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Calyx and sepals are reddish; the stigma sticks out of the developing buds. 'Komamezakura' is easily propagated by cuttings and used for bonsai. Midori-zakura (synonyms Prunus incisa Makino 'Yamadei', 'Ryoku-gaku-zakura') was discovered near Mount Fuji by a teacher, Mr. Jiro * from the Gotenba Agricultural School in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1916. The principal of the school, Mr. Yamade, sent material to the great botanist Makino, who described it as ryoku-gaku-zakura ("green-calyxed cherry"). This form resembles the species but does not have any red shade in its buds or flowers, or towards the end of blossoming. The calyx and sepals are perfectly light green, whence the folk name 'Midori-zakura', meaning "light green cherry" (the word midori is reserved for a light grass-
Figure 56 'Midori-zakura'. Photo by author, 12 April 1997, Tama Forest Science Garden, Tokyo.