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combine with the fragrance to make an effective extra charm that will please anyone with a taste for simple beauty. 'Jo-nioi' forms an ascending-spreading tree with a flattened crown. The flowers are not very large but are so abundant that the crown of a tree in bloom looks like a huge, misty cloud of flowers. The stout corymbs are rather long and carry four to six flowers. Striking is the bright green of the young foliage and the many small, dark purplish cherries that appear after flowering. All this proves the close relation with the Oshima cherry. 'Jo-nioi' might have been discovered in the wild or in a nursery. Taking this parentage in account, Kawasaki (1994) named it Prunus lannesiana var. speciosa 'Affinis'. Prunus 'Jo-nioi' Less current synonym: 'Affinis' Description: Tree broad and vase-shaped, with a flattened crown, to 7 m high. Color of the young foliage light green with a slight bronze hue. Ser-
Figure 134 'Jo-nioi' is a spreading tree with a flattened crown. Photo by Arie Peterse, 1996, Keukenhof.