308 THE CHERRIES OF NEW YORK 



Priesche Schwarze Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:162. 1882. 



Listed but not described. 

 Prince. Species? i. Knoop Fructologie 2:2,6. 1771. 



Listed but not described by Knoop. 

 Prince Black Heart. P. avium, i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 4yi. 1869. 



This variety was originated by William R. Prince, Flusliing, New York. Tree vig- 

 orous, upright-spreading; fruit medium to large, cordate, slightly compressed; suture small; 

 flesh purplish, rather tender, juicy, sweet; good to very good; ripens the last of June. 

 Prince Duke. P. ccrasus. 1. Prince Treat. Hort. 29. 1828. 2. Prince Pom. Man. 

 2:136. 1832. 



Prince Duke was raised by William Prince, Flushing, New York, from a seed of Car- 

 nation which it resembles in tree-characters and in time of ripening. The fniit is red, 

 more compressed than the parent and possesses the peculiar bitterness of Carnation before 

 it is full ripe. 

 Prince Englebert. Species? i. Okla. Sta. Bid. 2:13. 1892. 



Listed as grown at the Oklahoma Station. 

 Prince Royal. Species? i. ReaF/ora2os. 1676. 



According to Rca, this is a large, late ripe cherrj', good to preserve. 

 Princess. P. avium. 1. Ysioop Fructologie 2:^6. 1771. 2. Mortillet Le Ccn«Vr 2:302. 

 1866. 3. Mas Pom. Gen. 11:75, 76, fig- 38. 1882. 



Prinzesskirsche. 4. Christ Worterb. 279. 1802. 5. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 

 261, 262. 1819. 



This is a variegated Heart originating in Germany. Tree of moderate vigor; fruit 

 medium to large, cordate, sides compressed; apex acutely pointed; suture indistinct; stem 

 very long; color yellow overlaid with red; flesh tender, juicy, bitterish at first; stone oval; 

 ripens the fourth week of the season. 

 Prinzenkirsche. P. cerasus. i. Christ Worterb. 289. 1802. 



Grosse schwarze Glanzkirsche incor. 2. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 577-580. 1S19. 



A Morello cherry of German origin. Fruit of medium size, roundish ; suture indistinct ; 

 cavity shallow; skin tough, firm, glossy, black; flesh firm, fibrous, dark red, subacid; pit 

 adherent, almost cordate; ripens at the end of July. 



Prodlitzer Elitekirsche. P. avium, i. Obstziichter 8:P1. 1910. 2. Ibid. 8:51, 52. 

 1910. 



This cherry originated on the estate of Hugo Graf Kalnokyschen in Prodek, Moravia, 

 Austria. Trees upright when yoimg; fruit large to very large, blackish-brown, obtuse- 

 cordate; suture distinct; stem long, slender; flesh dark, sweet with a touch of sourness; 

 ripens in July. 

 Progress. P. pumila. i. Can. Exp. Farms Rpt. 353. 1896. 



A seedling of Prunus pumila raised by the Manitoba Station. 

 Proskauer Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Proskauer Obstsort. sj. 1907. 



A dark, hard-fleshed cherry mentioned in this reference. 

 Proudfoot. P. avium, i. Elliott Fr. 5oofe 212. 1854. 



This variety was grown by D. Proudfoot, Cleveland, Ohio. Tree vigorous, spreading. 



