Fruit.—About the size of a pea, round, light red, thin-meated and sour: stone oval or ovate.
Horticultural Value.—Hardy throughout New England; prefers a light gravelly loam, but grows in poor soils and exposed situations; habit so uncertain and tendency to sprout so decided that it is not wise to use it in ornamental plantations; sometimes very useful in sterile land. A variety with transparent yellowish fruit is occasionally met with, but is not yet in cultivation.
Plate LXIII.—Prunus Pennsylvanica.
| 1. Winter buds. |
| 2. Flowering branch. |
| 3. Flower with part of perianth and stamens removed. |
| 4. Petal. |
| 5. Fruiting branch. |
Prunus Virginiana, L.
Chokecherry.
Habitat and Range.—In varying soils; along river banks, on dry plains, in woods, common along walls, often thickets.
From Newfoundland across the continent, as far north on the Mackenzie river as 62°.