Cherries, Peaches, Plums The Linn County Nurseries 
CHERRIES 
Plant on well drained soil only. Elsewhere they will be unsatisfactory 
and short lived. 
Prices on standard Cherries: 
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~ EARLY RICHMOND. The popular early pie cherry. Bright red, juicy and 
\ delicious fruit. Strong growing tree that bears heavily and young. 
~\MONTMORENCY. Bears large firm, fine flavored fruit ripening about ten 
days later than Early Richmond. 
“YELLOW GLASS. The hardiest and most satisfactory sweet cherry for this 
area. 
“METEOR. A new very hardy cherry from the Minnesota station. A strong 
vigorous grower with an upright moderately spreading habit and quite 
resistant to leaf spot. Fruit is large and mild acid and quality very good. 
: Prices of Meteor, 5-6 ft. $3.25. 
“NORTHSTAR. Another hardy cherry from Minnesota having large excellent 
quality dark red fruit. The tree is naturally of small size, being an ad- 
vantage on small grounds and in picking and spraying. Northstar is also 
very resistant to leaf spot. Prices of Northstar, 214-3 ft. $2.75 each. 
“ORIENT. A selection of Nanking Cherry, growing about 8 feet tall, bearing 
loads of delicious bright red fruit in mid-July. 3-4 ft. $1.60; 4-5 ft. $2.00. 
PEACHES 
Peaches in Central Iowa should be planted where they will have as much 
winter protection as possible. 
Bricessotralifpeaches ae ee ee eee 4-5 ft. $1.35 each $12.50 per 10 
\ 5-6 ft. $1.65 each $15.00 per 10 
“POLLY. Claimed by some as the hardiest peach. A large, blushed, free- 
stone, ripening just before the Alberta. White flesh. 
“HALE HAVEN. Rivaling the Alberta, this peach is a few days earlier and 
. ‘hardier. 
“SRED HAVEN. An excellent quality extra early yellow fleshed freestone 
peach with high color and hardy. 
=VETERAN. A fine quality yellow fleshed freestone that is one of the hardiest. 
PLUMS 
Plum trees especially those grafted on native plum roots thrive on rich 
moist bottom lands. Most varieties need pollenizers for best crops so it is wise 
to plant several varieties near by. 
Prices: 3-4 ft. $1.40 ea; 4-5 ft. $1.65 ea; 5-6 ft. $2.00 ea. 
™ ALLRED. The leaves are red, the flower is red, and the fruit is red and fine 
quality. Bears good if pollenated. Also good as ornamental tree. 3-4 ft. 
4-5 ft. 
™ OKA. One of the best of the cherry-plum group. Fruit medium size, flesh 
ee purplish red, juicy and sweet. Tree smaller than most plums. 
5-6 ft. 
~ RED COAT. A good sized red prune-shaped plum, fine for canning and cook- 
in. Freestone. 4-5 ft. 
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