The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . sely toothed,leathery. (M. augustifolia) narrow-leaved crab appleAA. Leaves tomentose beneath; flowers Fruit flattened, 2 to 4 inches in Stems slender. (Exotic.) (M. Malus) common appleCC. Stems stout (M. Soulardi) soulards apple BB. Fruit not flattened, \ to \\ inches in diameter. C. Flowers white. {M. rivularis) Oregon crab CC. Flowers pink. (M. loensis) iowa crab The genus Malus is native to the whole of eastern have four native species. Our cultivated
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . sely toothed,leathery. (M. augustifolia) narrow-leaved crab appleAA. Leaves tomentose beneath; flowers Fruit flattened, 2 to 4 inches in Stems slender. (Exotic.) (M. Malus) common appleCC. Stems stout (M. Soulardi) soulards apple BB. Fruit not flattened, \ to \\ inches in diameter. C. Flowers white. {M. rivularis) Oregon crab CC. Flowers pink. (M. loensis) iowa crab The genus Malus is native to the whole of eastern have four native species. Our cultivated crab apples andthe hundreds of orchard varieties have their ancestral homesomewhere in Asia Minor. For centuries horticulturists havebeen at work improving wild apples. In Europe and in Americathe effort is to get better fruit. In the Far East the aim has beento produce the finest flowering trees. The results are both ad-vantageous to the horticulture of the world. Closely allied to apples are the other pome fruits, pears andquinces. Neither are native to America, though they are widelycultivated here. 284. Copyright, 1905, by Doubleday, Page & Company PRAIRIE CRAB APPLE (Mains Ioensis) The Apples Wild Crab Apple (Malus coronaria, Mill.)—A low, bushytree, with thorny angular twigs, rarely 30 feet high. Barkreddish brown, scaly. Wood heavy, fine grained, weak, reddishbrown. Buds small, blunt, bright red. Leaves ovate or trian-gular, 3 to 4 inches long, half as broad, velvety beneath, bluntpointed, sharply serrate, often lobed near base; petioles ij to 2inches long. Flowers May to June, after the leaves, in 5 to 6flowered umbels, perfect, white to deep pink, spicy, fragrant—1 to 2 inches across. Fruit flattened, yellow, 1 inch in diameter;flesh hard, sour. September. Preferred habitat, upland woods,in moist, rich soil. Distribution, Ontario to Minnesota; southalong Alleghanies to Alabama; Nebraska to eastern Texas; NewYork to South Carolina. Uses: An ornamental, flowering tr
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