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Title: Spring 1898 : Parrys' Pomona Nurseries
Identifier: CAT31294428 (find matches)
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Parry's Pomona Nurseries.; Parry, John R.; Parry, William.
Subjects: Nursery stock Prices New Jersey; Nurseries (Horticulture) New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Nut trees Seedlings Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs
Publisher: Parry, N. J. : Parrys' Pomona Nurseries

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PARRYS' POMONA NURSERIES. 15
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W1896 BY W* THE DWARF ROCKY MOUNTAIN OHERRY is thought to be a new species of cherry not classified botanically. Prof. C. S. CRANDALL, Department of Botany *nd Horticulture, State Agricultural College, CoU% states the plant is not described in the manual of Rocky Mountain Botany. It is closely related to the Eastern Sand Cherry (Prunus pumUa), 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 1 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 1 shrub or tree I have ever planted, which 'accounts for the wonderful productiveness c of plants at such an early age. It bears * every year, and is as prolific as a currant 1 bush. Grows to a height of four feet, and has * never been affected by insects, black knot 1 or other disease; In addition to its immense 1 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* 4 ers, where its good qualities are known, < will set them by the 100 and 500 in the 1 spring."

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