


SMALL FRUITS 
Cherries 
There are few more desirable fruits than the cherry. They are being planted more 
and more each year and there is always a brisk demand for good fruit. 
Cherries thrive in most any dry or well-drained soil. The fruit is delicious whether 
eaten out of hand or preserved. No home garden is complete without a few cherry trees. 
Nicollet 
Nicollet 
Probably the most valuable of any of 
the Cherry-Plum Hybrids produced by 
the Minnesota State Fruit Breeding Farm. 
In describing this variety Prof. W. H. 
Alderman says: “Nicollet is the nearest 
approach to the true sour cherry that has 
been produced by the Minnesota station. 
The small red fruits closely approximate 
the cherry in size, color, and general ap- 
pearance. The pit is typically cherrylike, 
and may be squeezed from the flesh. The 
Montmorency 
A beautiful large, heavy bearing Cherry. 
About ten days later than Early Rich- 
mond, extending the season. A favorite 
commercial variety. 
June Berries 
Dwarf Juneberry 
Fruit borne in clusters. Reddish purple, 
changing to bluish black. Excellent for 
canning. The fruit is eagerly devoured by 
birds, which leave the finest fruits un- 
-touched where this is plentiful. A native 
of North Dakota. 
flavor and quality are such that the fruit 
may be used for sauce or pies, and be 
almost indistinguishable from the true 
sour cherry.” 
The tree is a dwarf, bush like, hardy 
sort and finely branched. The color is a 
dull cherry red with a greenish yellow 
flesh. It is desirable to plant Zumbra near 
it for pollination. Nicollet should be grown 
in all home gardens or commercial plant- 
ings, for it is a heavy producer of attract- 
ive fruits which are the equal of any 
sour cherry for cooking purposes. 
Early Richmond 
Earliest of all Cherries and an old fa- 
vorite. Beautiful fruit, juicy, rich, acid 
in flavor. 
Buffalo Berries 
Buffalo Berry 
(Shepherdia argentea). Stout, thick 
branches, with a profusion of spurs, and 
thickly covered with foliage, light green 
above and silvery beneath. 
