NARROW-LEAVED CRAB APPLE (Mains angustifolia, Michx.) 

 hrub to 30 feet. Like the preceding species, but more deli- 

 cate throughout. Distinguished by its leaves, which are 

 narrow, blunt at both ends, \\ to 3 inches long, dark green, 

 almost leathery, lustrous, with dull, often fuzzy lining. Dist. : 

 New Jersey and Pennsylvania to Florida; west to Louisiana; 

 north into Tennessee; forest valleys, along streams, and in 

 sandy upland hollows in the southern pine belts. Fruit and 

 wood used as in preceding species. 



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