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the leaves in no wise differ from a type common to 

 the wild tree, although the latter often shows :i leaf 

 with three notches on either side.* The fruit is 

 about an inch and a quarter in diameter; the pulp is 

 yellow, hard, and fit only for preserving. The tree 

 grows from 15 to 30 feet high, and in its wild state 

 extends from western New York westward to south- 

 ern Minnesota, Kansas, and Texas, 

 and along the mountains southward 

 to Alabama. 



Shadbush, or 

 Juneberry. 



AmelancMer 

 Canadensis. 



The beautiful shad- 

 bush, which most 



Crab Apples. 



often is found in 



shrub form, frequent- 

 ly attains the proportions of a hand- 

 some tree 30 feet high. It is some- 

 times called Juneberry or service berry. The white 

 flowers, with petals twice as long at least as they 

 are wide, appear in advance of the leaves, and hang 

 in loose, graceful clusters. The fruit looks some- 

 thing like a large huckleberry, with the same star- 

 like indentation at the top, and a similar black-pur- 

 ple color. 



The beauty of the berry lies in its diverse color- 

 ing. Sometimes we may find on one tree dull pink, 



* For a somewhat similar leaf, see my drawing of the scarlet- 

 fruited thorn. 



