. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 172 AMERICAN CRAB APPLE. - Pyrus coronaria, Linnaeus. OENTTS BESCKIPTIOK-TMs genus e-br-s a^ut 40^ which inhabit the north temperate zone. Abo"t 10 «P^^^;« ^'^j^J^,, b„t some of our 6 to Pennsylvania. No Important Vr^^'lL^'peavs be^ng here Both our Common Pear and important fruit trees like the Apples and ^^^^^ f'"^^^f^^ .tb^rs make a distinct genus. S!" fotTe rples"^'. rhrL'.Torb?s:To-r trMountain Ashes. Both are included under Pyrun in this publication. broad round-topped crown. • BARK-Up to i
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 11. Forests and forestry. 172 AMERICAN CRAB APPLE. - Pyrus coronaria, Linnaeus. OENTTS BESCKIPTIOK-TMs genus e-br-s a^ut 40^ which inhabit the north temperate zone. Abo"t 10 «P^^^;« ^'^j^J^,, b„t some of our 6 to Pennsylvania. No Important Vr^^'lL^'peavs be^ng here Both our Common Pear and important fruit trees like the Apples and ^^^^^ f'"^^^f^^ .tb^rs make a distinct genus. S!" fotTe rples"^'. rhrL'.Torb?s:To-r trMountain Ashes. Both are included under Pyrun in this publication. broad round-topped crown. • BARK-Up to i of an inch thick. Reddish-brown, roughened by longitudinal furrows which separate low ridges often covered with scales. TWIGS-Rather stout, at first white-woolly, later smooth, reddish-brown, after first year bearing stubby spurs or sometimes sharp spines. green below. Stipules long, falling early. LEAF-SCAES-Alternate. raised on projection of twigs, crescent-shaped; with usually 8 conspicuous bundle-scars. as a whole resemble those of the Common Apple. r^Vir-m,ens .-,o„. OCo^er. pome «, "PP'-'J^/.,^'^™ ^ 'SlaS. V^^^^^' rro!'vi?.rT>.e'vrrs.;rric ^.:. .c. „„t. brown and shiny. „«* ^»a«npf hard heavy, light reddish-brown. Weighs about .oT'pTrTurcTor^UsTforcar^^^^^^^^ and some turned articles. DISTINGUISHING American C^^^^ - cultivated apple only tL. ^-«-«« «/ t^%5°lXirofteTpersVsts f^^ and does not and the fruit smaller and very bitter. The fruit j"^° PY.^'^^"' i^^ved Crab Apple (Pyrus rot readily. It can be distinguished 'j^m the olosely related Narrow ^^^^^^^^^^ angustifolia. Alt.) by its persistent calyx-lobes on the fruit, ana oy ixs « those of the latter are usually lanceolate. RANGE^Ontarlo south through South Carolina to Alabama, west to Michigan. Missouri, and northern Louisiana. DISTHIBUTION IN PENNSYLVANIA-Common 'ntte southwestern P-* «f the State^ Li:Cs.^rrrav^le^ l^
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