*«* Hardy JUMBO PLUMS prom 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 self-fertile (a single tree 
will bear fruit). 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 heavy loads of 
choice quality, all red, prune shaped fruit, with 
a perfectly free stone. A grand improvement 
over Red Wing and older plums. 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 
in 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—Dwarf 3! 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. 
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. 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. 
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. 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 
midget sensation in 
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Fruit Trees Shipped Prepaid ! alte de ARI! tore bloom. Silver green 
EACH EACH EACH foliage turns red 
peek K Tok 3 to 4 ft $1.60 $1.55 $1.50 onde Soka ap SAT 
ipestone aga oka 0 4 ft..... $1. 3 4 
Redcoat —_S. Dakota 27 4to5ft..... 1.75 1.68 1.60 Gorgeous for hedges. 
Superior Red Glow 5to6ft..... 2.00 1.90 1.80 Plant two to pollinate 
{18to24in.... 1.50 (3 for $4.15) each other, Prices below. 
Mt. Royal Blue Plum........ {2to3ft..... 1.75 (3 for 4.95) ‘ 
HYBRID CHERRIES: 
Sapalta f-3itov4\ft.. 8 1:60 1.53 1.45 
Sapa \4to5ft..... 1.80 1.70 1.60 
BUSH CHERRIES 
S ; : 
ae. {1s to 24 i (transplants). .60 56 52 True Cherries for the 
2 to 3 ft. (transplants)... .75 .70 65 : : 
seve) | (18 to 24 in, (Budded stock) 1.55 (3 for $4.35) Cherry Growing Regions 
Be y \ 2 to 3 ft. (Budded stock). 1.75 (3 for 4.95) MONTMOR : 
‘ooks ENCY—tThe outstanding Sour 
nesng ovo (21038 Gute) YE Gir G83 | Chom. “Leads ail ther variton fo 
cia, 18 to 24 in. (Budded stock).. 1.65 (3 for 4.65) canning and market use. Fruits are 
o \ 2 to 3 ft. (Budded stock).. 1.85 (3 for 5.15) large, have a deep, rich red color and 
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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 unusual ability to make other plums bear, 
and it also bears fruit of very high quality, for 
eating fresh or for canning. Prices below. 
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 for 
other plums. Prices below. : 
KAGA—An outstanding canning plum originated 
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. 
New! A Prune for the North 
NEW DIETZ PRUNE — A new fruit introduced 
from Southern Russia! Hardy almost any- 
where in U. S. Heavy crops are borne all 
Fruits are about one inch 
along the limbs. 
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, $2.00 each, 3 for $5.45, prepaid. 
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. Plant with 
Hansen bush cherry pollinator. 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—cuitting out older growth annually. Plant 
with Hansen Bush Cherry 
to. insure pollination, 
Prices below. 
NEW RED CORTLAND 
CHERRY 
(See opposite page) 
excellent flavor; unsurpassed for pies 
and canning. Ripens late June. Trees 
bear big crops regularly. Price, 3 to 4 
ft., each $1.80. 4 to 5 ft., $2.00, ppd. 
See the New Cherries and Plums in Color on Pages 36 and 37 
