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Japanese Hedge-Cherry appears in a 1937 northern nursery catalog as a hedge cherry for screens, boundaries, flowers, foliage, and ornamental fruit. The catalog calls it one of the newer hedge plants and says it gives home plantings a distinctive appearance. It is not described as a dessert or kitchen fruit cultivar. [S1]
Fruit Growers Service Co. sold the plant as hedge stock in a catalog for hardy northern planting. The listing places it with hedge and boundary shrubs, not in a fruit cultivar section. Prices are given for 12-18 inch and 18-24 inch plants. Availability was limited, and buyers were advised to reserve plants early. [S1]
The fruit is described as shining wine-red cherries about one-half inch across. The cherries follow blush-pink flowers that appear with the leaves, and the fruit is said to hang well into fall. The source gives no flavor, flesh, culinary use, or edibility description. [S1]
Japanese Hedge-Cherry was promoted for rapid growth and a dense medium-height habit. The catalog says it can be clipped into a low formal hedge or left to grow freely as an informal hedge about five feet high. It also notes fine bright green foliage and strong autumn color. [S1]
The available source gives no direct zone rating, winter survival record, botanical species, breeder, parentage, or release history. Its northern catalog context shows it was marketed for hardy northern plantings by 1937, but its hardiness limit is not stated. [S1]
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This summary currently draws chiefly from Hardy fruits for Northern planting, trees, shrubs, 1937.
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 105 | Hardy fruits for Northern planting, trees, shrubs, 1937 | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p23 | Availability noted as limited, with early reservations recommended.; May be kept clipped as a low formal hedge or allowed to grow freely into an informal hedge about five feet high.; Fruit hangs on well into the fall.; C |
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| 105 | p23 | recommendation_context | Availability noted as limited, with early reservations recommended. | Japanese Hedge-Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p23 | growth_habit | May be kept clipped as a low formal hedge or allowed to grow freely into an informal hedge about five feet high. | Japanese Hedge-Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p23 | description_snippet | Fruit hangs on well into the fall. | Japanese Hedge-Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p23 | fruit_size | Cherries described as about one-half inch in diameter. | Japanese Hedge-Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p23 | fruit_color | Covered with blush-pink flowers appearing with the leaves, followed by shining wine-red cherries. | Japanese Hedge-Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p23 | description_snippet | Has fine bright green foliage that takes on high autumn coloring. | Japanese Hedge-Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p23 | productivity | Said to grow rapidly. | Japanese Hedge-Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p23 | growth_habit | Makes a clean trim hedge of unusual beauty and forms a dense growth of medium height. | Japanese Hedge-Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p23 | description_snippet | Described as one of the newer hedgings and as lending distinction to any home. | Japanese Hedge-Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
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| recommendation_context | Availability noted as limited, with early reservations recommended. | 0.90 |
| growth_habit | May be kept clipped as a low formal hedge or allowed to grow freely into an informal hedge about five feet high. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Fruit hangs on well into the fall. | 0.92 |
| fruit_size | Cherries described as about one-half inch in diameter. | 0.93 |
| fruit_color | Covered with blush-pink flowers appearing with the leaves, followed by shining wine-red cherries. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Has fine bright green foliage that takes on high autumn coloring. | 0.93 |
| productivity | Said to grow rapidly. | 0.87 |
| growth_habit | Makes a clean trim hedge of unusual beauty and forms a dense growth of medium height. | 0.94 |
| description_snippet | Described as one of the newer hedgings and as lending distinction to any home. | 0.92 |
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