FOREST TREES OF THE PACTFIC SLOPE. 



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large pear-shaped fruits (fig. 189), 2\ to 3 inches long, hanging down conspicu- 

 ously from the tips of the branches. The fruit capsule usually contains one 

 seed, about 2 inches thick. Wood, fine-grained, white to very pale yellow, the 

 heart and sapwood scarcely distinct from each other; of no commercial use. . 



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Fig. 189.- -J.'xriihis californica* 



The chief usefulness is in forming considerable open but helpful cover on 

 exposed dry, rocky foothill slopes, in gulches, and along hill streams where few 

 other trees grow. 



