APPLE FAMILY 



The Low June-berry, Amelanchier spicata, rises to 



the height of three feet from a long root creeping 

 among rocks. The leaves are elliptic or oval one to 

 one and a half inches long, rounded at both ends, 

 sometimes subacute at apex and sometimes subcordate 

 at base, serrulate or dentate crenate, woolly when 

 young. The flowers are borne in many four to ten- 

 flowered racemes : the pomes are about a quarter of 

 an inch in diameter. 



The Round-leaved June-berry, Amelanchier rotundi- 

 folia. appears as both tree and shrub, and is distin- 

 guished bv means of its leaves, which are broadly oval, 

 ovate or nearly orbicular, serrate with large teeth, 

 usually glabrous from the time of unfolding, though 

 sometimes woolly. Its fruit is a little larger than that 

 of Amelanchier spicata. 



The Oblong-fruited June-berry. Amelanchier oligo- 

 carpa> is a low. glabrous shrub. The leaves are thin, 

 narrowly oval or oblong, narrowed at each end, finely 

 and sharply serrate. The flowers are borne in one to 

 four-flowered racemes : the petals instead of being 

 narrowly oblong are obovate or pblanceolate. The 

 pomes are pear-shaped, dark blue purple with a heavy 

 bloom, from one-fourth to three-eighths of an inch 

 long. All of the species are early bloomers and all 

 fruit sparingly. 



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