WILD BLACK CHEERY. 



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green and smooth on both sides. The white flowers appear late 

 in the spring in numerous clusters, and the fruit is small, round 

 and bright red. 



The light, soft, close-grained compact wood is light brown in 

 color ; the sapwood a clear yellow. 



Primus serotina, Ehrhardt. 

 (AVILD BLACK CHERRY.) 



A tree of the first commercial importance, with small horizontal 

 branches and dark red-brown scaly bark, reaching a height of 100 

 feet and a diameter of 5 feet. (Plate Y.) 



It occurs from Nova Scotia to Tampa Bay in Florida, and west- 

 ward to the Missouri river in Dakota, eastern Nebraska and Kan- 

 sas, Indian Territory and Texas, and is found also in southern New 

 Mexico and Arizona, and in parts of Mexico, Central and South 

 America. It reaches its best development on the high slopes of 

 the Alleghany mountains. It was once common in all the Appa- 

 lachian region, growing with the white oak, the white ash, the 

 green ash, the sugar maple, the yellow bm-keye, the hickories and 

 the black birch. 



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LEGEND 



Area in which the T7ILD BLACK CHERRY 

 occurs as a small tree cf littlo commercial 

 importance (Prunus serotina, 



Area in which the WILD BLACK CHERRY 

 occurs as a large tree of the first economic 

 importance. 



Distribution of the WILD RED CHERRY 

 CPrunus pennsvlvanica, .') 



In this State, where it attains an average height of 60 to 80 and 

 a diameter of 2 to 3 feet, it occurs through all parts of the State, 

 but is less common in the coastal plain, where the soil and climate 

 are not so favorable to its growth. It reaches its best dimensions 

 on the rich cool slopes of the mountains. (Fig. 8.) 



