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B. Leaves folded in the bud. 



10. TORINGO APPLE (Pirus toringo Koch). Leaves small, ovate 



or elongated, 3 to 5 lobed; flower-stalk and calyx spar- 

 ingly hairy, or smooth ; fruit small spherical, J inch in 

 diameter, on a long stalk. A small tree 12 feet high, na- 

 tive of Japan, occasionally planted for ornamental pur- 

 poses. 



11. OREGON APPLE (Pirus rivularis Dougl.). Leaves ovate- 



lanceolate, smooth and firm, dark green, serrate; flower- 

 stalk and calyx somewhat hairy, or smooth; fruit on long 

 stalks obovate oblong, J to f inch long, from yellowish- 

 green to yellow and even red, flavor "a pleasant sub-acid." 

 A tree 30 to 40 feet high, native of the Pacific coast 01 

 North America from California to Alaska. This species 

 should receive the attention of the scientific horticulturists 

 of the western coast states. 



REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING SPECIES. 



From this view of the species noticed above it is seen that three are 

 natives of eastern North America, one of western North America, 

 two of Europe, three of China and Japan, and two of the Siberian 

 region. Of these we have brought into cultivation for their fruits 

 one species from eastern North America, one or two from Europe, and 

 two from the Siberian region. The species from China and Japan are 

 ornamental, as are also those from North America. These facts may 

 be shown more clearly by the following table: 



