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AMERICAN FOREST TREES 



still not well known. Its range extends from Canada to Georgia and westward to 

 Texas. Trees three feet in diameter and eighty feet high have been reported. Only 

 botanists distinguish it from other species of basswood with which it is associated. 



PAWPAW (Arimina triloba) is of more value for its fruit than its 

 wood. It grows from New York to Texas, but in certain localities only. 

 It is the most northern species of the custard apple family, and is usually 

 of little importance above an altitude of 1,500 feet. In Arkansas and 

 some other southwestern regions it is called banana. It is usually a 

 shrub, but may reach a height of forty feet and a diameter of twelve 

 inches. The wood is light, soft, and weak. Pond apple (Annona 

 glabra), called custard apple in some parts of its range in Florida, is a 

 member of the same family. It attains the size of pawpaw, and the wood 

 is similar. 



