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Yewest Hardiest

PLANT DISCOVERIE

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REATEST PLANT BREEDER
OF OUR TIME

3 Generations of HANSENS

FORWARD

This year as never before,
more gardens and better
gardens is the watchword of
the day.

Food and plenty of it, is
going to be a vital thing for
our fighting forces, for our
allies, and for ourselves.
Fruits and vegetables are
essentials of a proper diet.

SF Re Flowers are food for the
soul—a morale builder, something to bring peace and
quiet to the mind. The garden is a place to get away
from all the turmoil of today, a place to rejuvenate your-
self and still be doing something that will play a vital
part to help build up a vast store of a needed ammuni-
tion—food! Food for yourself and family. Food with
which we may help others in far corners of the world.

Every seed, every plant, that produces the needs of
life will help just that much more.

Plant wisely, but plant plenty! Better too much than
too little.

We've got to win the war!

Niels Ebbesen Hansen

CARL A. HANSEN.

Paul Robert Hansen

A FEW OF THE FAMOUS HANSEN INTRODUCTIONS

Anoka Apple Opata Plum Hardy Apricots
Hansen Bush Cherry Oka Cherry Red Silver Crab
Waneta Plum Cossack Alfalfa Hopa Crab

Sapa Plum Hansen Proso Dolgo Crab

TERMS

Send remittance with your order, by cash, money order, or check. If by check,
please add 5 cents extra for bank float charges. No C. O. D. orders accepted.

Packing free on all orders of $2.00 or more, and on orders for less than that amount
please add 25c for packing.

All shipments of Plants and Seeds will be sent collect for the delivery charges
unless otherwise stated, by what we consider the best and cheapest way. If you
want a small package to be sent by parcel post prepaid, be sure to add enough
more for postage (usually about 10% will cover it), with a minimum of 25c per
parcel. If seed or plant shipments must be sent to a prepaid station, be sure to
include the shipping charges in your remittance.

South Dakota Customers please add the 2% Sales Tax.

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DOLGO cRAB APPLE
The World’s Best Jelly Crab

A MOST REMARKABLE FRUIT

The most wonderful jelly and pickling crab on the
market. Fruit is good size, conical in shape, with a
most brilliant, flaming red skin color, a very beauti-
ful sight on the tree. Fruits are full of juice and
have a superb, sprightly sweet flavor. With Dolgo
it is easy to make bright clear red jelly of the most
delicious flavor, often as high as 45 glasses of jelly
and 8 pints of jam to a single peck of fruit, without
a bit of additional fruit pectin.

FREE FROM BLIGHT—VERY STRONG

The tree of Dolgo has so far proved free from
blight. It makes a very strong growth and forms
strong, wide-spreading forks and strong shouldered
limbs, which can bear heavy crops without injury.

BLOSSOMS FROST HARDY Eo :
~ Delgo Crabs Make Beautiful

Another remarkable characteristic of Dolgo, ex- Che euauayels

the North

Dakota State Experiment Station:
“Dolgo Crab, even when in full blos-
som, survived freezes which killed all
other varieties.’ Dolgo is perfectly
hardy far north into Canada, and is
almost a sure annual producer.

‘WORTHY OF HIGHEST
PRAISE

Dolgo is one of the very best of
Prof. N. E. Hansen’s crab apple in-
troductions and is worthy of the
highest praise. It is both a distinc-
tive and splendid ornamental and a
fruit tree of great value. Everyone
should have at least a few trees of

| Soe ecaiall Fragrant Flowers a Dolg @)-
i
BEARS VERY
YOUNG Extra Special Offer

This year we have one splendid lot of extra fine, large,

(aan well branched trees. They are all 3 years old, 5 to 6 foot
s the nature of trees and are ready to bear this year. While they last we

offer them at the following low prices.

Dolgo to bear early

and it usually bears DOLGO CRAB 7 B¢

the second or third year Large 3 Yr., Ready to Bear Each;
after planting — almost 3 For $2.00; 6 For $3.50

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ANOQKA—tThe

One of Prof. N. E. Hansen’‘s
A MASTERPIECE

The Anoka is truly the wonder
apple of this generation. It is the
best of over 10,000 seedling ap-
ples produced by Dr. N. E. Han-
sen in his endeavor to originate
some better and hardier apples.
It is truly a wonder apple hbe-
cause it forms fruit buds on one
year old wood so that a one year
old tree will bear fruit the second
year after planting, and keep it
up every year.

ANOKA—tThe Best of 10,000 Seedlings

BEARS EARLIEST OF ALL

Anoka has the most remarkable ability in that it will bear on one-year wood
and annually, thereafter, the second year after planting. Four-year trees have
been known to have borne three crops of fruit.

Anoka upsets all the ordinary ideas about apple trees and introduces a new
era in apple culture, for in Anoka the whole nature of the tree is changed, so
that early bearing of fruit is secured and the tree remains of moderate size to per-
mit easy spraying.

FINE EATING—VERY PRODUCTIVE

Anoka is a round, red-striped apple of attractive
appearance and of good quality. The fruit ripens
early, and it is really a very good, early summer
eating apple, with very juicy, pleasant, sub-acid
flesh of peculiar characteristic flavor that pleases
everybody.

Anoka is surprisingly productive, often loading
its branches till they bend nearly to the ground,
yet due to its sturdy habit, seldom breaks under
the great weight.

Because Anoka is an excellent early summer
eating apple, it will be welcome in many places
where the tender fleshed summer apples do not

: : : : An Inside View of Anoka.
reach in long distance shipping. About One-Third Natural Size.

ANOK A—A Masterpiece

Be Sure to Include It in
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Wonder Apple

Greatest Introductions
VERY STURDY—HARDY EVERYWHERE

The sturdy growth of Anoka is one of its
outstanding characteristics, and it is hardy
and disease resistant throughout the North-
west.

The tree is of round topped habit, beautiful
in flower and fruit. In thousands of small
gardens in country and town the Anoka will
be planted where no apples were planted
before because of their slow fruiting and
large size trees.

Anoka will no doubt become the leading
apple in many states both for the home orch-
ard and for ornament on the lawn.

A one-year-old tree of Anoka apple sent to
the Agricultural: Experiment Station at Fargo,
North Dakota, bore 26 good sized apples the
second year and bore again the next year
and the next. In other words, five years plant-
pope paineesetonos Ol fruits Con you beciitiis 1p. "ee aaceen ine Pleat Wined. ond
on Dakota prairies? Other very favorable re- "" “Mature Anoka Apple Tree. —
ports have been made from widely separated
localities so it is now definitely known that Anoka is the outstanding apple of
merit for the Northwest.

PLANT THE ANOKA APPLE

The Wonder of the Age—Because: 3—Anoka is an excellent early summer eat-
l—Anoka bears the second year after plant- ing apple.

ing. 4—Anoka may be planted closer than other
2—Anoka bears large crops of apples every apples.

year. 5—Anoka is hardy and disease resistant.

ANOKA APPLE TREE PRICES

Each Per3 Per6 Perl2 Per25
$2.00 $3.50 $6.50 $12.50

35 2.65 5.00 9.50

1.00 1.85 3.50 6.50

ANOKA SPECIAL!

Large 3-Yr. Anoka Trees, Ready to Bear This Year: Each, $1.25.

3 Extra Large 3-Yr. Trees . . $3. 50

of the Fruit World!

Your Order for Fruit Trees

Three-Year Anoka Tree Bearing
a Good Crop of Fruit.

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World Famous

The plums described below are the four Hansen Plums
which have without a doubt gained the most fame gener-
ally and have been propagated the most extensively.
Millions of them have been set out all over the northwest
and many have gone to all parts of the world. And there
is a good reason for all of this. Because they are the
best all around plums, bearing when very young, hardi-
est of all, and more sure to produce year after year than
any other plums grown in the northwest.

HANSEN PLUM SPECIAL

Your Choice of Any 6 Hansen Plums
and 2 Dakota Producer Plums

: All 8 For Only $3.90

4-6 Ft. Trees

WANETA PLUM. The Giant of the Hardy Plums. The largest of
over 10,000 seedlings. These large plums measure up to two
inches in diameter. Waneta plums are highly flavored, of deli-
cious, dessert quality. They have a richly colored red skin, free
from acerbity, a comparatively small pit, and fine firm yellow
flesh.

The tree is a very vigorous and strong grower, making
a sturdy, upright tree. It is an early and persistent bearer
of enormous crops of delicious large plums.

Waneta’s widespread popularity throughout the world
shows that it is considered by many the finest and best of
the Hansen Hybrid Plums and the champion of the northwest. At
fruit exhibits, Waneta takes the prizes.

HANSKA APRICOT PLUM. Hanska is the Sioux word for “‘tall.*’
The name was given in allusion to its extraordinary rapid growth,
as three-year-old trees have attained a height of twelve feet. It
is a hybrid of the wild northwestern plum and the large, firm
fleshed, fragrant apricot plum of China. In fruit the Hanska
closely resembles its Chinese parent in form, color, fragrance,
quality and firmness of flesh. The pit is very small.

The fruit of this variety has been much admired for its color,
which is a bright red with a blue bloom, firm yellow flesh and
good quality. When cooked, the strong apricot flavor is brought
out to perfection.

SAPA CHERRY-PLUM. Sapa is the Sioux Indian word for
“black,’’ and alludes to the skin, flesh and the juice of this re-
markable hybrid. The fruit has rich, dark purple-red skin, flesh
and juice. The tree is bush cherry like in habit, forming fruit buds
freely on one-year trees. The rich purple color of the skin is
dulled at first by being overspread with a thin gray, which will
disappear as soon as the fruit has ripened thoroughly. Sapa
bears freely on one-year shoots and has attained much popularity.
Sapa is early, large, productive, and very hardy;
very good to eat fresh, and makes delightful
preserves and jams.

OPATA CHERRY-PLUM. The excellent quality
of the Opata makes it worthy of wide popularity
for table and culinary use. Opata is a plum
tree in habit of vigorous growth and forms buds
freely on one-year-old shoots. The foliage is
large and glossy. The fruit is a dark purplish
red with a blue bloom, the flesh being green
and firm, flavor very pleasant, combining the
sprightly acid of the Sand Cherry with the rich
sweetness of the Gold Plum. It {is excellent for
eating out of hand. The thin skin can be eaten
as it is entirely free from acerbity. Pit is very
small, season very early.

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Hansen PLUMS

KAHINTA PLUM. Kahinta has fruit of excellent quality, ap-
proximating that of the peach in excellence. The fruit is dark
red, roundish, slightly oval, very heavy. Thin skin with no
acerbity. The flesh is firm, yellow and very sweet. It is a
good deal like Waneta, as large or larger, but not as heavy a
bearer, though it is a more consistent bearer and is freestone.
Has a very good flavor and quality. This plum is worthy of a
place in the finest of orchards.

TOKA PLUM. This plum is very much like Hanska in fruit but
the tree has a somewhat different habit. Toka has such erect,
strong, and stocky growth, really a model tree. One of the
nicest looking fruit trees you will see. It is an early and very
heavy bearer. It has large and remarkably firm fruit of a most
rich fragrance and excellent quality, which makes it a good
plum for the market. It is a very fine plum for eating fresh and
for canning.

KAGA PLUM. Another superb plum of apricot flavor and fra-
grance. It is a heavy annual bearer of fruit that is regular in
form, roundish, slightly oval, freestone. The flesh is a rich orange-
ted color and very firm. When cooked a few minutes in sugar
syrup, the sauce has a rich Chinese apricot flavor, which is
superior to any of the native plums and to the orginary California
plums received in this market. The tree is of good upright habit.

Special New Low Prices on Hansen Plum Trees

Size Each Per3 Per6 Perl2 Per25
Large, 4 to 6 feet.......... $ .65 $1.75 $3.35 $6.50 $11.50
Medium, 3 to 5 feet...... SU tee i300 2.00) 0.00 9.50
Small, 2 to 4 feet.......... SCONE .U0 ae ).Gon 23.00 6.50

Toka Plum

Hardiness - Flavor - Productiveness

This new fruit has had a surprisingly quick leap to
fame. Nothing like it anywhere. Though growing but
knee high can bear a bushel of fruit. Exceedingly sweet
flesh. Delicious in sauce and jams.

For canning, they are perhaps the best of any of the
Hansen Hybrid Cherries in preserving the shape of the
whole fruit, much the same as the canned cherries you
buy. Fruit good sized. Flesh dark reddish purple. Hardy
far north into Canada.

Tom Thumb is a low bush just right for protection by
snow drifts, bearing an abundant crop of fruit the year
after planting and annually thereafter. Everyone should
plant more Tom Thumb Cherries for sure results and good

: quality.
oo oe LARGE BEARING SIZE TREES
Tom Thumb’ Chery $1.00 Each; 3 for $2.50

Special ORCHARD ASSORTMENT

I Anoka Apple, 1 Dolgo Crab, 1 Oka 12
Cherry, 1 Hansen Bush Cherry, 1 Hansen Large Size
Apricot, 1 Manchurian Apricot and 6 of
your choice of other Hansen fruit trees,
which we will follow in so far as possible. Only $6.50

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Fruit Trees

Dakota Producer Plums

HANSEN IMPROVED

These are plums which we have been selecting and improving
for a number of plant generations. They are all hardy and good
to eat. They will stand temperatures of downwards to 40 de-
grees below zero in winter and upwards to 115 degrees in sum-
mer.

The fruit of these plums varies in size, from about 34-inch to
11, inches and over. They have been developed from the native
wild plums of the Dakotas, Minnesota and Canada. Their yield
is abundant—plenty for eating, plenty for preserves.

It is hard to beat good old fashioned plum jam as a spread
for bread. Our aim with Dakota Producer Plums has been to
improve this; to improve one of nature's best, rich foods.

— = ee = —— SS CET eect

Because of the natural vigor
of growth and fruiting power,
they are especially good to
pollinate the various hybrid
plums in your yard and orch-
ards. They will help all of
your plums to set their full
crop capacity of fruit, which
they now sometimes don't, be-
cause of weak pollen.

Now, especially when we
Beautiful in Flower; Plentiful in Fruit. are called on to produce great
quantities of food for our armies, our allies, and ourselves—
plant a plentiful supply of these Dakota Producer Plums and they
will do their part to help.

If you have a corner in your yard or in a neighboring yard,
that is not being used to capacity, or a little spare acreage on
the farm, plant at least a few Dakota Producer Plums. Much
better still, plant them in large numbers, 25 to 100 or more.

At the real low prices on these, everyone should be able to
plant plenty of these Dakota Producer Plums. .

All sizes offered are strong, sturdy, nice, well rooted and well
branched trees. The two larger sizes are Ready to Bear This
Year!

2-3 Ft., 10c Each; 10 For $ .75; 25 For $1.50; 100 For $ 5.00
3-4 Ft., 15¢ Each; 10 For $1.25: 25 For $2.50; 100 For $ 7.50
4-5 Ft., 25c Each; 10 For $2.00; 25 For $4.00; 100 For $12.50

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M@anoens OKA CHERRY

DWARF HABIT .. EARLY BEARING . . LARGE LUSCIOUS FRUIT

PROCLAIMED THE GREATEST!

The many who have already had the
opportunity to taste this wonderful
plum-cherry hybrid of delicious sweet-

ness proclaim it by far the best they
have ever tasted. Prof. N. E. Hansen,
the originator, himself considers Oka
Cherry his best plum-cherry hybrid.

DELICIOUS FLAVOR! Dwarf and Bushy

NEWEST AND BEST

One of Prof. N. E. Hansen’s latest cherry-plum introductions
and considered his best so far. It is a Bush Cherry hybrid with
the Champa Cherry. The fruit is rounder than Sapa and has a
somewhat brighter skin color, which is a rich dark purplish red.

DARK, LUSCIOUS, WINE-RED FLESH

The flesh color is a rich, intense purplish black red. It is in
all a very remarkable fruit to look at and surely a delight to eat.
Jelly and jam made from Oka Cherries are as deliciously sweet
as they are beautiful to look at.

The tree of Oka has a dwarf bushy habit and bears from the
ground up. This remarkable feature is of unique value when
harvesting the fruit. No need for a stepladder for all the fruit is
within easy reach. But the dwarf size in no way indicates the
size of the crop of cherries. For the strength of the plant goes
into fruit production and not into surplus tree growth, and so
consequently the limbs and branches burden themselves with
fruit. The leaves are small, sort of a pointed oval shape, and a
bright, shiny green color.

Early Bearing . . . Very Hardy . . . Prolific

Oka Cherry, like the other of Prof. N. E. Hansen’s Bush Cherry
hybrids, bear extremely early—always, if the season is at all
favorable, the year after planting.

The buds come in groups of three and are rather closely set
together on the branches. Thus in a good fruit year at each bud
group are two cherries and one leaf, making the branches an
almost solid mass of fruit.

Oka is an annual bearer and hardy throughout the northwest.
It is indeed an extraordinary fruit, to which too much praise
cannot be given.

SPECIAL NOTE! Due to the big demand we have always been
short on Oka Cherry. This year for once we have a good supply Large and Fine
and have been able to make you these very low prices. Wine Red Flesh

PRICES for OKA CHERRY

Size Each 3 6 12

Large ....5 .75 $2.00 $3.50 $6.50
Medium.. .50 1.35 2.65 5.00
Sian Shy Rite gieshy Sale

25 Large Trees, $12.50

SPECIAL! EXTRA LARGE OKA

Each Ready to Bear 3 For
$1.25 This Year $3.50

& Bearing $6.00

Size Trees

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HANSEN IMPROVED

Easy to Grow---
|Good Flavor--Highly Productive--Hardy

The Development of Years. Hansen Improved
Bush Cherries are the result of over forty years of
untiring selection work by the great plant wizard,
Prof. N. E. Hansen at South Dakota State College,
Brookings. He has developed what was formerly
the rather small, little known, western South Dakota
Dwarf Bush Cherry, into a fruit of large size, desir-
able taste, good habits, wonderful bearing, and
beautiful in flower, fruit and foliage.

Fruit of Good Quality. The fruit is good to eat
from the bush, is fine in sauce and makes a won-
derful jam of the most superb flavor and rich color
imaginable.

Grows Bush-Like. Though the fruit of this cherry resembles a cherry in
size and shape, the plant itself grows in a bush form, branching and bearing
from the ground up. Usually bears the year after planting. It always retains
its dwarf stature which is of fine value for planting in the garden, as it doesn't
take up near the room of an ordinary plum tree and yet often bears more.

Beautiful in Spring Flower.

Beautiful in Plantings. In landscape planting a few of the bush cherries
are very desirable as they are dwarf and bushy, and a great aid in founda-
tion covering.

The foliage, a beautiful silvery green, turns to a rich red and gold in fall,
adding a very desirable color touch to landscape plantings.

The profuse masses of
white flowers in early
spring, completely cover-
ing the bushes, are a
glorious sight. The fruit
later is ornamental as
well as useful.

FRUITS IN ONE
YEAR!

EXTRA SPECIAL !! !

Large Three-Year Old

BUSH CHERRIES

Ready to Bear This Year
65c Each; 3 for $1.50;
6 for $2.75

POSTPAID TO YOU

N. E. Hansen With Branches of the Hansen Bush Cherry. :
A Desirable Good Fruit and Ornamental for Extensive Planting
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BUSH CHERRIES

Sure to Produce Fe

Everywhere--Disease Resistant

Makes a Good Low Hedge. Because of
their dwarf bushy habit these Hansen Im-
proved Bush Cherries make a most beautiful
silvery green ornamental low hedge for the
front lawn, as well as in the garden.

Hardy Everywhere—Disease Resistant.
The hardiness of these Bush Cherries is un-
questioned. They have been used as the
sires in a number of Prof. N. E. Hansen's in-
troductions, because he knew it would give
the new variety the hardiness they need to
withstand the cold and adverse weather
conditions we often get. Their sturdiness
and resistance to disease is another out-
standing characteristic.

N. E. Hansen Selecting Bush Cherries.

Plant These Hansen Bush

Cherries Because

1—They are easy to grow and perfectly hardy everywhere.
2—Good to eat fresh and make the most delicious preserves.
3—Quick to bear. Bear heavy, and annually.

4_-Are dwarf growing, bushy, need little room.

o—Are excellent for hedges or ornamental shrubs.

RECOMMENDATION FOR PLANTING

For best results. for fruiting these new Improved Hansen
Bush Cherries should be planted 2 to 4 feet apart, in rows
4 to 6 feet apart.

Around the home for beauty and use, plant them singly and
in groups.

As a hedge they may be planted close, 1 to l!/, feet apart,
oe may be kept trimmed, though they won't bear as much
that way.

Plant them in abundance and have fine fruit for years to
come.

NEW LOW PRICES ON HANSEN
BUSH CHERRIES

All Heavy, Well Branched, Strong Rooted, Bushy Trees.

Size Each Per3 Per6 Perl2 Per25
Large, Two-Year......$0.50 $1.25 $2.25 $4.00 $7.50
Medium, Two-Year.. .35 1.00 1.75 2.75 5.00
Small, Two-Year...... 29 65 1.25 2.00 3.50

Masses of Fruit Completely Cover
the Branches.

Everywhere—Will Be Planted by the Millions Thruout the World!

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Manchurian Apricots

FRUIT IN ABUNDANCE FOR EVERYONE

Hardy—Vigorous
Quick to Bear

No fruit has jumped into
popularity and had such
sudden fame as have Prof.
N. E. Hansen’s new Hardy
Manchurian Apricots. We
offer here some plants from
the original strain from
which he introduced his fa-
mous twelve varieties, listed
and described on the oppo-

Dr. N. E. Hansen and a Group of Manchurian Apricots site page.

If you like good fresh fruit, picked from your own
trees, you should have at least a few of these new
hardy Apricot trees. They will afford you the greatest
satisfaction and pleasure with their abundance of
good, tree-ripened fruit. It is hard to beat their de-
pendable fruit production year after year.

The Manchurian Apricots are hardy in the coldest
places. Like the other Hansen Apricots, they appar-
ently have an almost frost-proof blossom, as they can
set fruit even if the blossoms are caught in a late
spring frost. They came from a country where tem-
peratures get as low as 50 and 60 degrees below zero
in winter with late spring frosts as a rule, and where
hot dry weather prevails in summer, up to 115 degrees
during long periods without rain. Yet even these ad-
versities do not seem to bother these hardy apricots
from thriving and bearing heavy annual crops of fine
large fruit.

If you want really good fruit at the right time, early
in July before the plums come on, get some of these
new Manchurian Apricot trees now! We have only a
comparatively small supply available this year, so be
sure to order early.

Plenty of Fruit—Always

PRICES ON HANSEN NEW HARDY MANCHURIAN APRICOTS
Each, 50c 3 For $1.35 6 For $2.60 12 For $5.00 25 For $9.50

BIG SPECIAL COMBINATION OFFER

2—Hansen Apricots, Your Selection of Those 50
Described on Page 13 only .

1—Hansen Manchurian Apricot

4—Hansen Apricots, Your Selection of Those
Described on Page 13 only $450

2—Hansen Manchurian Apricots

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Dr. N. E. Hansen’s
granddaughter,
Carlene, standing
by one of his new
young Hardy Apri-
cots, which bear as
early as his famous

Sapa Plums.

We offer for a short time, Hansen’s new
sensational Northwest. hardy apricots. Just
recently introduced by Prof. N. E. Hansen,
of South Dakota State College, who has
been working for many years to produce
hardy apricots that would be good eating
and large size and still would withstand the
rigors of Dakota’s cold and drouth.

Those offered herewith are his best intro-
ductions to date. We give a brief descrip-
tion of each, though they are all good and
it is rather hard to say just which one is
best. Only time, experience, and tests can
best prove that.

Two very important points of interest
stand out in regard to these new apricots.
One is that they are perhaps one of the
most drouth resistant of all trees, coming
through the terrible drouths of 1933, 1934
and 1935 with flying colors—full foliage and
no apparent effect whatever from the dry,
hot weather, and with a great crop of fruit.
The second point is that they are hardy al-
most anywhere in America, standing and
bearing well in climates getting as low as
50 to 60 below zero.

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PLANT AN ORCHARD OF

HANSEN APRICOTS

AND REAP YOUR REWARD
FOR YEARS TO COME!

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The New

HANSEN APRICOTS
Extremely Hardy

Very Drouth Resistant

CHOW. Very heavy producer. Yellow
fruit that is good to eat fresh and when
cooked makes a delightful sauce of quality.

SING. Abundant crops of large rich or-
ange fruit. Flavor stronger than some of
the others, especially cooked. Very good.

ANDA. Heavy crops in late season. Free-
stone. Fruit of good size. Stays firm even
when cooked. One of the best in quality.

ZUN. Fruit is round, freestone, and it has
an unusually small pit. The quality of this
one is nearly excellent. Mid-season.

MANCHU. Large fruit in heavy crop.
Yellow. Tops in size and quality. Cooks
up into excellent, pale yellow sauce.

SINO. Fruit has an excellent flavor, es-
specially cooked. It is somewhat smaller
but produces heavily on small trees.

LALIN. Good quality fruit for eating
fresh. Comes on early in season. Heavy
crops of large yellow fruit with red blush.

TOLA. Large, freestone fruit. Very good
flavor. Makes excellent quality sauce. This
one ripens early in the season.

SANSIN. Fresh fruit of excellent quality
and flavor. Makes a richly colored or-
ange-yellow sauce. Large fruit, heavy crop.

HULAN. Ripens early in season. Very
heavy crops of large fruit. When cooked
makes a good flavored sauce.

NINGUTA. One of the mildest and best
in flavor. Very heavy crop, ripening late
in season. Large, yellow, with red blush.

MANDARIN. Rich yellow, large fruit. One
of the best in quality for eating fresh or for
making into delicious sauce.

Hansen Hardy
Apricot Prices

1-29 EACH

3 For $3.50; 6 For $6.50;
12 For $12.00.

RASPBERRIES

FLAMING GIANT. This is Prof. Hansen’s best and most popular red
raspberry. Originally called Ohta, which in the Sioux Indian language
means ‘‘much” or ‘“‘many.’’ In later years it has been called Flaming
Giant, because of the large size and flaming red color of the fruit.
Berries are purplish red, large, excellent flavor and good keepers. Is
called everbearing by some because it bears very heavily and annually
and over a long period of time. Hardy and drouth resistant. Makes a
splendid berry for market and for home use. Early. Hardiest of red
raspberries. Does not winter kill. Will stand 30 below without damage.
10 Plants, $1.00; 25 Plants, $1.75; 100 Plants, $4.50.

LATHAM. Generally considered the best
market berry because of its enormous size
and good color, its fine flavor and extra
heavy bearing. Bushes are just loaded to the
ground with their great crop of fruit. A great
favorite everywhere. Very productive, long
bearer. 10 Plants, 75c; 25 Plants, $1.50; 100
Plants, $4.00.

GRAPES

BETA GRAPE. The best known and hardiest o
the popular grapes. Producing amazingly larg
crops of fine large fruit which are good eatin
and make excellent preserves, splendid jelly and :
tasty grape juice. 25¢ Each; 5 Vines, $1.00; 10
Vines, $1.75; 25 Vines, $4.00.

ASPARAGUS

The earliest and best green -of the garden. Con-

RHUBARB

VICTORIA. The sweet- tains those proper vitamins one needs to remain
est and best of them all. in good health. Fine, large succulent stalks can
A vigorous grower of be cut from poury spring till late fall if the bed
rich red, stems of extra is properly mulched and cared for. 2-Year
tine quality. Nice Large Heavy Large Roots, 25 for 75c; 50 for $1.35; 100
2-Year Roots, Each 15c: for $2.50.

3 for 40c: 6 for 75c; 12

for $1.35: 25 for $2.50. STRAWBERRIES
SPECIAL! Heavy 3-Year

Clumps, 35c Each; 4 for GEM EVERBEARING. One of the very best
$1.00. all around of the everbearing varieties. A good *
producer of fine large berries of
excellent quality from early spring
till late fall. 25 Plants, $1.00; 100
Plants, $3.50.

SENATOR DUNLAP. No doubt
the very largest and best of the
June bearing varieties. 25 Plants,
75c; 100 Plants, $2.00.

MASTODON EVERBEARING. The
biggest and best of the recently in-
troduced strawberries. A tremen-
dous bearer and very sweet.
Plants, $1.50; 50 Plants, $2.50; 100

Plants, $4.00.

HANSEN
HARDY
PEARS

Hardy—Productive—Good

These pears were introduced from Siberia and
Northern China by Prof. N. E. Hansen and im-
proved by him. They are perfectly hardy any-
where in the Northwest, free from disease and
resistant to fire blight, the dreaded disease of the
standard varieties.

HARBIN PEAR. Large, vigorous growing tree.
Fruit of fair size and quality. Good for eating
fresh and cooks into fine sauce and preserves
well. 75¢ Each; 3 for $2.00.

HANSEN SIBERIAN PEAR. Hardiest pear intro-
duced from Siberia by Prof. N. E. Hansen.

: the Russian sand pear type of fruit and the hard-
oe iest pear for the North. 50c Each; 3 for $1.25,

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Hansen’s

SUCCESS ORCHARD

Bigger Crops...More Variety

Mixed orchards pay best and are also best to give us
fruit in variety of kinds and flavor throughout the season
from early till late, for eating, cooking, preserving and
keeping for the winter. This assortment will give you a
lifetime of satisfaction and pleasure.

It contains some of the best of Prof. N. E. Hansen’s in-
troductions and will be composed of apples, crabs, plums,
cherries, apricots and pears. One to three of a kind and
fifteen varieties in all, our selection, with a total of
twenty-five strong and healthy trees. You may state your
preferences, we'll fill your orders as nearly as we can.

FRUITS TO PLEASE EVERYONE. Some of your family
may not like a certain variety of fruit, but they need not
be disappointed if you get our Hansen’s Success Orchard
for in these selections are fruits that everyone in the fam-
ily will like.

We have sold a good many of these collections the
past few years and have very good reports on them.
Get your orchard started this year, and in a few years
you will get fruit crops that will more than repay the
original cost of the trees.

SWEET GOLD
TOMATO

A Carl A. Hansen Introduction

Its name describes it exactly. Its texture
is fine and smooth; size, l!/, to 2 inches
across and 2 to 3 inches long; color, a pret-
ty yellow, both inside and out. Its mild.
sweet flavor and firm flesh make this a
delicious and beautiful slicing tomato.

Sweet Gold has a high sugar content and
eeps remarkably well after it has been
picked. Delicious to eat right off the vine,
needs no salt or sugar, and makes a won-
derful preserve.

Those who find the acidity of the ordinary
tomato disagreeing with them should try
Sweet Gold. Send for your seed as soon as
possible. Our stock may not last until the
end of the sowing season.

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Sweet Gold Tomato
Per Packet, 15c: 3 Packets, 40c.

LARGE ? 5 TREES

15 VARIETIES

PLUMS, CHERRIES,
APPLES, CRABS,
APRICOTS, PEARS,

ONLY

$4.00

SPECIAL!
SMALL SIZE TREE OFFER

25 Assorted

Small Fruit Trees $6.50

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MAY DA

THE BEAUTIFUL FLO

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For superb flowering beauty on the lawn or
boulevard, none excels May Day Tree. Its fra-
grant, fine white flowers early in spring create
a massive bouquet of loveliness. The individ-
ual flowers are fully a half inch across. A few
days later the leaves unfold in all their glossy
beauty, far ahead of all the other trees.

As this tree is always in bloom by the first
of May here it was well named the May Day
Tree, and the long racemes of fragrant white
flowers, so thickly set on fine branches, may
well be used for garlands and to crown the
Queen of May. The mass-like clusters are a
beautiful sight and are well adapted to cut-
ting for the house or for early spring lawn

Prof. N. E. Hansen and a May Day Tree. festivals.
The shiny black cherry fruits which follow
GLO RIOUS the lovely blossoms are small and though edi-
ble and good for jelly, are soon claimed by
ALLURING the birds in preference to what we consider

' better fruit. Thus our good fruit is spared, yet
WONDERFUL the birds are fed.

PINK GIANT. . Lovely New

Pink Flowering Crab
A CARL A. HANSEN INTRODUCTION

We have seen many flowering crabs, but this is the first
one at which we are completely awed. The flowers are
huge,. brilliantly pink and the showiest things imaginable.
Among our many groups of flowering crabs, Pink Giant, with
its gaudy blossoms, outshines all the rest. In addition to
their large size, they open wide, which tends to make them
look even bigger. After its gorgeous flowers, come small,
brilliantly red fruits which hang on well into the winter and
make fine feed for the birds.

The tree is of strong, upright growth with heavy branches
and main trunk. The leaves on the tips of the branches are
tinted with red, giving the whole tree an unusually decora-
tive effect, even when not in bloom.

Pink Giant is of a very hardy strain, and tests so far
have proved it should thrive to the Canadian line and be-
yond. In the nursery it is a very vigorous and an unusually
fast growing tree, and as far as we know immune to fire
blight. Large, 4-5 Ft., $1.25 Each; Medium, 3-4 Ft., $1.00 Each;

Lovely Large Open Flowers. Small, 2-3 Ft., 65c Each.
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Y TREE

WERING LAWN TREE

May Day may be trimmed up
for a street or lawn shade tree, or
left in bush form as shown. It
grows rapidly, reaching a height
of fifteen to twenty feet at maturity.
When used as a specimen plant
on the open lawn it reaches its full
majesty, but it may be used in the
background of shrub groups as
well.

Having come from eastern Si-
beria and Manchuria, there is no
doubt as to its hardiness. The
scientific name of this remarkable
tree is Prunus Padus Commutata,
but better call it May Day Tree for
everyday. It is highly recommended by

Close-Up View of the Flowers of the May Day Tree.

the Arnold Arboretum at Boston where LOVELY

records show that it is in bloom about

three weeks in advance of any other bird FRAGRANT

cherry.

For the lawn the superb beauty of the
May Day Tree will please and impress
everyone.

PRICES ON MAY DAY TREES
$ .35: 3 For $1.00; 6 For $1.75

50; 3 For 1.35; 6 For 2.50
.75; 3 For 2.00; 6 For 3.50
1.25: 3 For 3.50; 6 For 6.50

HOPA .. Rose Flowering Crab

Attractive. ... Cheery ... . Desirable
A NIELS E. HANSEN INTRODUCTION

A remarkable tree which is entirely covered with beautiful rose
colored blossoms in May. It is a cross of Niedzwetzkyana, a red
fleshed, red-flowering apple from Turkestan, and the Siberian
Crab. Hopa is very hardy, blooms when but five feet in height,
and is of such striking beauty that it deserves a place on every
lawn. The fruit is red inside and out, and is very ornamental.

The tree makes a very strong, well balanced growth. The color of the
leaves and bark livens up the landscape and gives it a cheerful aspect

throughout the year. The foliage for summer color and the reddish colored
bark for winter scenery.

For the best effect and to bring out its beauty Hopa may be planted in
a group with other tall growing shrubbery or trees, or it may be planted
as a specimen tree with excellent results, for as such it shows up splendidly.

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HARDY
VIGOROUS

Beautiful Rose-Red Flowers
In Early Spring

Size Each Per2 Per6

Large,
AS ite $1.00 $1.80 $5.00
Medium,

Soothe cats .75 1.40 4.00
Small,
VAS ey | Per Me 50 .90 2.50

NIOBE WEEPING WILLOW
Graceful “Beauty

Every Lawn Should Have Some
INTRODUCED BY PROFESSOR N. E. HANSEN

The superb, graceful beauty of the Niobe Weeping Wil-
low is near to the utmost in distinctive specimen orna-
mental planting. There is no doubt that their beauty
will be a continual joy to those who are fortunate
enough to have these lovely trees on their home grounds.
In winter and summer their graceful branches sway in
the gentlest breeze and wave their beauty to all.

Prof. N. E. Hansen introduced Niobe Weeping Willow
from the colder parts of Europe and so it is perfectly
hardy far north into Canada. Beautify your grounds
with this fine, hardy Weeping Willow.

3-4 Ft. Trees, Each 50c; 2 For 90c; 6 For $2.50
4-5 Ft. Trees, Each 75c; 2 For $1.35; 6 For $3.50
5-6 Ft. Trees, Each $1.00; 2 For $1.75; 6 For $4.75
6-8 Ft. Trees, Each $1.25; 2 For $2.25; 6 For $6.00

CISTENA PURPLE LEAF SHRUB—For Beauty of Color

Shrubs with colored foliage are
needed for contrast and variety on
the lawn. Cistena, with its purple
leaves is especially striking and be-
cause it is also very hardy it has
gained sudden popularity since Prof.
N. E. Hansen introduced it.

The leaf color is a reddish purple,
or wine color, and the branches are
reddish brown. Among other tall
growing shrubs it strikes a delight- —
fully gay note. Cistena Adds Color and Beauty to the Lawn

Attractive All Year

When not trimmed, Cistena makes a low, bushy, round topped growth. The illustration
shows how well Cistena may be used in a foundation planting around the house. Its
beautifully colored foliage adds much color to the other plantings and brightens up the
lawn in summer. In winter the reddish colored bark enriches the landscape.

Small Size.............. Per Shrub, 45c 2 Shrubs, 80c 6 Shrubs, $2.10
Medium Size.......... Per Shrub, 60c 2 Shrubs, $1.10 6 Shrubs, $3.00
Latgewoize... Per Shrub, 75c 2 Shrubs, $1.40 6 Shrubs, $3.90

PRUNUS TRILOBA
DOUBLE FLOWERING PLUM

This beautiful ornamental is worthy of a place in every-
one’s yard. A most unique tree, as the very youngest
of them will put out the loveliest pink rose-like flowers
you ever saw, even before it has begun to leaf out. It
does look like a rose tree, and many people have given
it the name of “Rose Tree of China.” It is hardy every-
where and popular with those who have seen it.

Prunus Triloba is a small tree when grown, and might
be called a shrub. The foliage, coming after flowers, is
decidedly attractive and this plant will work in splendidly
with most foundation and group plantings.

4-5 Ft. Trees, Each, 75c; 2 For $1.35; 6 For $3.50
3-4 Ft. Trees, Each, 60c; 2 For $1.10; 6 For $3.00
2-3 Ft. Trees, Each, 50c; 2 For 90c; 6 For $2.50

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RED SILVER
“Flowering Crab

A CARL A. HANSEN INTRODUCTION

A REAL WORTHWHILE ORNAMENTAL

The glorious flower-
Ingecrap, Iciyis* com-
pletely red in flower,
leaf, bark and _ fruit.
Makes a fine lawn tree.
Rich maroon red from
top to bottom. This is a
very remarkable new
ornamental recently in-
troduced by Carl A.
Hansen. Most flower-
ing crabs are desirable
because of the mass of
blooms which they
have in such profusion

for a short time, but the
Large, Gorgeous, Dark Red Flowers—Beauty You Dream About. Red Silver is beautiful

EE ae from spring until late fall because of its all-
2 | over red color.

The under side of the leaves are tinseled
with silver, a touch that makes it all the
more beautiful as the blend of maroon and
silver is a unique combination throughout
the season. The leaves are somewhat cut-
leaf, adding to the striking beauty of this
new ornamental.

This small tree, graceful in its lines, with
Maroon-Red Cut-Leaf Foliage such strikingly beautiful foliage, has a color
Me: Sees so intense that it is little affected by the sum-

mer heat. The wonderfully fragrant red flowers are large, partially double
and altogether lovely. One of the greatest hardy flowering crabs ever intro-
duced. Showy and different.

The Marvel of All Flowering Crabs

Size Each Per 2 Per 6
{Merge (pom Cs) Ea bp hey <8 gt. a on a ee $1.00 $1.80 $5.00
Nieeclitirn c= 49 rte eee rt soon cesvikeateneenn cts 75 1.40 4.00
SINC cect ten ee ee ee es eS ea et 50 .90 2.50

CHINESE ELM

The Fastest Growing Permanent Tree Known

HARDY—EASY TO GROW

This remarkable Elm for street and lawn is fast
becoming the leading Elm throughout America.
It grows faster, is more drouth resistant, longer
lived, grows larger and is hardier than any other
shade or street tree grown. It is much finer than
the ordinary Elm, the foliage is fine and feathery,
a bright green, and very dense, and the branches
make almost right angles with the truck instead
of being in sprays like the common Elm.

MAKE A FINE HEDGE

This tree has been sweeping the country by
leaps and bounds, because of its fast growth,
drouth resistance, and resistance to the Dutch Elm
Disease, which is rapidly killing so many of the
old common American Elm in many parts of the
country.

More and more people are using Chinese Elm
as a hedge plant because they have proved very
suitable for this purpose. They will withstand
being trimmed down to almost any desired height
or can be left to grow naturally for a taller hedge
or background. The fine, dense foliage and bushy,
evenly balanced branches make a splendid hedge
of real worth. For a hedge, plant about 1 to 2
feet apart.

SHADE «w «» BEAUTY «wm « WINDBREAK

PLANT ABUNDANTLY WITH CHINESE ELM

We have a splendid stock this year that we are proud to be able to offer
to you at prices so low, yet consistent with high quality.

In Chinese Elm Transplanted trees we have an exceptionally fine, large
block of trees which we must move this year to make room for new stock.
For quick sale we offer these to you, while they last, at the following prices.

NEW SPECIAL LOWEST PRICES ON NICE WELL BRANCHED, HEAVY ROOTED,
TRANSPLANTED STOCK OF CHINESE ELM

Size Each Per3 Per6 Perl2 Per25 Per 100
3-4. 12 Trees. dene ee are $0.10 $0.25 $0.50 $1.00 $ 1.75 $ 6.50
AST its TreOS yee ae ee ee s15 40 75 1.50 Zio 10.00
5-6 cit Trees cea ee eee ec ee ahs 65 25 2.50 5.00 20.00
6-8 it, Troes iene sree 5 oe te ee -40 1.15 Pig a 4.50 8.00 30.00
S210: fie Trees ieee eee eee 65 1.75 3.50 7.00 13.50 50.00

THRIFTY YOUNG SEEDLING STOCK FOR WINDBREAK, GROVE AND HEDGE

Size Per25 Perl00 Per200 Per500 Per 1000
G12 inch saeco ee a eee $0.25 $0.75 $1.25 $2.75 $ 5.00
12-18 Sinch 2.2. soci ee etas ee 35 1.00 1.75 4.00 7.50
18-24 S inch cet sae nee a eel ate ae 50 175 215 6.25 11.50
ES CT RRA LM EAM EN e erer a es Ae Vly NEF 75 2.50 3.75 8.75 16.50

Manchurian Beauty

Glorious Flowering Crab

In All [ts Springtime Glory
SHADE TREE . . FRUIT TREE . . ORNAMENTAL

Easy to Grow. . Blossoms Early . . Hardy Everywhere
Beautiful Flowers . . Wonderful Shade

This lovely flowering lawn tree, introduced from the mountains of interior Manchuria, is one of the
first to blossom in the early spring, with an avalanche of beautiful pink and white flowers, followed
by a mass of fine dense foliage and bright red fruits. One of the hardiest Flowering Crabs known,
it is fast growing, sturdy and vigorous, with a natural resistance to disease, cold and drouth. Long
lived and absolutely hardy anywhere.

Plant them on lawns as specimen trees, along walks and drives, in fact everywhere that you want
abundant beauty.

PRICES FOR STURDY, WELL BRANCHED, Pod Ta WE YS be oe Each, 35c; 3 for $1.00; 6 for $1.75
3 to 4 feet....... ...bach, 50c; 3 for $1.35; 6 for $2.50
HEAVY ROOTED TREES 4 to 5 feet..........Each, 75c; 3 for $2.00; 6 for $3.50

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GLORIOUSLY BEAUTIFUL

Its glorious, gorgeous, early
spring magnificence adorned in
an avalanche of large pink and
white flowers of superb fagicnce
begins its alluring loveliness.
This unquestionably makes it
both a fine specimen ornamental
for the lawn and wonderful as a
street tree. Used in a windbreak,
it gives the whole place a living

Fruit Fair Size, Good Flavor.
Makes Fine Jams, Jelly, Cider.

A commendable tree for orna-
ment and utility. It must be
seen and used to be fully

Glorious Springtime Blossoms

FOR THE LAWN OR BOULEVARD

The blossoming is followed by a mass of dense,
bright green foliage, covering heavily shouldered
and wide spreading branches, thus making it a
fine shade tree for the street or lawn.

A FINE FRUIT TREE—BEARS EARLY

Then comes the bright red and yellow fruits
which can be used for jelly, or pickling, or are
best pressed out and the juice added as the de-
sired flavor in other fruit jams and jellies. The
juice also makes remarkable cider. The tree
usually bears when about three years old.

PRICES FOR STRONG, BRANCHED

frame of beauty.

appreciated.

STURDY—DISEASE RESISTANT

The tree itself grows to a good height and lives
long. Its growth is rapid, sturdy, and vigorous. It
is very drought and disease resistant and because
of its origin is absolutely hardy everywhere.

A BEAUTIFUL WINDBREAK BACKGROUND

Being of such a well built nature with staunchly
branched limbs and with such a fine heavy net-
work of branches, it makes a splendid tall wind-
break. Note our real low prices on windbreak
stock, that we are able to offer you this year for
groves and shelterbelts.

WINDBREAK STOCK

TRANSPLANTED, WELL ROOTED TREES

Size Each 2 5 10

Large, 3-4 Ft. 35c) 60c.. > 91:40) $2.75
) Medium, 2-3 Ft. 25c 40c 90 75

Small, 11/2-2 Ft. 15¢) 4) 20c .60 1.15

CARAGANA or SIBERIAN PEA TREE

ONE OF THE BEST WINDBREAK AND HEDGE PLANTS FOR THE NORTHWEST

By far the hardiest and best windbreak and
hedge plant for the most exposed prairies is
Caragana, and one which will endure severe
drouth. This plant is recognized by the Cana-
dian Government as the best snow-catcher and
hedge plant from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and
Alberta. Its full name is Caragana arborescens,
the latter name referring to the tree-like habit.
It is not really a tree but a shrub of tree-like
habit growing to a height of about twenty feet
when not trimmed.

In Russia, Siberia, and northern Europe gen-
erally, Caragana is the great favorite for hedges
pa for single specimens or in groups on the
awn.

Throughout the Northwest generally, Caragana
is found especially desirable as a protecting
hedge around gardens and orchards on exposed
prairies: This makes a tight wind-proof wall of
iving green foliage in summer and in the winter
the tough branches resist the drifting snow and
do not break down as do so many other shrubs
and trees. The great value of Caragana is out-
standing and it should be on every lawn, be-
cause of its utility, its beautiful green foliage,
feathery leaves, and abundant yellow blossoms.

The stock we have to offer is young, strong, me? and has all been headed back, thus an excel-
lent root system, nicely branched plants and a rapid sure growth are assured.

PRICES FOR STRONG, HEAVY, WELL ROOTED PLANTS

Perl0 Per25 Per100

$1.50 $5.00
1.00 3.50
70 2.00

Size

Medium
Small

Trimmed Hedge to Surround the Lawn.

Size Each Per 10 Per 25 Per 100
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Extra Large, Select Shrubs, for Specimen Planting, 25c Each.
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SIBERIAN BUSH HONEYSUCKLE

For Beauty and Protection

Their great loads of beautiful
rose-pink and white flowers in
spring delight everyone. These
Siberian Bush Honeysuckles are
among the first plants to blos-
som in the early spring, and
their bright green foliage, ap-
pearing almost at the same
time as the flowers, make them
very popular for hedges and
specimen shrubs.

Following the blossoms, the
whole plant is covered with
brilliantly colored red and
orange berries, adding to the
ornamental value of this hardy
shrub. The birds relish these
fruits and come in great num-
bers to feast on them.

A GOOD HEDGE

Siberian Bush Honeysuckle makes a lovely,
dense hedge, one which may be trimmed or
left to grow into a natural screen. It sends
up new shoots from the crown of the plant,
keeping it filled from the ground up, yet it
does not send out root suckers to bother in
your lawn or other plantings. Plant a row of
them wherever you wish a screen to hide
unsightly views or service yard, in country
and town. Trim them down or let them grow
naturally to their full height of about fifteen to
twenty feet.

AN EXCELLENT SHRUB

The Siberian Bush Honeysuckle should be
used freely in group plantings, as a foundation
cover, and as single specimen shrubs on an
open lawn. They leaf out early in the spring,
have dense foliage, and are about the last
to shed their leaves in the fall. Not only are
they suitable for home plantings but also for
schools, churches, libraries, and other com-
munity buildings. They do not require much
care, will grow in most any soil, and are long
lived.

PRICES FOR STRONG
BUSHY PLANTS

Size Each Per10 Per25 Per100
12-18 inch .......... Sebo S175 elas ie > 6.00
i6-24einche wi 20s .00s 92.20 8.50
Za. teette 25m lizoe 22.797 110.00

Extra Large Plants for Specimen Plant-
ing, 35c Each; 4 For $1.00; 12 For $2.50.

Trimmed—A Wall of Beauty

The planting of shelter belts
on farms has now become one
of the essential things. Much
money is saved by farmers in
planting good windbreaks, but
most plantings grow too tall
with age, leaving the lower
trunks bare, unless care is
taken to plant a few outside
rows of bushy plants that will
retain their lower branches to
catch the ground winds and
stop the snow. Siberian Bush
Honeysuckle is of the greatest
value for this purpose, as their
tough branches are not broken
by heavy snows, and they keep
their lower branches always,
stopping the wind perfectly the first fifteen or
twenty feet next to the ground.

Plant a single row on the outside of your
windbreak on the north and west to catch the
snow. Plant another row on the inside to give
further protection and to furnish beautiful flow-
ers in early spring.

FAST GROWING

Siberian Bush Honeysuckle is fast growing
and long lived. Even the smaller sizes which
we offer should give good protection in two
years time, and the larger sizes in a year.
There are some Bush Honeysuckle hedge rows
in this vicinity that are over twenty-five years
old and they are still in their prime.

NATURALLY HARDY»

Since these Bush Honeysuckles come from
Siberia, you need not fear that they will be
killed out by the coldest winters or the hottest,
driest summers. The region they come from is
very dry, with temperatures ranging from 50
below in the winter to 100 or more above in
summer, and with only 8 inches annual rain-
fall. They will not winter kill or suffer from
drouth, and will give you protection and
beauty for many, many years.

A Beautiful Sight in Winter

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HANSA. Best Hardy Red Rosel Large,
double flowers over an unusually long
blooming season. Sturdy growth and ab-
solute hardiness.

SIR THOMAS LIPTON. Best Hardy White
Rose. Large, double, pure white. Profuse
bloomer.

CONRAD F. MEYER. Best Hardy Pink Rose.
Very large, double, fragrant flowers of a
bright silvery rose-pink.

HARISON’S YELLOW. Best of hardy yel-
lows. Large, fragrant, double blossoms in
June and July.

F. J. GROOTENDORST. Bright crimson, in
clusters. Blooms all summer. Best in mass
plantings and hedges.

Hall’s Honeysuckle

To many there is no flower in the garden
lovelier than a rose, yet, contrary to the
opinion of many, they are easy to grow and
their culture can be successful if the proper
simple care and attention is given them. We
sell only the hardiest sorts that have proven
themselves in home gardens throughout the

HARDY ROSES

Make Your Dreams Come True

CRIMSON RAM-
BLER. Famous
everywhere. Vig-
orous grower,
glossy foliage,
panicles of
blooms, large and
perfect for weeks.

HANSEN SIBERIAN ROSE. Beautiful pink
blossoms all summer long. Sturdy, large
growing, for background in group plant-
ings, or as single shrubs.

Crimson Rambler

PRICES FOR ABOVE ROSES
40c Each, 3 for $1.00

SPECIAL ASSORTMENT

1 of Each Kind, $1.75

ENGELMANI IVY
The hardiest vine.
small sudopads that cling tightly. The large shiny green
leaves turn to brilliant hues of red with the first light frost.
Large 3-Year Plants: Each, 35c; 3 for 75c; 6 for $1.25.

HALL’S HONEYSUCKLE
Rapid growing vine with beautiful foliage and fragrant,
creamy white flowers.
terraces and trellises.
Large 3-Year Plants: Each, 25c; 3 for 50c; 6 for 85c.

Will climb without a trellis as it has

Especially fine for covering caves,

The New Hansen Hedge Rose

THE STATELY, BEAUTIFUL HEDGE

The most beautiful of all hedges. These
roses were introduced from Siberia some
years ago by Prof. Hansen and have been
developed by him for years to improve their

size and beauty. The flowers are quite
large, fragrant and beautiful. With a hedge
of these roses around your lawn you will
have a flowering border of beauty to frame
your home which will be a continual joy
and everlasting pleasure throughout the
years to
come. Buy
them now
and beau-
tify your
place be-
yond your
fondest
dreams.

HEDGE ROSE
PRICES

Strong 2 and 3 Yr. Plants

100 Plants, $5.00
25 For $1.50; 10 For $1.00

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A Sensational New Kose

HANSEN’S THORNLESS
A Rose Without Thorns!

Prof. N. E. Hansen is working with thousands of rose seed-
lings and is attracting nation wide attention for his efforts
toward producing lovely, hardy roses without thorns.

His Thornless Rose we offer here is really thornless! Not only
on the main stems, but on the branches as well. The plant is
of sturdy upright growth with attractive foliage, which makes
it desirable as a shrub, and it is perfectly hardy as it will stand
fifty degrees below zero without protection.

The flowers are of a delicate pink color and very fragrant.
The bright red seed pods clinging to the red twigs, against the
white snow in winter is very ornamental.

N. E. Hansen and
His Thornless Rose

New Rose Special

1 Alika and 1 Thornless, 75c

6 ROSES $1.90 THORNLESS ROSE PRICES
LARGE SIZE PLANTS
Three of Each Each, 40c; 3 for $1.00
6 Roses, $1.75

ALIKA ROSE

Most Vivid Cerise Hardy Rose Known

Alika has in its pedigree some of Rosa Gallica, which is considered one
of the most intense of all reds. It is exceptionally hardy and it has been
known to grow with excellent success in some of the worst soils and climates
of our western prairies. This new Rose makes a most excellent addition to
any rose planting, it is sturdy and strong growing and blooms over a very
long season.

Flowers are of good size and quite double, fragrant and lovely and al-
together entrancing. Its long stems are almost thornless and so make an ex-
cellent cut-flower for bouquets of beauty in your home.

Alika is a recent introduction of Dr. N. E. Hansen and its demand has
grown faster than its supply, but this year, for the first time we have to offer
a fair supply of nice strong and well-branched 2-year-old plants which should
all bloom for you this coming season.

Large 2 and 3-year, Well Branched Plants, 40c Each; 3 for $1.00;
6 for $1.75; 12 for $3.00.

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Gladiolu

The Glory of the Gar- =

den. flower su-
preme. Desirable and
easy to grow every- N
where. A wide range a

of many attractive col-
ors. We have hun-
dreds of varieties and
our assortments are
sure to please you for
they contain a wonder-
ful array cf many ccl-
ors and kinds which
will produce many glo-
rious blooms from early
in the season till late
in the summer.

Carl A Hansen _

Part of a Collection of Over 400 Varieties

THE QUEEN OF SUMMER FLOWERS

Our assortments are
made up of only our
choicest varieties and
contain a great many

’ : P hoe different kinds covering

a wide range of colors
and shades.

CHOICE ASSORTMENT
OF LARGE BLOOMING

SIZE BULBS:

G3 Bulbs...27..2 25c
12): Bulbsi2. 40c
25°" bulbss. ee 75c

SPECIAL LARGE SIZE ASSORTMENT
Made up of some 50 to 75 of our choicest varieties selected from the 400 and over varie-

ties of Gladiolus we have.

This assortment is sure to please you for it contains a won-

derful array of many colors and kinds and will produce many glorious blooms from early

in the season till late in the summer.

100 CHOICE LARGE BLOOMING SIZE BULBS, ONLY $2.25.
Packed and Delivered FREE.

FOR EVERLASTING

PCOnICG ae

The superb flower of the garden that
holds sway with the most gorgeous array
of gloriously colored flowers, giving to the
garden the effect of fairyland. Hardi-
est of perennials and will grow for years
almost anywhere with scarcely any care
or attention. Peonies are a priceless pleas-
ure that all should have.

Prices for Strong 3 to 5 Eye Divisions
By Colors—Pink, Red, Dark Red, White.
50c Each; 3 for $1.35; 6 for $2.50.
Choice Assorted Peonies
40c Each; 3 for $1.10; 6 for $2.00.

HARDY PERENNIALS

PHLOX. A hardy and very desirable perennial.
Gives a vivid, alluring touch of color to the home
grounds that is so much in demand by all lovers
of flower beauty. No flower garden is really com-
plete without Phlox. Each, 25c; 3, 65c; 12, $2.00.

WESTERN YUCCA. Has beautiful long stalks of
cream-colored, bell-shaped flowers. Fine for rock
Ge Very drouth resistant. Each, 20c; 3, 50c;

BLEEDING HEART. The old fashioned variety.
et and June. 18 inch. 3 to 5 eye divisions.
Each, 40c; 3 for $1.00.

IRIS, Large Flowered. Rare choice of many hues
just at a time when the garden or lawn is without
much color. Very hardy and do well on even the
poorest soil. Best Large Assorted Iris: Each, 10c;
6 for 55c; 12 for $1.00.

IRIS PUMILA. The prettiest dwarf blue Iris.
SOE | anywhere. Each, 5c; 12 for 35c; 100
or $1.50.

HOLLYHOCK. An old fashioned perennial which
adds beauty and color to the background of any
flower garden. Can also be used successfully to
screen off unsightly views because of their height
and dense foliage. Each, 20c; 3, 50c: 12, $1.75.

DAKOTA PENSTEMON. One of the most beau-
tiful native perennials. Reigns in queenly beauty
on the driest hills. Its large cup-shaped flowers
are a pretty lilac-blue borne on tall spikes. Plant
is low_ growing and is suitable for rock gardens
as well as perennial flower plantings. Each, 25ce;
3, 65c; 12, $2.00.

DAHLIAS. Dahlias are very easy to grow, re-
quire but little care and are very productive of
beautiful flowers. Large Assorted Tubers, 15c
each; 3 for 40c; 6 for 75c; 12 for $1.35.

Phlox

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Shilka

HANSEN’S NEW SHILKA
Everblooming ORCHID IRIS

From the wilds of Siberia, near the town of Shilka,
comes this new, hardy, Everblooming Orchid Iris,
which was brought to this country by Carl A. Han-
sen from one of his world-wide plant exploration ex-

peditions.

A real hardy outdoor perennial for the Northwest.
It blooms continuously for six to eight weeks after
all other Irises are gone. Its wide, spreading blooms |
possess lovely, delicate tones of superb orchid and
blue, mingled with creamy white as found in the

finest orchids.

With this latest addition to the Iris family, it is now
possible for everyone to have flowers growing in

Orchid Iris

their own gardens, so like the expensive orchids
; SS
Long slender stems bear as many as twelve to fif- ore or10

teen superbly beautiful flowers on each plant, all at {{ PRICES ON SHILKA IRIS

one time, hundreds before the season is over.

The flowers of the new Shilka are delicately fra- : :
grant, a remarkable attribute to an already beautiful ae 20c; 3, 507 12, $1.75
flower. Many of the blossoms come double.

The foliage, like other Irises,

SMALL SIZE ROOTS

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©... LARGE SIZE ROOTS
Ea., 35c; 3, $1.00; 12, $2.75 ©

is attractive all

through the season, in beds or in border plantings. LARGE 3 YR. CLUMPS
Everyone who likes Irises should plant this newest Ea., 75c; 3, $2.00: 6, $3.50

and finest, Shilka Iris.

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HANSEN GRASS

Carl A. Hansen taken in Siberia shortly
after he had found this new grass.

Defies Drouth . . . Green All Summer

Ohl for a lawn that will stay green, without watering, all
summer. Yet this is exactly what Hansen Grass will dol
Even in the driest weather. It has the brightest green color
of any grass I have ever seen and it will keep this color
throughout the season even through the driest weather,
whether you water it or not.

I originally found this grass growing in the wild, in a semi-
arid region in the heart of cold central East Siberia. Its unique
beauty and brilliant green first caught my attention because
it stood out from all the other vegetation which was in a
rather dried up condition. After closer observation, its dwarf
nature and fine stems really enthused me, and I decided that
here was a grass that had real possibilities.

Not until I had brought this new grass safely back to
America and had it in my nursery for further tests and propa-
gation did I realize what a find it really was. Nature had
qiven this new grass the inherent qualities for a hardier, finer,

wart growing, drouth resistant lawn covering, all wrapped
up, as it were, in one small package.

Since then we have been growing and propagating it as
rapidly as possible so that others can enjoy it too.

We only have a few plants available this year but while
they last and to those who get their order in early we offer
them out.

Place your order now. Plants will be shipped at the proper
time when ready, alone in a separate package from your
other nursery stock order.

Price on Hansen Grass: Per Plant, 35c; 4 for $1.00.

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Best Ornamental Shrubs

SPIREA BILLARDI. One of the most popu-
lar shrubs for groups and foundation plant-
ing. Bright reddish pink flower spikes. July-
September. Large 3-year plants, 35c each;
3 for 80c.

SPIREA VAN HOUTTE. The most popular
of all shrubs. Known also as Bridal Wreath.
Extremely hardy and easy to grow. The foli-
age is fine and dense making it an ideal
ornamental for foundation plantings, for
hedges, for a specimen shrub, or in groups
with other ornamentals. It blooms profusely
and the small white flowers are borne in
tiny clusters all along the slender, pendu-
lant branches. These long sprays of flowers
are ideal for mixed bouquets.

SPIREA VAN HOUTTE PRICES

Size Each Per3 Per6 Per 12
Large 2-yr., 3-4 ft... 3.00) “2 07D) S1,0005 2.00
Medium 2-yr., 2-3 ft......... .25 -60 1.00 1.75

Small 2-yr., 18-24 inches .15 -40 75 1.25
Hedging Stock, $1.75 per 25; $6.00 per 100.

SIBERIAN FLOWERING ALMOND
THE HARDIEST DWARF ORNAMENTAL
The first shrub to bloom in spring. Per

TAMARIX. Myriads of tiny, individual, al-
most invisible pink flowers on the tips of the
branches, from a distance make a radiant
rosy glow like a fluffy cloud at sunset. Very
unique, cypress-like, feathery silver foliage.
The long, graceful branches dancing in the
breeze lend a gay and fantastic effect.

GOLDEN ELDER. A large shrub with
heavy, large, yellow leaves. Bears flat
clusters of white blossoms and later pro-
duces heavy bunches of shiny dark fruit
that attracts birds. Especially hardy and
strong growing.

HYDRANGEA, P. G. A very beautiful
shrub with heavy foliage. Blossoms in late
summer and fall, having many huge clusters
of creamy white flowers that turn to pink
and rose. Especially fine for cutting—last
so long.

JAPANESE BARBERRY. A low growing
shrub with drooping sprays of bright green
foliage. Turns to brilliant hues in autumn.
Red berries hang on in winter. Excellent
for borders.

PERSIAN LILAC. A fine leaved lilac with
large panicles of reddish purple flowers in
spring. Does not sprout from the roots, mak-
ing it better for group plantings.

SPIREA, A. W. A very dwarf ornamental
shrub that makes a lovely low hedge, or
may be planted in front of other shrubs.
Has small bunches of bright red flowers
from June until September.

MOCK ORANGE. An upright growing
shrub, producing an abundance of large
white, fragrant flowers in May and June.
One of the taller shrubs.

SIBERIAN DOGWOOD. Ai large growing
shrub with bright red bark and green leaves.
Has flat bunches of white flowers followed
by white berries.

J yuna ae

Prices for Above Shrubs

Covered with bright rose-pink, fra-
grant flowers, that last nearly three
weeks. You will eagerly await
each spring for them to blossom. Its
slender, dark green foliage turns to
a flame of radiant gold and red in
the fall. For a low, hardy flower-
ing hedge none can excel the Si-
berian Flowering Almond. Plant
them 12 to 18 inches apart, and
they will form a matted flowering
hedge. If left untrimmed they will
make a_ beautifully symmetrical,
natural hedge about three feet
high. Plant them freely in front of
larger shrubs, as they are desir-
able all season. Each, 40c; 3 for

$1.00

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Per Per
Size Each 3 6 12
Large 40c $1.00 $1.75 $3.00
Medium 30c Ay desk} bape
Small 25c <GO0en 1-10 2-00

Shrub Collection
) ALL DIFFERENT

1 Each of All Shrubs
This Page and 1 Bush
Honeysuckle—All Large

Only $2.75
te

COSSACK ALFALFA

GREAT PRODUCER, EXTREMELY HARDY, DROUTH RESISTANT
N. E. HANSEN’S MOST FAMOUS ALFALFA INTRODUCTION

Cossack Alfalfa is famous throughout the world for its hardiness and great production
of forage even under the worst conditions of drouth, heat and cold. Every farm should
have a pasture and hayland of it. There are a number of alfalfas grown, but Cossack
is the marvel of them all in hardiness and forage production.

It is absolutely hardy on the most exposed prairie, and does well and produces an
abundance of forage and seed in the driest years. Year after year it will outyield the
common varieties of alfalfa, and is hardier than any of them. Prof. N. E. Hansen, the plant
wizard, introduced this alfalfa from Siberia, from a region with only eight inches annual
rainfall with temperatures running to 60 degrees below zero in winter with little or no snow.

He has added millions of dollars of value to the farms of the Northwest with this one
kind of alfalfa—Cossack. Extensive planting of this king of the alfalfas will pay you big
dividends in return. As there is a ready market for the seed at a good price and the sur-
plus hay you get can easily be sold at top prices.

Plant 8 to 12 pounds to the acre for a solid field of alfalfa, or less per acre according to
the percentage you want in a mixed pasture.

NEW REDUCED PRICES on Hansen COSSACK ALFALFA SEED
OUR BEST GRADE NORTHERN GROWN SEED

Large Packet, 20c; 4 oz., 40c; 1 lb., 85c, Postpaid.
By Express or Freight Collect: 10 lbs., $5.50; 25 lbs., $12.50; 100 lbs., $48.50.

CRESTED WHEAT GRASS

FORAGE FOREVER
FIRST INTRODUCED BY N. E. HANSEN

Crested Wheat Grass is fast becoming the leading forage grass in areas where it is nec-
essary to plant crops that will withstand the hot drying winds of summer and the rigors of
winter. Crested Wheat Grass is being widely planted in those parts of the prairie states
where a few years back the land was plowed for wheat but was found unsuitable and
has been unproductive since as the native grasses were destroyed and most crops would
not thrive. Crested Wheat Grass will establish a good permanent growth and protect the
soil from devastating wind erosion.

The Canadian government has planted millions
of acres of Crested Wheat Grass because they
consider it one of the hardiest and best grasses
for permanent forage and pasture.

It has a heavy fibrous root system that en-
ables it to withstand drouth. With very little
moisture it produces a very palatable hay that
has a high protein content.

The season of pasturing is extended by a
month or more with Crested Wheat Grass as it
starts earlier in spring and continues later in fall.

For pasture and forage, sow with a grain drill
or o seeder, using 10 to 15 pounds per acre,
soon after the ground thaws out in spring.

Crested Wheat Grass is a native of the cold
dry plains of Russia and Siberia. It_was first
introduced into America by Prof. N. E. Hansen
of South Dakota State College, from a farther
north, drier region than some of the later impor-
tations.

NEW LOW PRICES ON CRESTED WHEAT
Best Grade Northern Grown Seed
Postpaid: Large Pkt., 15c; 4 oz., 35c; 1 1b., 70c.

By Express or Freight, Collect: 10 lbs., $3.50;
CRESTED WHEAT GRASS
Hundreds of Long Succulent Stems Per Plant 25 Ibs., $7.50; 100 Ibs., $25.00.

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Hansen
Perennial Wheat Grass

NEWEST GRAIN-GRASS

The plant the world has been waiting for.
An amazing new grain that will, by hybridi-
zation, produce perennial wheat. However,
in its own right this plant is a remarkable
new grain and forage grass. Kernels are
long, resembling wheat, though somewhat
smaller.

This plant is a most vigorous grower and one
of the hardiest of grasses through cold and drouth.
It will grow to a height of 4 to 5 feet in a season.
It can be cut several times for hay, may be pas-
tured, or it may be left to grow and mature the
seed crop. It will thrive in semi-arid regions and
in poor soils, yet in better soils and with more
moisture it will produce more luxuriantly with the
biggest of yields. The grass stems and leaves are
very succulent and a great feed for livestock.

Being perennial, this plant when once planted
will be there for good if not disturbed. It spreads
by stooling out, and not by underground shoots,
so it can be easily removed by plowing it under
when you wish to change your fields.

Prof. N. E. Hansen and Carl A. Hansen brought
this new plant from Siberia on one of their recent
world-wide plant collecting trips and we offer it
in small quantities this year.

Only a very limited supply of seed avail-
able this year, so order early.

PRICE: Per Packet of Seed, 50c, Postpaid.
3 Packets for $1.00, Postpaid.

Dr. N. E. Hansen and a Clump of Perennial Wheat
Grass, 3 Years Old From One Seed.

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SPECIAL NOTICE!

There is undoubtedly a great future for
this plant, both for forage and seed crops.
There will doubtless be a big rush for the
seed and it will surely command a good
price for many years. It will be well to
get a start in this new grain-grass now
and reap the wealth in the years to come.

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CHEE GRASS

A NEW FORAGE GRASS

Introduced by Prof. N. E. Hansen of South Da-
kota State College, from one of the driest spots
of Siberia. Since then it has been planted in many
parts of the country and we have received some
mighty fine reports on its behavior as it will thrive
and produce a forage crop on land that before
had been useless.

THAT DEFIES DROUTH

The leaves are quite wide, somewhat resembling
a marsh hay. It will grow to a height of 8 to 10
feet in a season with even less than 8 inches an-
nual rainfall on an almost pure alkali soil. Some-
thing in its nature makes it like what we might
consider a poor type of soil, though this does not
in any way affect its feed value or growth on
good soil. On ordinary soil it grows with equal
vigor though not quite as tall but more bushy. It
makes excellent hay if cut two or three times,
though it gets rather tough if left uncut all season.
i ae stage of its growth is it harmful as a stock
eed.

It may be pastured, but will produce forage if
grown and cut for hay. It is perennial, spreads
rapidly by means of stolons or runners, and will
last for years after once being started. It is es-
tablished best by the plant method as root stolons
soon make a solid field of it, though it is readily
plowed under when the field is to be put into other
crops.

We offer plants only, as the seed is very light
and does not germinate well. We recommend set-
ting the plants about 6 to 12 inches apart and in
rows 12 inches to 3 feet apart. With one year's
cultivating like corn, the result will be a much
greater growth the following season, soon making

a solid field.
PRICES: 12 Plants, 35c; 50 Plants, $1.00;

100 Plants, $1.75; 1,000 Plants, $10.00.

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THE DRY LAND WONDER GRAIN !

The Best Catch Crop for the Northwest—Matures in
60 Days. Can Be Planted Later and Will Stand More
Dry Weather Than Any Other Grain.

Here is an all-purpose grain that farmers have been looking
for. It matures quickly, is an abundant producer, very drouth
resistant, makes good forage, can be planted late, has white
kernels, is good food for live stock and poultry, makes a fine
breakfast food, is a heavy grain, and grows in any soil.

Best Catch Crop. Proso matures in 60 to 70 days, and
should not be sown until after the middle of May. It may
even be planted as late as July.

Stands More Dry Weather Than Any Other Grain. During
the drouth, many farmers seeded Proso after the other crops

acne Be aS et! see and when the late rains came they had plenty

Pasture and Forage. Proso may be pastured until it heads out: It is equally good pas-
ture after harvest until frost. If planted real early, Proso furnishes pasture for those who
are short on feed. Proso straw makes a wonderful forage because it retains its green
color and does not chaff.

Ideal for Cattle and Hogs. Proso grain is considered one of the best feeds for live stock,
equal to or better than wheat. Farmers tell us that ground Proso is equal to corn in fin-
ishing off live stock for market.

Ideal for Poultry. In a very interesting poultry feeding test with White Proso mixed with
corn, oats, barley and wheat, none of the others were touched until the Proso was gone.
It is very valuable because of its high protein content. Proso does not have to be thresh-
ed for poultry feeding, but may be fed in shock.

Makes Fine Breakfast Food. Carl A. Hansen, while studying seeds and plant life in
Russia, noticed that Proso was used extensively as a food. He experimented with it and
by puffing it obtained a very tasty breakfast food, which he named Proso Puffs.

White Kernel. Improved Strain. Prof. N. E. Hansen, the famous plant wizard, intro-
duced the Hansen Proso from Siberia, and selected it for its white color, large kernels,
and greater productivity. The seed is round, pure white, several times the size of millet,
growing in a sprangly head. It should not be confused with the colored prosos, as Han-
sen’s Proso is superior in every way: size, color, and production.

HOW TO PLANT. Proso may be planted on any
kind of land, either broadcast or drilled. Weeds
may be plowed under two or three times and killed
before it is time to plant Hansen Proso. Many
farmers report that by planting Hansen Proso in
late May or June, the plants will produce 15 to 25
stems each. When the heads first begin to turn
while the straw is still green, it should be cut with
a binder and threshed as soon as possible. Aver-
age yield of Hansen Proso is from 40 to 60 bushels
| Ree acre with a seeding of 20 to 30 lbs. per acre.

he grain averages 60 to 64 lbs. per bushel.

PRICES ON HANSEN PROSO

BY MAIL POSTPAID

Large Pkt., 10c; 4 oz., 30c;

5 lbs., $1.25.
BY EXPRESS OR FREIGHT COLLECT
10 1bs., $1.00; 25 lbs., $1.75; 50 lbs., $3.00;

100 lbs., $5.00; 500 Ibs., $20.00;

1,000 lbs., $35.00.

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“To Plant the Prairies and the Plains”
A Biographical Story of Horticultural Adventure of

Dr. N. E. Hansen

By MRS. H. J. TAYLOR

Here is a story of interest to
student and layman. alike—a
saga of adventure and success
in a field not usually considered
in terms of physical courage and
determination, as well as scien-
tific acumen.

It deals with the remarkable
work of Dr. Niels Ebbesen Han-
sen in exploring for, developing,
improving and hybridizing plants,
fruits and grains with which to
make our bleaker northern and
western prairies productive and
prosperous in spite of adverse
climatic conditions. It details how
foodstuffs for both man and beast
have been introduced and made
to thrive by Dr. N. E. Hansen in
territory hitherto producing little
but drouth, high temperatures in
summer and extremely low ones
in winter.

It tells of his many trips to for-
eign lands in the search for new,
different and better plants, of his
work in hybridizing and of the
countless plant combinations with
which he has experimented. It
tells of his hundreds of plant in-
troductions and of the intriguing
way in which they have been
made.

You will be extremely inter-
ested in his incidental work for
Russia, China and other less
known countries of the world, his gf
wonderful assistance in reclamag™
tion of the Dust Bowl, and lage
but decidedly not least, the }x
graphical background respo
for this splendid type of hog
tural adventure.

DR. N. E. HANSEN
Greatest Plant Breeder of Our Time.

This Limited Special First Edition, Beautifully Bound in Brown Sheeps

ONLY $1.75 PREPAID

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Brookings, South Dakota.

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