278 AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



of the main honey plants of the Coalinga district. This plant, accord- 

 ing to Mr. Z. Quincy, of Ramona, upon reaching its second year of 

 growth, after a mountain fire, is said to give us a great amount of 

 nectar." 



WILD BALSAM APPLE, see Wild Cucumber. 



WILD BERGAMOT, see Horsemint. 



WILD BUCKWHEAT, see Erigonum, also Bindweed. 



WILD CHERRY (Prunus serotina). 



The wild cherries are widely distributed over the North American Con- 

 tinent, and beekeepers who live in timbered sections may expect to find 

 one or more species within reach. The photograph shown herewith, Fig- 



Fig. 14.5. Blossoms and leaves of wild cherry. 



ure 145, is of the wild black cherry, which is a large tree with reddish- 

 brown branches and oblong taper-pointed leaves. This tree is common in 

 tlie 'woods of Newfoundland, Ontario and Manitoba, south to Florida 

 and Arizona. There is a smaller tree with very similar flowers, the^ choke 

 cherry (P. virginiana) to be found over much the same territory, while 

 the western choke cherry, or western wild cherry (P. demissa), ranges 

 from Dakota, Kansas and New Mexico west to California and British 

 Columbia. 



The larger tree P. serotina, is also said to occur in Mexico, Peru and 

 ColumI)ia. Tlicre is also a varietal form known as the mountain black 



