PRUNUS 



1447 



tral New York, but will not bear. The Apricot cult, as 

 Chinese or Shense is also of this species. Many double- 

 fld. forms in Japan. 



1978. Prunus Mume I 



Plums,— rte flu 

 appearing wit 

 li's. in the Sm 



slendtr, rem,, 



:. 1)1 most species 

 North [before the 

 smooth and glau- 

 iilcate: peduncle 



Ilk 



B. Enr.-Axl.n, Ph,,i,s: /,^^■. 

 promiH' nthi t-t tKn!<if< <l 

 («/ Last beiualhj, Iht 

 bescent. 



C. Flower-stems glabrous. 



5. cerasifera, Ehrh. (P. /lomr.tUca, va 



Linn. P. .ir,.-'..'M.. '. I,"i^.l ■, MvH' 



Cheury I'lJ ■.: ^' I ■ ■' ■■ 



the twiijs ii-u,. , •■ • . •'<' 



hi broad, usually 

 (■ or less pubescent 

 twigs mostly pu- 



iiiill 



ch. 



nail (usually 

 r-like, lieprer 



the Hesh soft, .iuicy anil 

 tive to the Caucasus and ; 

 On. ;i3, p. 2.->2. J.H. III. 

 is extensively used in thi 

 to bud the dom^•^ti(■:. I'li 



re than 

 noothet 



,::,. I,, :,^ ...:::,:._ lu-arly Or 



.1 ^h'.ri i"iiiiii'l.iiuely ser- 

 ..!■ hlusli, slender-stalked: 

 ss in diara.), globular and 

 tlu; stem, yellow or red, 

 et-Havored. Probably na- 

 hwestern Asia. B.M. 5934. 

 07. -The Myrobalan Plum 

 untry as a stock on which 

 . the seedlings being im- 

 ni Europe. It ^s a smaller 

 iiiich more slender growth, 

 ^mailer and mostly earlier 

 fruit with a depression 

 to dwarf the domestica 

 this direction is not suf- 



ahout the .sti in. I 



Plums, but its influx 



ficient to discourage its use as a stock. Its a<ivantage 



as a stock are its cheapness, the ease with which all do 



niestica varieties "take" on it, and the readiness v 



which it can be grown 



in the nursery row. It is 



not used to any extent 



as stocks for other Plums 



than the domesticus. 



Spontaneous trees are 



sometimes found about 



fi-w Viirirti. II i_, 1. 1 |..r the early .iuicy fniits. but 

 thi-v are litil- i I' n i ki-s a good ornamental tree. 



The Mari.'uiiii, ; ,: mi- stocks of many kinds of 



I'hinis in tin >, .< mI Li-vini; from cuttings), is per- 

 haps a hybrid i>t this species with i*. 7ioWH7aHa or P. 

 (iiiiiiislifn'lia. There are several cultivated forms of 

 P. cfvasiffra, one of the best being the plant known as 

 P. Planteri^nsis, Hort., with full double white and red fls. 



There are also forms with yellow- and white-variegated 

 leaves, and a weeping form (var. pendulu). A form 

 with iKiii'iw will.iw like Ivs. (var. acutifblia) is also 

 adverti^r.l \ l.inu « itli twisted or contorted foliage is 

 shown in K II Ib'.i:.. y. 'JOl. 



Var atropurpiirea, Dipp. (P. Pissdrdi, Hort. P. ce- 

 ■>asife}<i,\jLr Pissdrdi, B&iley). A handsome form with 

 purple Ivs. and dark wine-red fruits. — Introduced into 

 Prance by Pissard, gardener to the Shah of Persia, and 

 first fully described in Revue Horticole in 1881. It is a 

 cultural form of P. cerasifera. It is one of the best of 

 all small purple-leaved trees, holding much of its color 

 in the American summers. It seems to be hardy where- 

 ever the common Plum will stand. The best color is 

 secured on the strong growths; therefore it is well to 

 head back the tree frequently. R.H. 1881:190; 1884:396. 

 C4C III 1 41b. Gn. 32:613; 55, p. 314. J.H. III. 28:287. 

 G M 31 190-1. 



Var. divaricata [P. divaricAta, Ledeb.). Branching 

 from the base, the branches wide-spreading and some 

 of them nearly or quite prostrate: Ivs. broader towards 

 the base fr. not depressed about the stem, yellow. 

 Macedonia to N. Persia. B.M. 6519. 



(). spindsa, Linn. Blackthorn. Fig. 1979. Low ! 

 spreading, making a very thick thorny top, the young 

 growths distinctly pubescent: Ivs. small, oblo 

 vate or elliptic-ovate, very numerous on the bi 

 nearly or quite obtuse, very finely and .I.im l>'; 

 fls. white, small, borne singly or in i.aii^ i"r.r sm 

 inS's) and often on the thorns: fr. litil.- Iiul. i 

 very large pea, very deep glaucHi^Mm , u im 

 sisting until winter, scarcely edil.l' 'i :- ■ 

 em Europe and N. Africa to N. ! 

 — Sometimes planted in this cmip, 

 double-fid. form (Gn. .59, p. 76). Ii 

 or small tree for protecting the Imu : i i 

 drives and walks. The short. >i i 

 make a good barrier. Perfectly li i 

 can be grown. It is not impossittl' 

 the original of the dome-stica Phiui. i Im Ii- S 1 1 

 usually astringent, but there is a sweet-fruited 



the 



IS of 



Flower-stems usually more or less 



IP, ^„ „,,„,■,„;., Hii.l«J 



iry. 



7. domSstioa, Linn. 

 Garden- Plum. Pigs. l>-i -• I'li'' \ x \ --ining- 

 growing small tree with |iii i i-i-and 



thick, dull green, mucli II ! ath, 



ovate or obovate, coarsi'i\ nil ni. _'iliil\ 'li.N: fls. 

 white, large, usually in clusters: fr. varioii-.. I.ut firm 

 in texture and usually not depressed about the stem; 

 stone large, slightly rough or pitted. — Native country 



lUlll 



ikely 



it e 



(, Borkh. There ; 



leav.Ml :mi.i » iM._-.ii,.,l-lvd. 

 As a fruit plant it is widely 

 variable. It is the parent 

 species of the old-time or 

 common Plums, as distin- 

 guished from the Japanese 

 and native Plums. The syn- 

 onymy of the main varietal 

 groups is shown by Waugh, 



