PEAR HAW (Cratcegus tomeniosa, Linn.). 15 to 20 feet. 

 Low tree with wide, flat head. Thorns scattered, slender, 

 straight, 1 to l inches long. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, 

 narrowed to the plain, wedge-shaped base, sharply lobed, saw- 

 toothed, thin, gray-green, downy beneath; petioles stout, 

 winged, spreading into prominent veins. Autumn colors, 

 orange and scarlet. Flowers March to June, in broad, downy 

 corymbs, bad-smelling; stamens 20, with red or yellow anthers. 

 Fruit pear-shaped, \ inch in diameter, in erect, many-fruited 

 clusters, dull red-orange, with thick, juicy flesh. Dist.: 

 Troy, New York, to eastern Pennsylvania, central Tennessee, 

 and northern Georgia; west to Minnesota and Kansas. 



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