CATALINA
CHERRY
- Prunus is one of the most interesting of
all genera. It includes important orchard fruits and is also
prolific of ornamental subjects. Nearly all species are spring
flowering.
- Grown for fruit and ornamental foliage and flowers. The Stone
Fruits as plum, cherry, peach, nectarine, apricot, almond are
in wide distribution. Pink flowered or white flowered, could
be shrubs or trees.
- Several hundred orchard varieties have been described and
the trees are grown commercially over a wide range of the country.
- The commonest stocks for the ornamental kinds are the plum,
peach and sweet cherry.
- Lyonii is considered to be more desirable as a garden plant,
grown off the coast of S. Calif. and the islands off the coast
from Santa Cruz to Santa Catalina. Grows rapidly under cultivation,
making a compact very dark green crown. Useful also in pots and
tubs.