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 Fnicto/ogiV 2:36. 1771- 



Listed but not described by Knoop. 

 Prince Black Heart. P. avium, i. DowTiingFr. Trees Am. 4-; i. 1S69. 



This variety was orij;inated by WUliam R. Prince, Flushing, 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. cerasus. i. Prince Treat. Horl. 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 fruit is red, 

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

 it is fuU ripe. 

 Prince Englebert. Species? i. Okla. Sta. Bui. 2:1^. 1892. 



Listed as grown at the Oklahoma Station. 

 Prince Royal. Species? i. Rea F/ora 205. 1676. 



According to Rea, this is a large, late ripe cherry, good to preserve. 

 Princess. P. avium, i. Knoop Fructologie 2:36. 1771. 2. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:302. 

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



Prinzesskirsche. 4. Christ Worterb. 279. 1S02. 5. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 

 261, 262. 1819. 



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

 medium to large, cordate, sides compressed; apex acuteh- 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. 



Crosse scliii'orze Glanzkirsche incoT. 2. Trachsess-Heim Kirschensort. 577-580. 1S19. 



A Morello cherr>^ 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. Obstzilchtcr 8:PI. 1910. 2. Ibid. 8:51, 52. 

 1910. 



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

 Austria. Trees upright when young; 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. Book 212. 1854. 



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



