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Pyrus communis L. 

 Choke pear 

 Neiir dwellings and ocrnsionally in fields. Fruit very astrin- 

 gent. May. 



Malus coronaria {\j.) Mill. 



Pyrus coronaria L. 



American crah apple 



Scattered throughout our territory. Flowers rose colored, frag- 

 rant; fruit greenish yellow, fragrant and very acid. May. 



Malus malus (L.) Britton 

 Pyrus malus L. 

 Apple 

 Woods, thickets and fence rows. Fruit sweet or sour. Fre- 

 quent. May. 



Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Ell. 



IMrus arbutifolia L.f . 



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Red chokeherry 

 Marshland swamp. This is the only station observed. May. 



Aronia nigra (Wild.) Britton 

 Pyrus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa Hook. 



Black chokeherry 

 Swamps and bogs. Common. May- June. 



Amelanchier canadensis (L.) Medic 

 Juneherry 

 Woods, thickets and fence row^s. Common. May. 



Amelanchier botryapium (L.) DC. 

 A . canadensis var. o I > 1 <> n g i f o 1 i a T. & G. 



Shad hush 

 Woods and thickets. Common. May. 



Amelanchier spicata (Lam.) DC. 

 Low Juneherry 

 Kocky banks. Infrequent. Barton and Apalachin. A shrub 

 2 to n feet high, which fruits very abundantly. 



