. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . variousred, blue, and purple varieties, like the blue prunes,Lombard, Bradshaw, Quackenboss, etc. The Japanese Plums (Prunus triflora) differ fromthe Domesticas in having longer, thinner, smooth andmostly shining leaves, smooth twigs, a greater tendencyto the production of lateral


. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . variousred, blue, and purple varieties, like the blue prunes,Lombard, Bradshaw, Quackenboss, etc. The Japanese Plums (Prunus triflora) differ fromthe Domesticas in having longer, thinner, smooth andmostly shining leaves, smooth twigs, a greater tendencyto the production of lateral fruit-buds on the annualgrowth, and mostly rounder or shorter fruits with col-ors running more to cherry-reds and light of the varieties are as hardy as the Domesticaseries. The Japanese varieties are important becausethey add variety to the list, and especially because theyare rich in very early kinds, and the fruit is so firm that now believed to rejjresent a hybrid class), represent awide range of varieties. Those from Prunus Americanaparentage are very hardy and are adapted to regions inwhich the Domestica and Japanese types are tender,as in northern New England, parts of Canada, and thenorthern Plains states. Those partaking strongly ofP. angustifolia parentage, and the greater part of the.


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