. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. agrance, give it anornamental value at that season, and laterafter the leaves have fallen. The attractiveappearance and odor of the fruit, however,ends here, as in flavor it is too austere formost tastes to be edible, though the juice issometimes used for making vinegar. The Bechtel Crab is a form recently intro-duced with large double rose-colored is of signal merit for ornamental planting. The wood we have not examined, but it is said to be softer than that of tlie allied east
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. agrance, give it anornamental value at that season, and laterafter the leaves have fallen. The attractiveappearance and odor of the fruit, however,ends here, as in flavor it is too austere formost tastes to be edible, though the juice issometimes used for making vinegar. The Bechtel Crab is a form recently intro-duced with large double rose-colored is of signal merit for ornamental planting. The wood we have not examined, but it is said to be softer than that of tlie allied eastern species. Leaves ovate, oval or oblong, .3-4 in. long,broad-cuneate or rounded at base, acute or roundedat apex, crenate-serrate and on vigorous .shootswith short acute or rounded lobes, at maturitythick lustrous dark green above, tomentose be-neath ; petioles stout, pubescent. FInirers IV , in small clusters with pedicels and calyxtomentose. Fruit mostly 1-1 Vj in. in diameter,greenish yellow, fragrant, greasy and with stoutstems mostly %-l in. lowx. 1. Jliihis Ioeii!<is ( \V(
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