peg -llu fiuitis null u 

 scaiciU eiiilile the fle> 

 astringent The speties 

 nion on dunes of the Great Lake-- 

 It IS in cult as an ornamental plant 

 for which It IS worths althouprh it 

 !■. muih attaLked h\ the twis blight 

 (Laused b\ the fungus Monilia) 



\ar cuneata iP mnti Raf ) 

 ereit from tin 1 i h thin o\pl 

 sjatulite str ri,h t thed fls Urgpt 

 woods in the lulthern states Not in 



tig 1990 Moie 



short obo\ ate or 



Bogs and cool 



the trade so far 



\ <r B^sseyi Waugh (P Bf 

 s^sDtHEKR^ Figs iwi iqqi 



b\ Its more prostriti h i' it I 



seyi 



hortulana. 



toliage Its earh blooming its fls in clusters, and its 

 dwarf habit 1 his is the form of P fnttnoba that is 

 chiefl> known in thib countr\ V similar pendulous 

 form but with larger and moiprnrnto fmtt> Its., is 

 known as P leflexa Hort piiliii i li\lri<l <.( P. 

 //K^icosn and P semperflnten^ \ i variegata, H<irt., 

 has Ivs marked with yellowish wliit 



AA Planlaheeo, t,ti hit 



B Trees groiin onli/ for ornament or for stocks {not 



pomological species) 



c Floiiet chisteis simple, sessile orrery nearlji so. 



D Lis tomentoio beneath 



1 I tomentosa Thunb Small tree or sometimes i 



II hi 111 li the joung growths pubesient toinen- 



t 1 1 111 hes close jointed nusmgthehs and fls to 



stems to intergrvde imperceptibh into P pitmila 



IT Utahensis Dieck Ut\h Hybrid Cherri Ap 

 pirenth a h\ brid of P Wutsoni and P pumila \ir 

 H nil \ sin ill tree like bush Ivs lance elliptic to 

 oblong o\ iti sh irt pointed or nearh blunt flnel) ser 

 rite slighth conduphcate glossv above and much re 

 ticulated beneath fr cherry like somewhat larger 

 than that of Besseiji (about % or % in. in diam.), of 

 deep mahogany color, with a thin plum-like bloom, a 

 thin flesh and a relatively large cherry-like stone. — Ap- 

 pears to have been raised about 40 years ago from seed 

 of P pumila var Besseiji (P Watsoni 

 grew near) by J E Johnson, in Nebraska 

 "Mr Johnson subsequently moved to Utah 

 whence the fruit was distributed 

 little value as a fruit plant but 

 tra tive ormraental subji 

 and fruit 



(P Chamcpc^rasu 



uili' 



broad ova 

 stalked abruptly contracted 

 margins mcisely and sometini 

 and lugose above denselj 

 neath fls small sessile us 

 ish ippearing lust before thi 

 lar the size of a ver\ small 

 short stalked sparseh h ur\ - 

 but too small to be of mm h i 

 China and Manchuria A. i 

 very worthy hard\ small tree 

 and quite unlike most oth r i I 



short- 

 lilt the 



pmk- 

 Tapan 



"> A,^^^ 



ibuted It has C::^H^-,__ ^ "i^ ^-^^^Z^" /^%4\^ 



but It IS an at ^^'^'^^S.— -. J^^^l^i^^ll) Z ^^^ 

 both in flower / TT^^ -^f '^^^ ^-^^ *^ 



IS fruticdsa, Pall 

 Jauq P pit mi la H. 

 Hort ) Dwarf CHf i 

 of Europe Spre i I 

 with slender glabi 



ing from obovate i i nil mce j^^z^^ -^ 



olatp the ipexacuii ii a is j, eiunes al 

 m 1st (il>tusp cl(ist-l\ serrulate, thickish, 

 shining abo\p the petiole short fls white 

 in iieirh or quite sessile umbels fr small, 

 globular purple red verv sour Highlands ami nits ot 

 Germanv, Austria Hungar^ and southern Russia 



Var pendula, Hort (Pihiiic and Ceiasits, Japiinicn 

 pindiila. Hort.), is a most ornamental form with droop- 

 ing branches, excellent for top -working on standard 

 stocks (Fig. 1993). This is sometimes confounded with 

 P. semverflorens. but is distinguished at once by its 





1988 Prjnus hortulana 



DD Li s gla 



E Shape of hi roundish. -nearhj as hmnil as Ion/: 

 ft cluiters on the ends of the brunchlets. 

 20. Hah&leb, Lmn. Mahaleb Chebrt. St. Lucie 

 Cherry. Small, slender tree with hard glabrous branch- 

 lets: Ivs. light green, round-ovate to orbicular, abruptly 

 very short-pointed, often suboordate at base, the mar 



