The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . i Leaf, under side s Leaf upper side 3 Fruit 4 Fruit cut to show seeds 5 Seeds from one fruit THE COCKSPUR THORN (Crataegus Crus-galli) Copious white bloom conceals the leaves in early June. The thorns are slender and strong, becoming 6 to 8 inches long andbranched on old limbs. The leaves are leathery and polished, narrowl;; obovate, I to 4 inches long THE RED HAW (Cratagus mollis) The large red haws, which ripen in early September, are fuzzy around the base of the incurving calyx
The tree book : A popular guide to a knowledge of the trees of North America and to their uses and cultivation . i Leaf, under side s Leaf upper side 3 Fruit 4 Fruit cut to show seeds 5 Seeds from one fruit THE COCKSPUR THORN (Crataegus Crus-galli) Copious white bloom conceals the leaves in early June. The thorns are slender and strong, becoming 6 to 8 inches long andbranched on old limbs. The leaves are leathery and polished, narrowl;; obovate, I to 4 inches long THE RED HAW (Cratagus mollis) The large red haws, which ripen in early September, are fuzzy around the base of the incurving calyx tips. The fruit stems andleaf linings are pubescent. In spring the new growth is thickly coated with white hairs. THE DOTTED HAW (Cratagus punctata) The pale dots on the fruit give this tree its name. The grey-green leaves taper narrowly to the petioles. The prominent,depressed veins and the long, straight spines are shown in theupper plate THE SCARLET HAW (Cratatgus pruinosa) The lower right-hand picture shows the broad-based leafwith its lobed margin and the short, stout spines. Theleaves are blue-green, and the unripe fruit has a hoarybloom upon it The Hawthorns rigid twigs. Thorns straight, slim, 2 to 3 inches long, brown orgrey. Bark thin, dark brownish red, in long, plate-like scales,branches brown to pale grey; twigs pubescent at first, soon be-coming smooth. Wood red-brown, hard, close-textured. Budsplump, small, scaly, shiny. Leaves obovate, acute or obtuse atapex, 2 to 3 inches long, narrowed to short petiole; sharply ser-rate, sometimes lobed, entire toward base; pubescent at first,smooth at maturity, except on veins below, leathery, grey-green,orange and scarlet in autumn. Veins promi
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