Parrys' Pomona Nurseries - spring, 1897 (1897) (20578054241)

Title: Parrys' Pomona Nurseries : spring, 1897
Identifier: CAT31294280 (find matches)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Parry's Pomona Nurseries; Parry, John R; Parry, Wm; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Parry, N. J. : Parrys' Pomona Nurseries
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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PARRYS' POMONA NURSERIES. 17
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THE DWARF ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHERRY is thought to be a new species of cherry not classified botanically. Prof. C. S. CR AND ALL, Department of Botany and Horticulture, State Agricultural College, CoLy states the plant is not described in the manual of Rocky Mountain Botany. It is closely related to the Eastern Sand Cherry (Prunus pumila), but differs from it in a de- gree that would seem to warrant the opinion that it is a distinct species, and other noted botanists are unable to classify it. But what- ever its botanical position, it is certainly a remarkable fruit under cultivation. Entirely hardy, having withstood 40° below zero un harmed in either fruit, bud or branch. Chas E. Pennock, nurseryman and fruit grower of Colorado, says: "It is the most pro ductive fruit "of which I have any knowl " edge. I have picked sixteen quarts of fruit off a three-year-old bush. I have picked * * eighty cherries off a branch twelve inches "long of a two-year-old bush. The fruit is "jet black when ripe, and in size averages " somewhat larger than the English Morello, " season of ripening being after all others are gone. In flavor it is akin to the sweet cherries, and when fully ripe, for preserves or to eat out of hand, it has no equal in the line of pitted fruits, and is conceded superior to any fruit grown in this section. It has the best system of roots of any shrub or tree I have ever planted, which accounts for the wonderful productiveness of plants at such an early age. It bears every year, and is as prolific as a currant bush. Grows to a height of four feet, and has never been affected by insects, black knot or other disease. In addition to its immense productiveness of luscious fruits, valuable for pies, sauce or for market purposes, it makes a handsome flowering bush with its mass of pure white flowers. Some plant- ers, where its good qualities are known, will set them by the 100 and 500 in the spring."