limbs of the bushlike trees. Fruit about an inch in diam- 
eter, flesh rich purple, juicy, and delicious flavor, 
SAPA SEEDLING Q55-65. Newest Plum-Cherry from the Minnesota 
Station. We were pleasantly surprised with this Cherry when it fruited 
with us this year. It is much larger than we supposed. The fruits are 
round and 114 to 114 inches in diameter. A dull yellowish green 
ground covered with blotches of light to dark pink. Flesh deep, 
meaty, very juicy, and pinkish purple in color. Very fine quality. 
ZUMBRA. A Plum-Cherry hybrid from the Minnesota Experimental 
Fruit Farm. Grows into a large bush covered with dark reddish purple 
fruits about three-fourths inch in diameter. A young and an annual 
bearer. Fruit very mild in flavor and we find it a wonderful kind for 
making Cherry pies. 
Prices of All Plum-Cherry Hybrids 
Except Oka 
Select 4 to 5 ft. (@ $1.50 
Select 5 to 6 ft. @ 1.75 

Most Profitable of All the Plum-Cherry Hybrids 
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Sapa Cherry 
| The Sana Cherry 
The SAPA CHERRY, often spoken of as the red-fleshed or the 
purple-fleshed hardy Cherry, is the most widely distributed of all 
the Plum-Cherry hybrids. This is because of its many superlative 
qualities. 
In the first place it is a large Cherry, larger than the illustration 
shows. The bush is very thrifty and a most prolific annual bearer 
of large beautiful appearing fruit. 
It starts to bear as a two-year-old. 
Its fruit is large and easy to pick. 
It bears heavy crops every year. 
Its fruit is of very high quality. 
It seems to do well everywhere. 
It bears heavy enough to make of it a regular commercial variety. 
Planted by orchardists in large quantities and proving profitable in a 
commercial way. Large fruit growing on small trees makes easy picking. 
Other hybrids must be planted with it for fertilization. 
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