RED OR REDDISH PURPLE 81 



Flowers. The white flowers precede the 

 leaves, and grow in lateral sessile umbels. 

 April, May. 



Authorities differ much as to its range. I 

 have known the tree along Connecticut road- 

 sides, especially in the eastern portion of the 

 state. The tree is small and thorny, and is 

 quite prolific, 



CANADA PLUM. HORSE PLUM 



Prunus nigra Plum Family 



fruit. This plum differs from the preceding 

 in being oblong-oval. It is from an inch to one 

 and a half inches long. The red or orange- 

 colored skin is tough, and the flesh clings to the 

 flat stone. It is of pleasant flavor. August. 



Leaves. The ovate or obovate leaves are not 

 so sharply serrate as those of Prunus Americana, 

 nor bristle-tipped. The apex is long-pointed 

 and the base wedge-shaped or somewhat heart- 

 shaped. 



Flowers. The white flowers are larger than 

 in the preceding species, and change to pink 

 after opening. They grow in two- to three- 

 flowered umbels. May. 



