MAY HAW; APPLE HAW (Cratcegus aestivalis, T. & G.). 

 20 to 30 feet. Round-headed tree, with stout trunk, or many 

 stems from ground. Thorns stout, sharp, 1^ inches long, 

 shining; often wanting. Bark thin, reddish brown, fissured 

 into irregular plates, scaly. Wood heavy, weak, close- 

 grained, light brown. Leaves l to 2 inches long, elliptical, 

 irregularly wavy- toothed and serrate above middle; plain, 

 wedge-shaped to hairy petiole; dark green, leathery, shining 

 above, with rusty, hairy veins below. Flowers with leaves 

 in February or March, few in cluster, white, 1 inch across, 

 calyx tips and numerous anthers red. Fruit ripe in May, 1 to 

 3 in cluster, flattened, very fragrant, bright red with pale 

 dots, calyx lobes large, recurved; flesh thick, juicy, sub-acid; 

 used for jellies and preserves; nutlets grooved. Dist. : North- 

 ern Florida through Gulf states to Sabine River in Texas; 

 north to southern Arkansas. A handsome ornamental haw- 

 thorn. 



Illustration from Prof . Sargent's "Silva of North America" 



