tral New York, but will not bear. 

 Chinese or Shense is also of this s 

 fld. forms in Japan. 



! are ; 



for 



ith vellow 



1978. Prunus M 



AA. Plums,— (Ae fts. mostly in pymes n most spec es 

 appearing with the Ivs. in the Yorth {before the 

 Ifs. inthe Sotith), and the fr. smooth at d jla 

 coiis : stone tint prnmhirnflii 4 leate ped i cle 

 slender, remainiiHj with the fruit 

 B. Eur.-Asian Plmi's: Irs. nl.itivelj broad usually 

 prominentli/ i;tiriil,ilr(I ninl mote or lest p ibescet t 

 {at least beneath), the yuuiig t gs i ostl ) ] 

 bescetit. 



c. Flower-stems glabra s 

 5. cerasifera, Ehrh. {P. dotnistica, var Mi obala 

 Linn. P. Myrobalina. Loisel.). Myrobalan Pl 

 Cheery Plum. Slender twiggy grower ofte th ruy 

 the twigs usually soon begoming glabrous 1 r 1 er 

 small and thin, rather light green, becom ng nea h or 

 quite glabrous, short-ovate and short-po nted finely ser 

 rate: lis. rather small, white or blush slen ier btalke i 

 fr. small (usually 1 in. or less in dia ) glol ular a d 

 cherry-like, depressed about the ste jellow or re 1 

 the flesh soft, juii-v sml swHpttlavored. Probably na- 

 tive to the CaueaMi- :r;.l -.m: h >, . >hrn Asia. B.M. 5934. 

 Gn. 33, p. 2.=)2. .1.11 I I - I'lie Myrobalan Plum 



is extensively nsid . '. as a stock on which 



to bud the doni.-ti i I' .m-. it' ^i-edlings being im- 

 ported in 1,'nat qiiaiitiTirs fri.m Kiirope. It is a smaller 

 tree than /'. r/..i,/. N^. ./. with much more slender growth, 

 smoother tw i-^ and U-avi-s. smaller and mostly earlier 

 flowers anil snialli-r, setter fruit with a depression 

 about the stem. It teuils to dwarf the domestica 

 Plums, but its influence in this direction is not suf- 

 ficient to discourage its use as a stock. It.s advantages 

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

 mestica varieties "take" 

 which it can be grown 

 in the nursery row. It is 

 not used to any extent 

 as stocks for other Plun s 

 than the domestic as. 

 Spontaneous trees are 

 sometimes found about 

 old nursery grounds, and 

 it occasionally appears 

 in orchards when the top 



, and a weeping form (var. petidiila). A form 

 ;iarrow willow-like Ivs. (var. acutifolia) is also 

 : e 1 \ f r v th twisted or coi torte 1 fol age is 



n R H Ibl p •'01 



atropurpOrea I pp {P Piss td Hoit P ce 

 I 1 1 ) A handsome form w th 



1 111 i fruits —Intro 1 iced nto 



1 i I the SI ah of Per a and 



11 1 II 11 rt le n 18S1 It is a 



It / 1 of the be t of 



of 



colo 



d var cata ( P 



I bar Ij where 



tl erefore t is well to 

 K H 1H81 190 1884 396 

 p 314 J H III b 8 



sp nosa I I F g 19 9 Low and 



1 I k thorn\ toj the joung 



gr I 1 1 I all oblo g obo 



ate 11 p nil ranches 



nearlj or qu te 1111 rrate 



fls wh te small 111 et mes 



m i s ) and of ten oi tl I III tl an a 



very large pea verj III 1 llv per 



sistmg until winter scar 1 e 1 1 I M 1 lie 1 south 

 ern Europe and N Afr ca to N Pers a and S beria 

 — Sometimes planted in th s co lnt^^ cl efl in the 

 double fld form (G I I He t b sh 



111 1 ers of 



I ches 



all tree for ] 

 dr e an! walk 11 

 m ke I "no 1 I irr e I 

 can 1 p T n It 

 tl e o " al of tl e lo 

 u ually astiingent but th 



CO Flower stems is 



Plu 



lUl 



C IMON- 



s ong 

 e and 

 eath 



domestica L n 

 (jiARDEN Plum F 

 gro V ng s nail tree 

 th k d ill green n 

 ovate or obovate co i I II i te fls. 



white, large usualh m lu tii ti \ in u 1 ut Arm 

 in texture an 1 usually net depiessid lUut the stem; 

 stone large, shthtlj rough cr fittel -Natne country 

 unknown, and ^er\ likeh lenved from P spii osa If 

 it exists in a trulj wild state it is to be sought in the 

 Caucasus and trans Caucasus regions It is run wild in 

 many parts of the world Focke saNs th it P domestiea 



unknown in an * 

 typical form of the 

 oeconomiea, Borkh 



«in 



of a Plu 



few varieties propagated for the early juicy fruits, but 

 they are little known. It makes a good ornamental tree. 

 The Marianna, much used for stocks of many kinds of 

 Plums in the S. (and growing from cuttings), is per- 

 haps a hybrid of this species with P. hortiitana or P. 

 angustifolia. There are several cultivated forms of 

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

 P. Planterienxix. Hort.. with full double white and red fls. 



ite and that the 



(Z«etsche) P. 



t rnis of P do- 



1 tor ornament, 



1 \ered yellow- 



I \ iriegated Ivd. 



I lant it IS widely 



It IS the parent 



1 the old time or 



guished from the Tapanese 

 and natne Plums The syn- 

 onymy of the main varietal 

 gioups 1 shown bj Waugh, 



Bot. Gaz. 26, pp. 417-427 (Dec, 1898). and 2,, pp. 478-481. 

 Var. Damasc«na,Linn.(P. insititia. Linn. P. Itdlica, 

 Borkh.). Damson. Fig. IS'ill. A form with small foli- 

 age and small firm fruits hnriic mcstly in clusters.- 

 Damson is a general name for small-fruited and small- 



