Prunus salicina
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Prunus salicina, Lindl. (P. triflora, Roxbg., nomen nudum. P.japonica, Hort.. not Thunb. P. Hattan, Tamari. P. ichangana, Schneid. P. Botan, Hort. P. Masu, Hort.). Japanese Plum. Fig. 3216; also Figs. 3073, 3074. Strong-growing small tree, with smooth often shining reddish or cinnamon-brown twigs: lvs. mostly oblong- obovate, abruptly but prominently pointed, closely obtuse-serrate, the veins looping near the margin, bright often shining green above and dull beneath: fls. few from each bud (most commonly about 3), showy, white or very nearly so, slender-stalked: fr. various, mostly large and firm, yellow or light red (never blue-purple) with pronounced suture and tending to be pointed at the apex. R.H. 1895:160. Gn. 78, p. 195.—Chinese, but intro. into this country from Japan (in 1870), and now widely distributed and much grown for its fr. The Japanese plum is hardy, in some of its varieties, as far north as Ottawa. It is prized because of its great productiveness, long-keeping qualities and beauty of its fr., and its greater immunity from black-knot. As a class, the fr. is of lower quality than the domestica plums. The season of the Japanese plums begins considerably in advance of the domesticas and holds nearly as late. The greater number of the varieties are clingstones, but there are some freestones among them. A race of hybrids with P. hortulana and P. angustifolia is now appearing. Var. pubipes. Bailey (P. triflora var. pubipes, Koehne). Pedicels densely pubescent or only rarely subglabrous: calyx-tube pubescent a third or half the length.—Cult, abroad.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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syn. Prunus thibetica, Franch. Ornamental tree, 15-20 ft., with blush-pink fls., and with convolute lvs. which are oblong and obtuse, crenate, the teeth glandular-callose at their apex: fls. with the lvs., on pedicels 1/3-3/4in. long, blush-pink; petals 1/5in. or less long, scarcely equaling the stamens. W. China, in thickets.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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