. West Virginia trees. e, smooth, dark green above,paler beneath. Flowers.—May, with the nearly full-grown leaves; perfect, rosy-white, \y2-2 inches across, arranged in umbel-like cymes; very fra-grant. Fruit.—Matures in autumn; a depressed globose pome. 1-1^/2inches in diameter, yellowish green, fragrant, flesh firm and bitter. Bark.—Roughened with flat, scaly ridges; brownish-gray or red-dish. Wood.—Heavy, hard, light reddish brown. Range.—Southern Canada to Alabama, west to Louisiana, Mis-souri and Michigan. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common in most sections. Rarein Boone, Logan, Mingo
. West Virginia trees. e, smooth, dark green above,paler beneath. Flowers.—May, with the nearly full-grown leaves; perfect, rosy-white, \y2-2 inches across, arranged in umbel-like cymes; very fra-grant. Fruit.—Matures in autumn; a depressed globose pome. 1-1^/2inches in diameter, yellowish green, fragrant, flesh firm and bitter. Bark.—Roughened with flat, scaly ridges; brownish-gray or red-dish. Wood.—Heavy, hard, light reddish brown. Range.—Southern Canada to Alabama, west to Louisiana, Mis-souri and Michigan. Distribution in West Virginia.—Common in most sections. Rarein Boone, Logan, Mingo and other southwestern counties. Abundantin the hilly regions of the central and northern parts of the State. Habitat.—Prefers a moist soil and is usually found in thickets inopen woocls and neglected fields. Notes.—The Crab Apple is best known on account of its fragrantblossoms. The wood is sometimes used for tool handles, turnedarticles, and engravings. 144 W. VA. AGRL EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 175. MOUNTAIN ASH September, 1920] WEST VIRGINIA TREES 145 MOUNTAIN ASH Pyrus americana (Marsh.) D. C. Form.—Height 20-30 feet, diameter 8-12 inches; trunk short, sup-porting a round-topped crown. Leaves.—Alternate, compound, 6-9 inches long; leaflets 9-17,2-3 inches long, nearly sessile, except the terminal one, lanceolate,taper-pointed, sharply serrate above the entire base; glabrous, darkgreen above, paler beneath. Flowers.—Appear in May; perfect, in flat cymes 3-4 inches across,white. Fruit.—Matures in autumn, persistent on the tree through thewinter; a round berry-like pome, % inch in diameter, bright red, acid,in large flat-topped clusters. Bark.—Smooth or slightly roughened, light gray. Wood.—Light, close-grained, soft, weak, light brown with lighter sapwood. Range.—Newfoundland west to Manitoba and Iowa, south alongthe mountains to North Carolina. Distribution in West Virginia.—Confined to high swamps andmountains. Observed in the following co
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