SAND CHERRY. 



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mentioned, ripening with the early currants. Probably as good 

 as any if not the best for general cultivation. 



Aside from its fruit-producing qualities the Dwarf June- 

 berries make nice lawn shrubs, being clean in habit and very 

 pretty when covered with their profusion of graceful white flow- 

 ers, which appear early in the spring. 

 Sand Cherry. 



Sand Cherry (Prunus pumila). This fruit plant is found 

 In northern Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and 

 elsewhere. It frequently fruits prodigiously on dry, gravelly 



Fig. 112. Dwarf Juneberry. Foliage and fruit. 



embankments where scarcely any other plant can find exist- 

 ence. In fact, it seems to be better adapted to a very dry rather 

 than to a moist location. Plants on rich, moist land will often 

 flower profusely but fail to set much fruit. It seems quite prob- 



