234 SMAT.L FRUIT CULTUETST. 



A variety of this species produces fruit of a bright yel- 

 low color. The fruit is a little larger than the red, and not 

 quite so acid. 



HISTORY. 



The Cornel, as it is generally called in our older works 

 on gardening, is a 'native of the South of Europe and 



Fig. 99.— CORNELIAN CHERRY. 



Eastern Asia. It is mentioned by nearly all of the ancient 

 writers. Sometimes the fruit is named, while others praise 

 the quality of the wood, which is very hard. That it was 

 formerly used for arrows and javelins, we infer from the 



