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APRICOT 
Trees are hardy, grow good, pretty green foliage, early attrac- 
tive white blooms, which are often caught with frost here to give u 
only one or two crops of fruit every five years. Fruits better south. 
“Space 12 to 20 feet apart. 
CHINESE A 
Medium size Apricot Best variety for most of our territory. 
MONARCH 
Large size Apricot Best variety for southeastern Nebraska, 
southern Iowa, and south. 
PLUMS 
Today we have some superior qual’ty plum fruits on t ees hardy 
for ou: climate. Some plu's bear the second year others the third 
year. They take up very li’tle room Plant several to ether for 
better pollination of the flowers. Plum trees are easily g own in all 
of our territory. Plum sauce and plum b tter will be on the table if 
a customer has some of these plums. Space plums 12 to 20 feet apart 
with the exception of the bush plums Sapa and Opata, which space 8 to 
12 feet apart. Standard va ieties ripen forepart of August Sapa and 
Opata late July. 
COMPASS 
Sand cherry -- wild p-um cross Good. pollinizer, but discon- 
tinued for Sapa and Opata. 
GREEN GAGE 
Large. round greenish-yellow plum -- tender and sweet but not 
hardy enough in the middle west. 
KAGA 
An upright grower. Hardy. Has apricot blood in it. Good for 
eating and canning. Lavge apricot colored, with flesh. Perfect free- 
stone. On of our leading varieties. 
K AHINTA 
Immense size, delicious quality, long keeping, beautiful olor. 
small pit and early bearing. A t°o inch -- two ounce plum. Very 
hardy Originated by Prof. Hansen of South Dakota. Very good. 
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OPATA 
A dwarf bush-tree. Part sand herry. Recommend par icularly for 
semi-arid regions. Small g een to blue plum with green meat and small 
Size pit. Space 8 to 12 feet apart. Makes excellent sauce. 
OMAHA 
Large plum, but disc ntinued because fruit rots on tree. 
PIPESTONE 
A Msnnesota plum very large, red with a golden blush; flesh yel- 
low. Midsesson variety. very hardy, heaver cronper. Fine for eating 
and canning. Bears very young. Very hardy. 
PRUNE WEBER 
Upri h. tree Large blue skin with green meat and ordinary size 
seed Not quite freestone, hard est prune we know. Grafted, from tree 
- here on Arl‘ngton. 
REDCOAT 
A minnesota plum, trees very vigorous and hardy; bear young and 
extra heavy Large bright crimson fruit. Freestone, stone falling 
out when the frui’ is halved. 
SAPA 
A dvarf bush-tree. Originated by Prof. Hansen in South Dakot. 
Part sandcherry. Recommended particularly for semi-ari- regions. 
Small reddish-blue plum with dark red meat and small pit orseed 
Makes an excellent red colored, cherry flavored sauce. Space 8’ to 12’, 
