PLUMS 
4 to 5 ft. $1.25 each 
5 to 6 ft. $1.50 each 
SUPERIOR is perhaps our finest mid- 
s@ason American type plum. It pro- 
duces heavily large, high quality 
dark red fruit. 
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UNDERWOOD produces bright red fruit 
ripening early and very pleasant 
to eat fresh. 
KAGA is a good quality fruit which 
is of primary value as a POLLEN- 
IZBR for the other varieties, both 
of which by themselves are almost 
entirely self-sterile. 
MOUNT ROYAL is @ blue, European 
ype plun, of particularly 
high qualities for all purpos- 
es. The tree is apparently 
self-fertile and bears heavily, 
We wish to call your attention 
to this ome which we feel is 
of particular merit. 
4 to 5 ft. $1.50 each 

CHERRY - PLUM HYBRIDS 
OKA bears large fruit which is 
purple both inside and out, is 
free stone, sweet and juicy. Both 
Oka and Sapa are popular varieties 
and are really very delectable 
fruits. They should be grown more 
like bushes than trees. They pro- 
duce enormous quantities of frut. 
SAPA is similar to Oka, ripening 
slightly later. 
COMPASS is used as a POLLENIZER for 
Sapa and Oka. For pie making this 
variety is very fine. 
PEARS 
4 to 5 ft. $1.25 each 
5 to 6 ft. $1.75 each 
BANTAM is a heavy producer of med- 
Tum to small size fruit. This is 
considered our hardiest Pear and 
is the most resistant to fire- 
blight of any variety grown here, 
GOLDEN SPICE (Minn. #4) has & 
pleasant, mildly tart, spicy fla- 
vor, It is fair for dessert use 
and very good for gauce or pickl- 
ing. The fruit is rich yellow in 
color and of snall size, 
MENDEL is a good quality large pear 
ripening a light green. 
PARKER is @ large fruited variety 
of particularly high quality, ri- 
pening yellow with a red blush. 

BUSH CHERRIES 
KOREAN CHERRIES 2to3 ft. $1.35 
MINNE SOTA z Zo and # 57 
This cherry makes. a bush 
about 4 feet high.The fruit 
is about the size of a gour 
cherry andis blackish in 
color. In quality of fruit 
it is the closest to thse 
western sweet Cherry that 
has been produced in minn- 
e@sota. Plant both varieties 
for go00d pollenation. 
NANKING CHERRIES 4-5 ft. $1.50 
~ ORIENT (Minn. #63) This 
species of cherry grows 
about 6 feet high, the bush 
being a fine ornamental ag 
well as fruit plant. The 
fruit is produced in pro- 
fusion, is small and bright 
red in color, and is good 
eaten fresh and excellent 
for jelly making. 
MINNESOTA #64 is similar to 
Orient, the fruit slightly 
enaller, Nanking Cherries 
seem to be self-fertile, so 
it is not necessary for you 
to plant both varieties. 
SOUR CHERRY 
EARLY RICHMOND seems to be the 
variety most frequently planted 
in this region. 
5§ to 6 ft. $1.75 each 
Effort is constantly being made 
at improving fruit varieties in our 
state and region. The University 
of Minnesota has an intensive pro- 
gram of fruit development at their 
Fruit sreeding Farm at Excelsior, 
where many of our now standard var- 
ieties were originated; to list a 
few - Latham raspberry, Haralson, 
seacon, Prairie Spy, and Fireside 
apples,Parker Pear,Red Lake Currant 
and Superior plum, 
Indications are that a number of 
others are well on the way toward 
introduction. 
Information cencerning the activ- 
ities of this group, and concerning 
a thousand other items of interest 
to persons who like to learn about 
growing things can be yours by join- 
ing the minn. state Horticultural 
Society and receiving their excell- 
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