This tree is on the south side of the Grass Path.

Purchased from Hilliers Nurseries, Romsey, Hampshire.

This tree is a regrowth from the original 1922 plant.

Native to the foothills of the Himalayas, including China and the countries of the Indian subcontinent.

A medium-sized tree, it can reach 18m.

Used as rootstock for ‘sweet cherries’ in India.

The epithet cornuta refers to the “horned” deformation of the fruit – as seen when a tree is aflicted with the fungal disease pocket plum gall; ascribed to the fungusTaphrina padi.