PRUNUS 



PRUNUS 



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Sweet (/herry {Prunus At-ium). Fls. 

 white or blush, showy. K.H. 1873:351 

 (as Cerasits Lannesmna) ; 1875: 390 

 (erroneously asC. Juliana var.) ; 1877: 

 390 . P . S . 2 1 : 2238-9 ( as Ce ra s u s Ca - 

 proniana var.). Gn. 52, p. 408. 



Var. Sieboldi, Maxim. (Cirasus Sie- 

 boldi, Carr. C. Japdnica, Hort. of 

 some. C. Wdtereri, Hort. P. panicu- 

 Idfa, Hort., not Thunb.). Differs in 

 having young Ivs. pubescent, and the 

 shoots pubescent even until fall, tlm 

 Ivs. relatively short and broad. Not 

 uncommon in cult. B.K. 10:800. R.H. 

 1806:371. 



26. Fuddum, Roxbg. A Himalayan 

 representative of P. Pseudo-Cerasus , 

 described by Hooker as a large tree 

 of brilliant appearance in flower, gla- 

 brous except the puberulous young 

 shoots, the rose-red or white flowers 

 solitary, fascicled or umbelled, the 

 calyx-tube narrowly campanulate and 

 the petals obovate or linear -oblong: 

 Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, caudate-acuminate, sharply ser- 

 rate, glabrous, 3-5-in. long, the petiole 

 with 2-4 glands: fr. oblong or ellipsoid, 

 obtuse at both ends, with scanty yel- 

 low or reddish acid flesh : stone bony 

 and furrowed. Temperate Himalaya, 

 3,000-8,000 ft.-Thenameis catalogued 

 in Southern Calif., with the statement 

 that the tree "blossoms in November 

 and ripens its fruit in April." Hooker 

 (Fl. Brit. India) places it with species 

 having "flowers appearing before the 

 leaves." 



BB. Trees grown for fruit (pomologi- 

 cal species), but knoxvn also in 

 ornamental forms. 



27. Avium, Linn. Sweet Cherry. 

 Mazzard. Pigs. 420, 428, 431, 1999. 

 Tall, robust tree with red-brown bark, 

 the young trees with a strong central 

 leader and pyramidal growth, the old 

 seedling trees sometimes becoming 2 

 ft. and more in diameter (see Pig. 428, 

 Vol. I) : Ivs. generally oblong-ovate and 

 gradually taper-pointed, dull and soft 

 in color and texture, hanging as if limp 

 on the young growths: fls. in dense 

 clusters on lateral spurs and appearing 

 with the hairy strongly conduplicate 

 young Ivs., the scales of the fl.-buds 

 large and persistent for a time: fr. 

 globular, depressed-globular or heart- 

 like, mostly sweet, yellow or red. 

 Europe and Western Asia. — The par- 

 ent species of the many Sweet Cher- 

 ries (and also of the May Duke class), 

 and now run wild in many parts of the East. The run- 

 wild and common seedling forms, with small fruits, are 

 known under the general name of Mazzard Cherries. 

 Mazzard stocks, mostly imported, are used as stocks for 

 Cherries, although Mabaleb is more popular with prop- 

 agators because (like the Myrobalan Plum) it is easier 

 and cheaper to grow, runs more uniform and is capalile 

 of being budded through a long season. There are 

 many ornamental forms of the P. Avium, as: var. 

 pyramidalis, Hort. , tree making a pyramidal crown ; var. 

 p^ndula, Hort., with drooping branches; var. variegata, 

 Hort., with yellow and dull white markings on the 

 foliage; also various cut-leaved and double-fld. forms. 

 To this species are to be referred such garden names 

 as P. angustifolia, asplenifolia, heterophylla, salici- 

 folia. 



Var. Julid,iia, Hort. (CSrasus Juliana, DC). Heart 

 or Gean Cherries. Pruit heart-shaped, with soft flesh, 

 as in the varieties Governor Woofl, Black Tartarian, 

 Black Eagle. These are the Guigniers and Heaumiers 



1993. Weeping dwarf cherry of Europe, grafted on Morello stock. 



One of the best of the small ornamental species, and known under several names 

 in nurseries. — Prunus fruticosa, var. pendula. See No. 18. 



of the French. A weeping form is known as P. Juliana, 

 var. pendula. 



Var. reg^is, Bailey ( C. regdlis, Poit. & Turp.), Duke 

 Cherries. Differ from the Heart Cherries in having an 

 acid flesh (and for that reason often erroneously referred 

 to P. Cerasus ) . May Duke is the leading representative. 



Var. Duraclna, Hort. ( C. Durachia, DC. C. Bigarilla, 

 Roem.). Bigarreau Cherrie.s. Distinguished by the 

 firm breaking flesh of the fruit, which is mostly of light 

 color. Here belong the Windsor, Yellow Spanish, Na- 

 poleon. 



Var. Decumd,na, Dipp. (C. Decumdna, Delaun. P. 

 macrophylla, Poir. P. nicotiancefblia, Thomps.). Lvs. 

 very large (sometimes nearly 1 ft. long), somewhat 

 heart-shaped. Grown for ornament. 



28. Cerasus, Linn. (Cfrastis vulgaris, Mill. C Capron- 

 idna, DC. P. dcida, Ga?rtn., not K. Koch. P. austera, 

 Ehrh.) Sour. Pie, or Morello Cherry. Pigs. 427, 429, 

 430. Rather low, round-headed tree with gray bark and 



