隣町の江古田での買い物からの帰り道、通りがかった民家の庭木に目が行きました。塀のすぐ横に植わっているのでマジマジ眺めることができました。
On my way home from shopping in the neighbouring town, I passed a garden where I saw this dogwood tree. Since it was growing next to the fence, I could take a close look from the road.
The tree had large fruits growing and, at first, I thought it was a Cornelian cherry tree (Cornus mas). However,
実の付き方をよく見たら、どうやらハナミズキのようでした。例の畑の隅っこに植わっているサンシュユの実よりずっと大きかったです。
I began to think that it might be a flowering dogwood. The reason why I mistook initially was because these fruits were larger than those on that tree growing in the corner of the farmland that I pass during walks with Taiga.
来年用の花芽も出ています。畑のサンシュユの蕾は黒っぽい殻に覆われているのに対し、この木のは浅緑色です。
The flower bud for next spring on this tree is light green, whereas flower buds on the other dogwood are covered in dark shells.
帰宅して、今年の５月に買ったコーネリアンチェリーのパイオニアで違いを確認。ちなみに、この↓花芽はつい最近見つけたものです。
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At home, I looked at my Cornus mas Pioneer that I bought in May this year. Actually, I noticed this↓ flower bud only this month.
以前から気づいていた３個の蕾は以下です。
The following are the 3 flower buds that I have been watching for some time.
以前はこれも「花芽」にカウントして３個でしたが、今は本当にそうなのか疑念が沸いてきました。膨らみの先っちょが僅かに開いてきたからです。本当に中に蕾が入っているのなら、この時期に動き始めるはずがないです。かといって、柄の先についた丸い膨らみなので、葉芽にも見えない。葉芽の場合、首（柄）は無く、葉腋にうずくまるように着いています。
いずれにせよ、花芽が他に確保できたので来春の楽しみができました。
Previously, I counted this one among the 3 flower buds. However, I am getting less certain now. The tip of the bud is slightly parting. If this is really a dormant bud with flower buds inside, it should not be moving before cold winter. Having said that, this bud has a neck (stem) underneath it. If it were an axillary bud, it should be sitting deep in the axil.
At any rate, with a few flower buds in the bag, I can look forward to events next spring.
パイオニアの現在の姿。夏に伸びた枝の葉は、コガネの食害に会ってボロボロですが、花芽は下のほうの、春に出た部分に着いています。
This is how Pioneer looks currently. The light-coloured top is from this summer's growth, and the leaves were brutally eaten by scarab beetles. The bottom part with dark leaves was the original part when the plant was delivered to me in May, and that is where the flower buds are found.
去年の５月に買ったカザンラクには、全く花芽が見当たりません。カザンラクは自家受粉する一方、パイオニアは基本的に他の品種の花粉が必要だそうです。花芽が出ているのが逆でないのが残念。
This is Kazanlak that I got in May last year - no flower buds at all. Now, Kazanlak is self-fertile, while Pioneer basically requires a cross pollinator. I wish it were the other way around.
