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WISCONSIN AGEICULTUEE. 



would be liiglily prized as an ornamental tree, on account of its 

 beauty of form, fine foliage, large, rose-like flowers, etc. A 

 hedge made of it must be one of tlie finest kind ; especially if 

 trees at each angle, and at regular distances on the straight lines 



' I are allowed to grow and 



assume their beautiful 

 rounded heads. It would 

 be worth our while to form 

 such a hedge ou account of 

 the fragrance of the flowers 

 in the spring. The fruit 

 of the crab-apjDle has been 

 used for preserves, but it 

 soon gives way to the cul 

 tivated apple. It has also 

 been used to make cider, 

 for which purpose it is said 

 to be well ndapted. The 

 figure shows the outline of 

 the fruit, and a section of 

 the apple, both of the size 

 of nature. 



17. Pyrus Americana, of 



De Cart dole. 

 American Mouidain Ash. 



This small, but very or- 

 namental tree,grows abun- 

 dantly in the northern 

 CBAB APPLE. parts of the State, and is 



occasionally found as far south as the latitude of Milwaukee, 

 which is its extreme southern limit in that direction in Wiscon- 

 sin. It is chiefly prized about our gardens and yards for its 

 fine foliage, bright green twigs, large clusters of white flowers, 

 and especially for brilliant bunches of scarlet fruit. 



The flowers appear in June, and the fruit, which is ripe in 

 September, remains on the tree during the winter. 



