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The Black Utah Hybrid cherry,— which, I think, 

 is the one now in cultivation, — originated with 

 •l. E. Johnson, now deceased, at W 1 River, Ne- 

 braska, on or aear the Platte river, probably some 



I'm i". Hybrid of the western Band cherry with the Miner plum. 

 Natural Rise. 



time in the sixties. Mr. Johnson grew native dwarf 

 cherries and -and plums in his garden. Seeds of 

 these cherries were sown. Onlj our tree of the origi- 

 nal batch of cherrj seedlings was considered worthj 

 of attention, and this tree was propagated. Mr. 

 Johnson soon afterwards moved to Utah, from 

 whence, it appears, he distributed this variety as the 

 Utah Hybrid cherry. There is no species of plum 

 or eherrj known to whicb this Utah Hybrid can 



