Apples and Apple-Like Forms 295 



with oval, smooth leaves, and double rose-colored flow^ers in umbels 

 (April, May), also a variety, P. flore roseo plena, whose flowers are 

 nearly two inches in diameter. Similar to this is — 



p. Icensis Bailey var. Bechtel (252), with very fragrant, rose-like, 



Fig. 102. — Pirns loensis Bailey. 



double flowers, appearing after the leaves are fully developed, lengthen- 

 ing the period of apple blossoms by several weeks. 



P. baccata Linn. (253) and P. prunifolia Willd. (254) (with larger 

 fruit), Siberian Crab {Paradise Apple) with a profusion of handsome 

 white flowers, and small yellow and cherry-red fruit. This tree is 

 hardy as far as the Canadian Northwest. 



