104 Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



and pointed leaves appear to distinguish it from, that species. 

 It lacks entii'elj the wand-like and willowy character of Prumis 

 pmijila; but this species is so variable and so little undei-»tood 

 that it would be unsafe to separate the western plant from it 

 upon our present evidence. We are growing this Avestern cbeiry, 

 as also Prunus pumila and P. cuneata, from various sources and 

 shall probably soon be able to determine its boraniciil position. 



The sand or'dwai'f cherries, therefore, are 'liree, all of ^^■h]ch 

 are in cultivation; Pninus pumila, the true saad cherry grown 

 for fruit and ornament; Prunus cuneata, grown for ornament; 

 the sand cheiTy of the pilains and the Rocky Mountains, grown 

 locally in Nebraska and now introduced from Colorado as ^Jie 

 Improved Dwarf Rocky Mountain cherry. Finally, it may Le 

 said that the sand plum is a form of the Chickasaw plum as v/e 

 have already found. (See p. 29.) 



2. " Utah Hybrid Cherry." — Under this name there has come 

 into cultivation an anomalous fruit, the history and botanical 

 characters of which I am unable to trace, it is usually ivferred 

 by the nurserjTnen to Prunus pumila, but the specime^is wiiicli 

 I have seen do not belong to that species. In fact, as grown 

 by Mr. Kerr, it is a plum, with a stone very like that of the 

 Marianna, and the catalogue cut of the fruit shows a sJiort- 

 steimned and sutured plum. There are two vaiieties in cultiva- 

 tion, the black and red. These are described as follows by the 

 HeLkes nurseries, of Dayton, Ohio, which was one of the first to 

 grow them: 



"Utah Hybrid Cherry, black. — This is an improved variety of 

 the Dwarf or Mountain Cherr-y, of Utah. The fruit is about one 

 inch in diiuneter, nearly round; color dark purple, with a delicate 

 bloom, juicy, pleasant and sweet; slightly astringent if the skin 

 is pressed too closely. The bush is very dwailish, but vigoi-ou- 

 and prolific. This fruit has the merit of being something entirely 

 distinct from anything cultivated in the way of fruits herecofure. 

 The fruit is exceedingly beautiful; the tree is hardy enough to 

 withstand the severest winters, and begins to bear the first year 

 after planting. 



