. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. Should one visit the localityin late summer a very dilTerent yet (juite asmarked fragrance arrests his attention, per-haps when several yards from the tree. Xowit is from its small pale yellow apples, muchmore pleasing to the sense of smell than oftaste, for they are very acerb, though sometimesused for preserves and cider. The wood, of which a cuV)ic foot when dry weighs lbs., is hard and very clnsf^ grained and suitable for the manufacture of tool-handles, etc. Learnt oblong to obl
. Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive. Should one visit the localityin late summer a very dilTerent yet (juite asmarked fragrance arrests his attention, per-haps when several yards from the tree. Xowit is from its small pale yellow apples, muchmore pleasing to the sense of smell than oftaste, for they are very acerb, though sometimesused for preserves and cider. The wood, of which a cuV)ic foot when dry weighs lbs., is hard and very clnsf^ grained and suitable for the manufacture of tool-handles, etc. Learnt oblong to oblons-lanopolatr, mostly taper-ing or rounded at base, aiute or rounded andapiculate at apex, crenate-serrate, sometimesnearly entire, thicl^ish, darlf green above, palerand glabrous beneath : petioles slender. Floir-rsabout 1 in. across, very fragrant, with slendu-pedicels in few-flowered cymes; calyx lobes nar-row, tomentose inside: petals white or pink :ovary tomentose : styles distinct. Fruit flattenedglobose, about 1 in. in diameter, fragrant, yellow-green with waxy surface and very sour
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