. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. its ample upright clusters ofsmall oblong or pear-shaped fruit, which itretains long after the leaves have fallen. Inthis late retention of its handsome fruit and inthe brilliancy of its autumnal colors lie itschief points of ornamental value, for which itis occasionally planted in American and Eu-ropean gardens. Leaves elliptic to obovate-oblong, . in. Ion?,cuneate and entire at base and decurrent on theshort petiole, mostly acute at apex, .sharply den-tate or somewhat lobed above at m
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. its ample upright clusters ofsmall oblong or pear-shaped fruit, which itretains long after the leaves have fallen. Inthis late retention of its handsome fruit and inthe brilliancy of its autumnal colors lie itschief points of ornamental value, for which itis occasionally planted in American and Eu-ropean gardens. Leaves elliptic to obovate-oblong, . in. Ion?,cuneate and entire at base and decurrent on theshort petiole, mostly acute at apex, .sharply den-tate or somewhat lobed above at maturity, thin-nish, scabrous or glabrous above, pubesc«int be-neath ; petioles stout. Floiccrs in early .Tune,about 1/2 in. across in many-flowered tomentosecompound corymbs : calyx with narrow laciniato-serrulate lobes: stamens 20: anthers pale rosf-colored : styles 2-5. Fruit ripens in October andpersists nearly until spring, red. in erect many-fruited clusters, mostly pear-shaped or oblong,with reflexed calyx lob(>s ; stones 2 or ., broadrounded on the back and with two large
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