. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 98 Agricultukal Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. at nearly the same time and can all be gatliered at one pi(3kmj?. * * * I consider this cherry not only of prosjjective value for its fruit, but of immediate value as a hardy ; I hav^ been familiar with the sand cherry for many years, both wild and when transferred to the garden. It is very abundant on the sand dunes of Lake Mchigan, where it makes a shrub from five to ten feet high and bears v
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 98 Agricultukal Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. at nearly the same time and can all be gatliered at one pi(3kmj?. * * * I consider this cherry not only of prosjjective value for its fruit, but of immediate value as a hardy ; I hav^ been familiar with the sand cherry for many years, both wild and when transferred to the garden. It is very abundant on the sand dunes of Lake Mchigan, where it makes a shrub from five to ten feet high and bears veiy profusely of variable fruits. Souio of these natural varieties are large, sweet and palatable a/id at once suggest an effort to ameliorate them. Professor Budd anl. Fignre'14. — Prunus cuneata. Natural size. others suggest its use as a dwarf stock for cherries,* while it is found to grow well, for a time, at least, upon the Finally, Charles E. Pennock, of Bellvue, Colorado, is introducing the Improved Dwarf Kocky Mountain cherry, a description and history of which follow. I am particularly gratified to repori this fruit because I remember with great distinctness that a ""^ Rocky Mountain cherry" grew in my father's yard from my earliest boyhood. Pits were brought by a friend from PrKe'*s Peak in an early day. As the western botanies do not nunitioii any d\Yarf * Bull. 10, la. Exp. Sta., 435. Bull 18 Minn. Exp. Sta., 128. Bailey, Nursery-book,159. § Bailey, Country Gent., li., 676 (Sept. 9, 1886).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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