HYBRID CHERRIES 245 



The Black Utah Hybrid cherry, which, I think, 

 is the one now in cultivation, originated with 

 J. E. Johnson, now deceased, at Wood River, Ne- 

 braska, on or near the Platte river, probably some 



Fig. 40. Hybrid of the western sand cherry with the Miner plum. 

 Natural size. 



time in the sixties. Mr. Johnson grew native dwarf 

 cherries and sand plums in his garden. Seeds of 

 these cherries were sown. Only one tree of the origi- 

 nal batch of cherry seedlings was considered worthy 

 of attention, and this tree was propagated. Mr. 

 Johnson soon afterwards moved to Utah, from 

 whence, it appears, he distributed this variety as the 

 Utah Hybrid cherry. There is no species of plum 

 or cherry known to which this Utah Hybrid can 



