. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 384 BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS Production of Apples in the United States — In 1915 there were produced 230,010,000 bushels of apples in this country, at an average farm price per bushel of cents. The ten leading States in the order of their production were New York, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan. PYRUS (Pear) The characters of this genus are very similar to those of Malus. The pears are trees or shrubs with simple leaves, and large flowers in terminal cymes, resem
. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. 384 BOTANY OF CROP PLANTS Production of Apples in the United States — In 1915 there were produced 230,010,000 bushels of apples in this country, at an average farm price per bushel of cents. The ten leading States in the order of their production were New York, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa and Michigan. PYRUS (Pear) The characters of this genus are very similar to those of Malus. The pears are trees or shrubs with simple leaves, and large flowers in terminal cymes, resembling those of the. MIoiw cilb Fig. 160.—A group of stone cells and surrounding parenchyma cells from the flesh of pear (Pyrus communis). Highly magnified. apple; the styles are usually free to the base. The fruit is a pome, varying in shape, with five carpels, two seeds in each cavity, and an abundance of grit cells in the flesh (Fig. i6c). The two most common species oi Pyrus axt Pyrus communis, the common pear, and Pyrus serotina culta, sand, Japanese, or Chinese pear. In the common pear, the teeth on the leaves are obtuse, the flowers appear with the leaves, and the calyx is persistent, while in the Japanese or Chinese pear, the teeth on the leaves are sharp-pointed or bristle-like, the flowers appear before the leaves, and the calyx is Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son
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