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Yellow or Summer The Yellow or summer haw is B 



Haw. Southern variety of the thmn which 



Crataegus flwua. ^^ not oyer 2Q f( , r( ^^ and fc 



esteemed for its fruit, which is edible and 

 pleasant flavored ; it is yellow, tinged with 

 red, generally pear-shaped, but frequently 

 round. The leaf is somewhat wedge- 

 shaped, but variable. This thorn extends 

 through the South from Virginia to Mis- 

 souri. 



Southern Summer The Southern summer Yellow or Sum- 



Haw. 



haw is a Southern thorn 



mer Haw. 



which 



grows not higher than 30 



Summer Southern Haw. Summer Southern Haw, with larger fruit. 



feet, and bears fragrant, edible fruit, bright red, 

 somewhat dotted, and about two thirds of an inch in 



