. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Teees of the Noethekx States and Ci' 265 The Sour Cherry is a naturalized tree in the United States, having been introduced on ac- count of the value of its fruit, and has es- caped from cultivation. It is a low spreading or rounded tree, seldom more than 20 or 30 ft, in height or with trunk more than 10 or 12 in. in thickness. The bark of young trunks is dis- tinctly laminate, but with age breaks up and exfoliates in thin curled scales, leaving a roughish, somewhat rid
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky Mountains, photo-descriptive . Trees. Handbook of Teees of the Noethekx States and Ci' 265 The Sour Cherry is a naturalized tree in the United States, having been introduced on ac- count of the value of its fruit, and has es- caped from cultivation. It is a low spreading or rounded tree, seldom more than 20 or 30 ft, in height or with trunk more than 10 or 12 in. in thickness. The bark of young trunks is dis- tinctly laminate, but with age breaks up and exfoliates in thin curled scales, leaving a roughish, somewhat ridged inner bark. The native home of the Sour Cherry is thought to be the forests of northern Persia and Cau- casia, but it has become naturalized far out- side of these limits and is found growing spon- taneously in localities throughout the greater part of Europe and in northern Africa and India, as well as in the United States. It is hardier than the allied Sweet Cherry, has emaller, more rigid and more upright leaves, its spreading top is generally without a central leader and the bark of the trunk is less per- sistently laminate. Among the valuable garden cherries which have their origin in this species are the Amarelles, Early Richmond, Montmo- rency, etc., having a colorless juice, and the Morellos and Louise Philippe, etc., having a colored juice. They are all generally more tart in flavor than those of the P. Avium ori- gin and the trees hardier. There are also some forms of the Sour Cherry which are of special ornamental value, on account of double white or pink-tinted flowers or leaves variegated with yellow or white. The normal characters are given below. The wood of the Sour Cherry is rather light, hard, brittle and of a light brown color with lighter sap-wood. Though of good qualities it is small and of no commercial importance in this « Leaves ovate to obovate, 2^4-4 in. long, rounded or obtuse at base acute or abruptly acuminate unequally crenate-serrat
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