BB. American inrln ; li-. Im III: iii'i^l fiilil 



coarse hf '' 'A / ' '' n <" /eas lohi d ui nuUhid 

 calyx pi I ^' 'I I " I It P. fituca) . 



C. Cnhii I,, 1,1,1, Ills Horn the Mtit. 

 U. fiiBca, Kaf (/' /(i'hMim. Dough). Shrub or 

 small tre-e, somctiiiK s ;i()-10 ft. tall the ^oung growths 

 more or less pulie^ient: Ivs. ovate lanctolate, acute or 

 acuminate, v('r\ sliari)l\ and stroiigh serrate often i 

 lobed or notched imi the strong ohoots, pubescent lie 

 neath: fls. white, on slender pubes( cnt pedicels, apjiear 

 ing when the Ivs. are nearly or quite full grown iiearlv 

 or fully 1 in. across: fr. ob- 

 long, % in. or less long, yel- 

 low or greenish, the calyx- 

 lobes caducous. N. Calif, to 

 Alaska. S.S. 4:170. -Accord- 

 ing to Sargent, P. ftisea "grows 

 usually in deep, rich soil in 

 the neighborhood of streams, 

 often forming almost impen 

 etrable thicket 



PYRUS 



Appli-~ are often twice their natural sue. There is a 

 tiirni with semi-double Hs. and one {viir. aucub(f folia) 

 Willi variegated leaves. An attractive species. 



IG. angiistiEAlia, Ait. {P. coron&ria, var. angustifdlia, 

 Weuiid .)/()/«,•, anguHfifdlin, Michx. 31 . sempSrvirens , 

 J)esf J/ iniiincuipu seinpi)virens,Ca.TT.). Lvs. lance- 

 oblong, cri iiate-serrate or almost entire, not lobed, thick 

 and luilt iMrgrecn: otherwise verj like P. ciminaria. 

 Western Pa to Fla. and La., taking the place of P. 

 coroiiana B.K. U:I207. Carrit^re, " Pom. Microcarpes," 

 pp 21. 1.(7. S.S. 4:109. R.H 1K77:410!-A double-fld. 

 form (it what appears to he this species is figured in 

 (i C HI. l.i-43. 



loSnBls, Bailey {P. eorojidi-in. var. Infnsis, Wood). 



1 *^T vTES or Western C'rab-Apple. Fig. 2035. 



HI, with mostly softer wood, the parts gray- 



U-. o\ate-oblong to elliptic-obovate, irregularly 



.- h bluntly toothed and the larger ones marked 



„lit angled notches of shallow lobes, very tomen 



" I .M or bi coming rusty and rareh glabrate with 



I jn tioli s shot t and stout and pubescent: fls. usu 



I >ii -liorttr pidicds which, like the calyx, are to 



.-1 li oblong or at least never flattened length 



-niii, tuiK ., angular, larger than in the last and 



iiLC litii t" the trei , dull heavy green with nu 



1- i._lji c "liMi d dots on the skin, the surface hav 



1 the stem short and thick as com- 



iiid set in an obluiue cavity, the basin 



^ . w ith variable corrugations and a 



. lit cahx, the flesh snur and austere. 



I lands in the Mississippi valley. S.S. 



i —Fruits appropriated by the set- 



I II s is probably not m cultivation for 



I I double flowered variety has been 



I -Bechtel's Crab, sometimes referred 



,n ii^tif III Kt C III. 25:397). 



18 Sotilardi, Railev 



^^mh 



iisider- 



able pxtfiit. and nttnins its 

 greatest siz.' in tlii' vmIIpvs of 

 Wasbiii-toi, ,111.1 (irigon.- 

 The fn.it i>. .•at, ii l.v Indians. 

 The sp.-.'i.s sugj^psts P. 

 Torinqo. 



CC. Calyx persistent. 



15. coroniria, Linn. Wild jo35 Praine btattb Ca 



Crab Apple. Figs. 2031-34. A 



low, busby tree,with very stiff, crooked, thorny branches, 

 the young growth glabrous or becoming so: Ivs. triangu- 

 lar-ovate, on the spurs short-ovate, sharply cut-serrate 

 and more or less prominently lobed and notched, thin 

 and hard, on slender but stiff, glabrous petioles: fls. ap- 

 pearing with the Ivs., rosy red or blush and very fra- 

 grant, on long and slender (1% to 2 in.), stiff pedicels 

 which are glabrous or nearly so: fr. about an inch in 

 diam., flattened at both ends, clear yellowish green 

 without spots or dots and often with a tinted cheek, the 

 stem very slender and smooth and set in a regular and 

 uniform shallow cavity, the basin (at the apex) broad 

 but rather deep with n. ]>:.- -.r. .! i'.irnirations and a 

 small, smooth calyx, tl.. ' , i - .nr and acerb. 



Wild in dryish glades an ! i i 1- from Ontario 



and New York to Distri.-i .i . I tii,., west to Kansas 



and Missouri, and southward. B.il. I'UOil. B.R. 8:651. 

 S.S. 4:167. R.H. 1884, p. 104. Gn. 29, p. 395; 34, p. 

 206.— The fruit, which is produced in abundance, was 

 often buried by the early settlers for use in the spring, 

 when its acerbity was lar-.'^h- p-Ytra.*ted: and it was 

 sometimes used for ciil. . It .- •- ■ i-.ful for jellies 

 and preserves. The sp.-.-i. ~ :- >i.ly never intro- 



duced into cultivation f... ■ u i;h it has been 



long grown for ornament . i m .. r l.niestication the 



rith ; 



SouLARD Crab. Figs. 2036, 

 2037. Natural hybrid of P. 

 Maltis and P. lornsis : a 

 small tree, with much the look 

 of an Apple tree, and woolly: 

 Ivs. large, round-ovate to el- 

 liptic-ovate or oblong -ovate, 

 either rounded or tapering at 

 the base, often very blunt or 

 even rounded at the top, most- 

 ly bluntly and coarsely serrate 

 or dentate when young, ir- 

 regularly crenate - dentate at 

 maturity, with a tendency to 

 become lobed, on short pubes- 

 cent petioles, thick and often 

 rugose and woolly beneath: 

 fls. blush, in close woolly clus- 

 ters like those of the Apple: 

 fr. often 2 in. or even more 

 in diam., flattish lengthwise, 

 tinted cheek. 



yellow and often 



the basin shallow, flesh fairly edible. 

 Wild in the Mississippi valley from 

 Minnesota to Texas, but always local. 

 -Named for James G. Soulard. Ga 

 lena. III., who introduced the first va 

 riety to cultivation. In some 

 forms the leaves become nearly 

 smooth late in the season and 

 there is little tendency towards 

 an irregular notching or lobing 

 of the margins. The tree is 

 hardy and the fruit keeps well 

 and is useful for culinary pur- 

 poses. A few named varieties 

 are grown in the upper Missis- 

 sippi valley, where trees of great 

 hardiness are demanded. For 

 accounts of the pomological off- 

 shoots of our native Apples, see 

 Bailey, "Evolution of our Na- 

 tive Fruits, "and Craig&Hupie, 

 "Native Crab Apples and their 

 Cultivated Varieties," Iowa 2036. Mature leaf of I 

 Acad. Sci. 1899. Soulardi (X %) 



