KHV TO THK 1'YIUJS IS") 



* Fruit large, 1-6 inches, yellow nr greenish yellow; very aromatic, 



with 5 many-seeded cells. QUINCES Cydonia. (A.) 

 A. Stipules small; -shrubs or small trees to 15 feet; cultivated fur 



fruit. (B.) 

 B. Leaves entire-edged ; flowers white or light pink (2 inches 



broad) ; fruit light yellow (2-4 inches broad). COMMON 



QUINCE Pyrus vulgaris. 

 B. Leaves finely serrate ; flowers light pink ; fruit dark yellow, 



oblong (4-6 inches long). Hardy to Philadelphia and highly 



ornamental. CHINESE QUINCE (283) Pyrus (Cydonia) 



sine'nsis. 



B. Leaves finely serrate ; flowers about single, large, white ; 

 fruit when ripe (after frost) brown, round (1J inches 

 broad), and with the top of the ovaries exposed. Hardy to 

 central New York. MEDLAR (284) Pyrus (Mespilus) ger- 

 manica. 



A. Stipules large ; spiny shrubs under G feet high, cultivated for 

 ornament ; flowers in leafless clusters, March, April. Hardy 

 north. (C.) 



C. Shrub 3-6 feet; flowers white, pink, scarlet, orange, etc., 

 sometimes double. JAPAN or FLOWERING QUINCE (281) 

 Pyrus (Cydonia) japonica. 



C. Shrub 1-3 feet ; flowers orange-scarlet ; foliage sometimes 

 variegated with pink and white. DWARF FLOWERING QUINCE 

 (285) Pyrus (Cydonia) Maiilei. 



* Fruit ^-1 inch, usually very sour, red or red-cheeked, the cells of the 



fruit few-seeded. CRAB APPLES Malus. (D.) 

 D. Leaves serrate but not lobecl at end. Japan species. * (E. ) 



E. Flowers rose-colored in few-flowered clusters ; spreading bush 

 or small tree. RINGO CRAB Pyrus Ringo. 



E. Flowers red in many-flowered clusters on red stems ; fru^t 

 remaining through the winter. KAIDO CRAB Pyrus Kaido. 



D. Leaves coarsely serrate and often lobed at end. American 

 species ; usually trees. (F.) 



F. Flowers white (1 inch wide) blooming when leaves are grown. 

 OREGON CRAB APPLE Pyrus fiisca. 



F. Flowers rosy-red, fragrant, blooming with the leaves. (G.) 

 G. Leaves broad, often lobed. WILD or AMERICAN CKAH 



APPLE Pyrus coronaria. 



G. Leaves narrow, thick and not lobed. NARROW-LEAVED 

 CKAH APPLE (286) Pyrus august ifolia. 



* Fruit small, size of peas, on long stems in umbels. CHERRY CRAB 



APPLES from Asia Malus. (H.) 



