|two in particular should
| | |always be on their own
| | |roots: a plum stock kills
| | |them in a few years.
| | |
P. Armeniaca |Northern China |Small, |We mention this because
(common Apricot) | |white, |it is the parent of the
| |opening |various varieties of
| |early in |Apricot.
| |the year, |
| |and |
| |frequently|
| |blackened |
| |by frost |
| | |
*P. Mume |Japan |Rose; |This is a small and pretty
| |early, |tree of upright growth, and
| |before the|the leaves large and
| |leaves |shining green in colour.
| | |There are four varieties,
| | |viz., flore-albo-pleno,
| | |double white;
| | |flore-roseo-pleno, double
| | |bright rose;
| | |flore-rubro-pleno, double
| | |red; and pendula, which
| | |makes a pretty, small,
| | |weeping tree if worked
| | |standard high.
| | |
P. tomentosa |China and Japan |pinkish |This is a pretty, small
| | |branching shrub, with stout
| | |leaves covered with a thick
| | |tomentum; the flowers are
| | |followed by small red
| | |fruits.
| | |
*P. triloba |China |Pink; |The species is not of much