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NEW MINNESOTA 
Select Varieties for a Long Season of Fruit 
HYBRID 
JUMBO PLUMS 
AY EMBER (83) —A large late yellow plum 
with red blush. Exceptional fine dessert and 
canning qualities. Hangs to tree long and 
keeps 2 or 8 weeks after picked. 
\ FEIBING PRIZE — Dark red firm fruit of 
excellent canning quality, Semi-freestone; 
extra large, about 2144 inches through. 
« LACRESENT —High quality sweet yellow 
plum. Delicious for eating fresh or canning. 
A Kaga. Although this variety is recommended as a 
pollenizer it is well worth growing for its fruit. The 
red fruit is below medium in size. The quality is 
good for eating and cooking. Tree is hardy and 
productive, 
- KAHINTA -— A large firm dark red plum 
with yellow flesh and of high quality. Free- 
stone. 
x MONITOR — A late mid-season variety with 
a vigorous well-shaped tree producing large 
red firm-fleshed fruit of high quality. 
-\ Red Glow A really good large red plum 
Ripens after mid-August. 
ae NO. 218— Pipestone Extra large 
luscious light red fruit of excellent quality 
-~ Redcoat 
NO. 17—Rather long Italian prune shape. 
Entirely freestone and dark red. Similar but 
better than Red Wing. Mid-season. 
‘\ SUPERIOR — Considered by many the best 
plum in its season; mid-season. Large, beau- 
_ tiful red, firm flesh, exceptional quality. 
\ TONKA — An extremely productive variety 
producing large round red fruit of very firm 
flesh and good quality. 
“SUNDERWOOD — The most widely planted 
‘Minn. plum. Large bright red freestone fruit 
‘is produced annually in good quantities. 
Good all-around plum. 
NEWYMT. ROYAL BLUE PLUM 
One of the outstanding real blue plums that 
are hardy here 
CHERRIES 
aX COMPASS CHERRY—It thrives most loca- 
tions. The juicy red cherries make good jelly 
or sauce. The trees are thrifty and profuse 
abundance of fruit every year. A pollenizer 
for Oka and Sapa. 
NEW Cherry 
Has the fruit type of the 
Montmorency but it is very 
herdy. Mildly acid in flavor 
and good quality for sauce 
and pie. Fine dessert Cherry 
4 ft. Each $3.30;2 for$ 6.45 
5-6 ft .ea. 
NOTICE: Only 2 Meteor Trees 
any gize-to a customer, 
3.75;2 for 7.25 
Improved Hybrid Plums 
THE CHERRY-PLUM PRICES on 
this page apply to all the 
varieties except when the 
price appears below’ that 
variety 
PROF. HANSON’S HYBRIDS 
\| HANSON’S BUSH CHERRY—Improved bes- 
seyi sand cherry. Low growing shrub that 
produces abundance of juicy dark fruit for 
-anning or eating fresh. 
Pity 3) ft. -.-- $0.85 each; 2 for $1.55 
18 to 24 in. .... .70 each; 2 for 1.25 
OKA—A sweet cherry-plum. Skin is almost 
black and meat is dark blood red. Ripe in 
mid-August. Good eaten off tree. You should 
have it. 
N SAPA-—Similar to Oka with dark blood red 
juicy flesh. Makes a wonderful plum sauce. 
Limbs are annually loaded with fruit from 
ground to top. Plant close to Compass 
cherry for pollenizing. 
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CHERRY-PLUM PRICES .5 
Height Calp. Each Each 
4-5 ft. 9/16" 1.55 1.35 
B=40ft. -/16te ecm 20 
Giant Red-Fleshed Cherry-Plum (Sapa) 
RUBY. The first red-fleshed variety to appear among these Hansen 
Bush Cherries. Makes up into a 
fine red sauce. 
Skin is black. 
AMBER. A new variety received by us direct from the South Dakota 
Station. Strong grower with amber-yellow fruit. Foliage a creamy 
yellow in fall. Very sweet. 
RUBY and AMBiR PRICES 
2-3ft size each, ,,,$1.25 
\ SOUTH DAKOTA #27- A true 
ollenizer,ve od - 
ty. Haaeatcnaice ee 
AWANETA—Fruit is immense in size, deli- 
cious quality, beautiful red color, small pit. 
Trees bear heavy annual crops and on young 
trees, 
NE# CANADIAN CHERRIES 
SAPASIMPROVED- Origiaated 
at Morden Station, Canada. 
Blood red fruit.Makes the 
finest sauce, jam,or jelly 
We hawe 2 varieties-2 NEW 
Numbers just out.Try Them. 
3-4 ft. 2 for ....$ 3.00 
am Ce LOY 5. seis 0 On 00 
Sapalta 
‘Sapalta 1s a new, extremely hardy Cher 
seems sweeter and less clingstone. 
excellent quality.” 
BUSH CHERRY 
Nanking (Prunus Tomentosa). The 
small, bright red fruits are borne in 
abundance along the branches. They 
have a pleasant flavor, intermediate 
between sour and sweet Cherries. The 
quality is good for dessert and cooking. 
The profusion of .pink flowers and 
brightly colored fruit make this Cherry 
an attractive ornamental shrub. The 
bushes reach a height of 5 to 7 feet. 
Orient (Minn. No. 63) Each 
3 to (Os (51d ese a Baa om $1.75 
2%o 3 feet cccatings . 1.35 
to top, 
CHIPMAN’S 
RED RHUBARB 
®xtremely large stalks that are red bottom 
even the flesh is red. It does not lose this 
rich color in cooking. Skin is so tender you need not 
peel it. Juicy and sweet 
RUBY RED—Another Canadian variety. The 
stalk is deep red inside as well as the skin. 
Can be cooked with skin on. 
red 
vra 
Makes rich 
sauce. Mix with strawberries for a 
nd combination. 
VALENTINE 
Wildest aud Sweetest 
Introduced from Canada, Valentine is the 
newest and best of the red rhubarbs. It is 
sweetest of all, requiring the least sugar. Makes 
delicious pies and a smooth, tender, bright red 
sauce, 
Combines rich flavor, high quality and 
e ‘ vigorous growth. Excellent for home use and 
-y-Plum Hybrid “Closely resembling Sapa freezing. 
McDONALD 
A Canadian variety; very 
highly colored, attractive red stalk, tender, 
succulent and of excellent quality. 
One of 
largest used by market gardeners. 
RHUBARB 1953 PRICES 
1-4 5-9 10 Up 
Each Each Each 
Chipman’s Canada Red ..$ .75 265 250 
CALIFORNIA SWEE1 30 25 8 .20 
McDonald 65 60 55 
Ruby .50 4U 85 
Valentine 1.00 90 .80 
