PRUNUS 



Sweet Cherry {PriDiKS Avium). Fls. 

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

 (as Cerasus Lannesiana) ; 1875: 390 

 (erroneouslvasC.T'MZiana var.); 1877: 

 390. P. S. "21:2238-9 (as Cerasus Ca- 

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



VMr. SiSboldi, Miixim. (CSrasiis Sie- 

 hnldi. Can-. V. Japonica, Hort. of 

 sonic. C. H'lUereri. Hort. P. panicu- 

 Idld, Hort., lint Thiiiili.). Differs in 

 haviiit; vuuiii; Iv^. i.iilicscent, and the 

 shoots pulu -iriii t\i-ii until fall, the 

 Ivs. r.lath. 1\ -li.iri mid broad. Not 

 unroiiiiii..u in .■ult. II. U. 10:800. R.H. 

 1806:371. 



26. Puddum, Ro.^cbg. A Himalayan 

 representative of P. Pseudo-Uerasus, 

 described by Hoolier as a large tree 

 of brilliant appearance in flower, gla- 

 brous except the puberulous young 

 shoots, the rose-red or wliite flowers 

 solitary, fascicled or umbelled, the 

 calyx-tube narrowly canipanulate and 

 the petals obovate" or linear -oblong: 

 Ivs. ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceo- 

 late, caudate-acuminate, sharply ser- 



with'2-4glan.N: Ir ,,l,l,,nL"ir -tlir-'l'l. 

 obtuse at both iimK. uhIi -.■miu \.l- 

 loworreddisli :i-i-i !>■ -h: -'-n- l-i^y 

 and furrowed. 'I'. iii|i.i:iii. lliiii:il:iy.i. 

 3,000-8,000 ft. -Till- iiiinip is oatalosued 

 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." 



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clusters on lateral spurs and appearmg 

 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. 

 Jlazzard stocks, mostly imported, are used as stocks for 

 t'lierries. although Miibalcli is more popular with prop- 



and cheaper to grow, runs niore uniform and is capable 

 of being budded through a long season. There are 

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

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

 pindula, Hort., with drooping branches; var. variegita, 

 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. anquslifolia, asplenifolia, helerophylla, salici- 

 Mia. 



1993. Weeping dwarf cherry of E 

 Ofie of the best of the small omament.il ^ 





Var. Juliina, Hort. 

 or Geas Chehkies. 

 as in the varieties 1 

 Black Eagle. These 



, DC). Heart 

 with soft flesh, 

 lack Tartarian, 

 and Heaumiers 



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

 var. vendula. 



Var. regilis, Bailey ( C. reg&Us, Poit. & Turp.) . Duke 

 Cherries. Differ from the Heart Cherries in having an 

 acid flesh (and forthat reason often erroneously referred 

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



Var. Duracina, Hort.(C. Durai-lna .V)C. C. BirtarfUa, 

 Roem.). I'.i.^.MiKKAi- CiiKKuiKs. Di-iiiitruished by the 

 flrm bre:.kii.i; ll. -1, ,.f il,e fruii, win.], i, mcstly of light 

 color. Here lielniii.' till- \Viii.U,,r. ■! elli.w .'"^panish. Na- 

 poleon. 



Var. Decumana, Dipp. (C. DecumUna, Delaun. P. 

 macriiphiilla, Poir. P. « ioo/m»i(FM(ia, Thomps.). Lvs. 

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

 heart-shaped. Grown for ornament. 



28. C6rasu8, Liim. ' hjaris. Mill. C. Capron- 



ithia, DC. /'. "' ' t K. Koch. P. austira, 



Ehrh.) SoiR. I'll I i 1 i i ' hkrrt. Figs. 427, 429, 

 430. Rather low. r-uD'l hen i tree with gray bark and 



