+x Hardy JUMBO PLUMS from the NORTH 


Superior 
Plum 
MT. ROYAL BLUE PLUM—Now you can grow 
these big European Type Blue Plums in your 
own back yard, instead of buying ‘shipped in” 
fruit from the grocery. Fruit is a beautiful blue— 
makes delightful dessert, jam or preserves. Test- 
ed in Minnesota and Canada for extreme hardi- 
ness. A big yielder and selffertile (a single tree 
will bear fruit). (Color photo, page 37.) Prices 
below. 
SUPERIOR—A hardy plum originated at the 
State Fruit Breeding Farm by crossing big Cali- 
fornia Burbank varieties. As large as California 
plums, surpassing them in quality and _ hardi- 
ness. Firm flesh, beautiful*red color, peels like 
a peach. Prices below. 
PIPESTONE PLUM—Minnesota’s newest "JUM- 
BO” plum! Largest of all and much better than 
most plums now grown. Extra early—ripens first 
week in August. A heavy cropper—exceptional 
eating quality and also excellent for canning. 
(Color photo, page 37.) Prices below. 
REDCOAT—(Free Stone). This brand new Minn. 
State Fruit Farm plum bears heayy loads ‘of 
choice quality, all red, prune shaped fruit, with 
a perfectly free stone. A grand improvement 
over Red Wing and older plums. (Color photo, 
page 36.) Prices below. 
RED GLOW—(Minn. 101). A new release from 
Minnesota's Fruit Breeding Farm. Prof. Alder- 
man reports: ‘This large, handsome plum has 
been widely tested in this region. Fruit is dark 
bronze-red with orange flesh, clingstone. Qual- 
ity very good for eating fresh, and for jam or 
jelly.” Prices below. 

HardyC HERRIES that Thrive 
iw SEVERE 
New Chinese Bush Cherries 
True Cherries from the Orient, selected and im- 
proved at Minn. and Canadian Experiment Stations. 
NANKING CHERRY “ORIENT’—U. of Minn. se- 
lections from Northern China’s cherries! Grace- 
ful 7 ft. shrubs, radiant with bloom in spring, 
loaded with long ropes of bright red fruit of 
“true cherry flavor’ by mid-July: Splendid for 
pies, sauce or preserves—delicious eaten fresh. 
Often bear second year. Insist on budded stock 
—seedlings are inferior. Plant two or more to 
insure pollination. (See page 37.) Prices below. 
KOREAN CHERRY—Dwartf 32 ft. plants are a 
mass of gorgeous blooms in spring, followed by 
loads of delicious full-sized bright red cherries— 
sweeter than commercial pie cherries. Makes 
appetizing pies, tasty sauce and preserves. Very 
hardy—often bear second year. Plant two or 
more to insure pollination. (See page 37.) Prices 
below. 

DELICIOUS JAM RECIPE 
Cover Plums or Cherries with water, add 112 
teaspoons soda, boil till skins break, drain 
remove pits. Add sugar 
through colander, 
pound for pound. To a moderate sized kettle- 
ful, add one tablespoonful of vinegar, boil 
until thick. Put in jars and seal. 


PRICES: PLUMS & CHERRIES 
Fruit Trees Shipped Prepaid ! 
PLUMS: 
EACH EACH EACH 
1to4 5to9 more 
CLIMATES 
American Bush Cherries 
Improved varieties of Sand Cherries from So. 
Dakota Ag. College and Canadian Experiment Sta- 
tions. 
DAKOTA AMBER—Big bunches of delicious 
golden amber fruits on ornamental bushes 4 to 
5 ft. tall. Especially sweet to eat fresh, and 
make tasty sauce, jams, jellies of beautiful color. . 
Plant Brooks Cherry as pollinator. 
front cover.) Prices below. 
BROOKS CHERRY—A new bush cherry from 
Canada. Fruit is often one inch long, glossy 
purplish black, firm, juicy, tender, of fine quality. 
Makes appetizing pies, sauce, preserves. Plant 
with Dakota Amber. to pollinate. Prices below. 
(See inside 
DAKOTA RUBY—Bears clusters of ruby-red 
cherries with deep red flesh! Fruit makes de- 
licious, sparkling red jelly, jam or sauce,, and 
is tasty. eaten fresh. The spreading, bushy 
plants grow 3 to 5 feet high, and are orna- 
mental in the home landscape planting or the 
garden. (See page 37.) Prices below. 
HANSEN BUSH CHERRY — 
These little 3 to 4 ft. bush 
cherries have proved the most 
effective pollinizer for all hy- 
brid cherries (at left). Hansen 
produces small deep 
red fruit very early. 
Makes fine jam. A 

Pipestone 
Redcoat 
Superior S$. Dakota 27* 
Red Glow *(no 5-6 ft). 
Mt. Royal Blue Plum | 
Dietz Prune 
HYBRID CHERRIES: 
Sapalta 
Sapa 
Compass 
BUSH CHERRIES: 
Hansen 
Dakota Amber } 
Dakota Ruby 
Brooks 
Nankin 
Kaga 
Toka 
18 to 24 in. (transplants) 
to 3 ft. (transplants)... .. : 
8 to 24 in. (Budded stock). . 
to 3 ft. (Budded stock)..... 
g Orient to 4 ft. (Budded stock)... .. 
8 to 24 in. (Budded stock)... 
Korean to 3 ft. (Budded stock). .... 
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.$1.55 (3 for $4.35) 
1.75 (3 for $4.95) 
f 
12 
(1 
Be 
{ 2 to 3 ft. (Budded stock)..... 1.65 (3 for $4.65) 
13 1.85 (3 for $5.15) 
(1 1.65 (3 for $4.65) 
12 1.85 (3 for $5.15) 

10 or midget sensation in 
bloom. Silver green 
foliage turns red 
$1.35 and gold in fall. 
1.45 Gorgeous for hedges. 
1.70 Plant two to pollinate 
1.30 each other. Prices below. 
1.50 
1.35 
1.45 
1.70 ; : 
A True Cherries for the 
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canning and market use. 
See the New Cherries and Plums in Color on Pages 36 and 37 










Cherry Growing Regions 
MONTMORENCY—tThe outstanding Sour 
Cherry. Leads all other varieties for 
Fruits are 
large, have a deep, rich red color and 
POLLINIZER PLUMS 
SOUTH DAKOTA 27—(Sugar Plum). This large, 
attractive red and yellow plum has proved a 
good pollinizer for other plums. on-this-page. It 
has unu8uial ability to make other plums bear, 
and it also bears fruit of very high quality, for 
eating fresh or for canning. woes photo, page 
36.) Prices- below. 2. 
TOKA—One of the richest flavored of all--very 
sweet with a-spicy, tangy flavor. One and one- 
half inch fruits of beautiful apricot color with 
firm yellow. flesh .and free stone. Very hardy, — 
ripens late: August. -An efficient pollinizer. tr 
other plums. Prices below. ta 
KAGA—An outstanding canning plum onload $4 
by Prof. Hansen. Has a distinct, delicious flavor, — 
and is sometimes called the apricot plum. For 
canning or jam, it is unsurpassed. A ‘fine pol- 
linator for any plums on this page. Prices be- 
low. 

Neus! A Prune for the North 
NEW DIETZ PRUNE—A new fruit introduced 
from Southern Russia! 
where in U. S. 
along the limbs. 
Hardy almost any- 
Heavy crops dre borne all 
Fruits are about one inch 
long, are almost black with a beautiful heavy 
bluish “‘bloom.’’ This novel new fruit is easy 
to grow and makes delicious sauce—it's es- 
pecially sweet when eaten fresh. Special: 4 
to 5 ft. trees, $1.85 each, 3 for $5.25, prepaid. 
(Smaller sizes priced below.) 



Best Cherry-Plums 
These delicious hybrid cherries become more 
popular every year. Extremely hardy—thrive in 
any soil (even sand)—bear big crops in two or 
three years. Ideal for canning, sauce, or pies. 
Sapa is delicious eaten fresh. 
NEW SAPALTA—A big flavorful hybrid cherry 
from Canada. Fruit of Sapa type, but sweeter 
and less cling-stone. Delicious eaten fresh, fine 
for canning, pies, sauce, preserves. See inside 
front cover. Plant with Hansen bush cherry pol- 
linator. Prices below. 
COMPASS CHERRY —Hardy throughout the 
Northwest and Canada. Fruit is black, of medi- 
um size and good quality. Makes delicious pies, 
preserves, etc. Plant a Hansen Bush Cherry also 
to insure pollination. Prices below. 
SAPA CHERRY—A big purple-red cherry with 
delicious wine red flesh. Thin skinned, small pit. 
Makes pies and sauce of most appetizing color 
and flavor. Often sets fruit second year. . Yields 
best if grown as a large bush by pruning se- 
verely—cutting out older growth annually. Plant 
with Hansen Bush Cherry 
to insure pollination. 
Prices below. 
Sapa Cherries 
Purple Flesh 
excellent flavor; unsurpassed for pies 
and canning. Ripens late June. Trees 
bear big crops regularly. Price, 3 to 4 
ft.. each $1.70. 4 to 5 ft., $1.95, ppd. 
