SCARLET HAW (Crataegus pruinosa, K. Koch). 15 to 20 

 feet. Small tree with irregular, spreading head of horizontal 

 limbs. Thorns numerous, stout, straight, 1 to 1^ inches long. 

 Bark thin, gray, scaly. Wood brown, hard, heavy, used for 

 fueL Leaves ovate, lobed and serrate, except toward base; 

 dark blue-green, smooth, leathery, paler beneath; 1 to 1| 

 inches long, on slim petioles; orange-colored in autumn. 

 Flowers in May, like those of C. cestivalis. Fruit flattened, 

 | to f inch long, purplish, lustrous, with pale dots; calyx lobes 

 erect; nutlets 5, deeply ridged; flesh dry. Dist.: Limestone 

 soil, Vermont to southern slopes of Appalachian Mountains; 

 west to Illinois and Missouri. Fine ornamental tree. 



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