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45059. PRUNUS SERRULATA. Japanese flowering cherry,
var. Asagi. A rare double variety with pale-green flowers which
when they first open have a strange but very attractive appearance;
later the centers of the flowers turn red and are then less attractive.
Not showy at a distance, but delicately beautiful for use in house
decoration. Petals not striped like those of the Ukon. Tree rather
delicate; late bloomer. Should be sprayed with lime-sulphur every
February or March.

45060. PRUNUS SERRULATA. Japanese flowering cherry,
var. Wasemiyako. Large, semidouble almost pure white flowers, upright
on short stems, very attractively arranged on the branches;
midseason, i. e., April 20 in Maryland. Tree only fairly vigorous.
Suitable for lawn planting and showy from a distance. Should be
sprayed early every spring with lime-sulphur solution.

45061. PRUNUS SERRULATA. Japanese flowering cherry,
var. Miyakobeni. Midseason variety (April 10 to 20 in Maryland),
with semidouble flowers, 1 1/4 inches across, borne on short upright
stems in clusters of two or three. Buds pointed, quite pink; flowers
pale pink when young, turning reddish with age, slightly fragrant.
Tree very floriferous and a vigorous grower, attaining a height of
20 feet in 10 years.

45062. PRUNUS SERRULATA. Japanese flowering cherry,
var. Toranowo. Large (1 1/2 inches) extremely double flowers, deep
pink when in bud, becoming delicate light pink in full bloom, hanging
on long stems in clusters of two to five. Buds flat, as though tips
had been cut off. Not so free flowering as S. P. I. No. 45049, but with
deeper pink flowers and prominent green pistils. Tree fairly vigorous.
Should be sprayed with lime-sulphur solution in February or
March.

26886. PRUNUS SIMONII. Apricot plum. From F. N.
Meyer, Tangsi, China. A fruit that looks like an apricot; very
fragrant; sour; with downy, dull-yellow skin, rather small in size.

32669. PRUNUS SPINOSA X DOMESTICA. Plum. From
Kozlof, Russia, through F. N. Meyer. A hybrid between P. spinosa
and P. domestica, Green Reine Claude variety, originated by I. V.
Mijurin at Kozlof. Named by him Bjeli tjorn, "white sloe." Fruits
almost round, medium size, yellowish white, of good keeping qualities.
Trees of medium size, slow growers, but heavy bearers; exceptionally
hardy.

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