. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2034. Pyrus coronaria. BB. American native species: Jvs. for iln' most part coarsely toothed and more or less lohed or notched: calyx persistent [exception in P. fusca), (J. Calyx deciduous from the fruit. 14. fusca, Raf. {P. riimldris, Dougl.)- Shrub or small tree, sometimey 30-40 ft. tall, the young growths m
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2034. Pyrus coronaria. BB. American native species: Jvs. for iln' most part coarsely toothed and more or less lohed or notched: calyx persistent [exception in P. fusca), (J. Calyx deciduous from the fruit. 14. fusca, Raf. {P. riimldris, Dougl.)- Shrub or small tree, sometimey 30-40 ft. tall, the young growths more or less pubescent: Ivs. ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, very sharply and strongly serrate, often 3- lobed or notched on the strong shoots, pubescent be- neath : fls. white, on slender pubescent pedicels, appear- ing when the Ivs. are nearly or quite full grown, nearly or fully 1 in. across: fr. ob- long, % in. or less long, yel- _^ low or greenish, the calyx- lobes caducous. N. Calif, to Alaska. 4:170. —Accord- ing to Sargent,;»scrt "grows usually in deep, rich soil in the neighborhood of streams, often forming almost impen- etrable thickets of consider- able extent, and attains its greatest size in the valleys of Washington and ; The fruit is eaten by Indians. The species suggests P. Toringo. cc. Calyx persistent. 15. coron&,ria, Linn. Wild Crab Apple. Figs. 2031-34. A low, bushy tree,with very stitf, crooked, thorny branches, the young growth glabrous or becoming so: Ivs. triangu- lar-ovate, on the spurs short-ovate, sharply cut-serrate and more or less prominently lobed and notched, thin and hard, on slender but stiff, glabrous petioles: i!s. ap- pearing with the Ivs., rosy red or blush and very fra- grant, on long and slender (l}.4 to 2 in.), stiff pedicels which are glabrous or nearly so: fr. about an inch in diam., flattened at both ends, clear yellowish green without spots or dots and often with a tinted cheek, the stem very
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