222 CONNECTICUT GEOL. AND NAT. HIST. SURVEY. fBull. 



ford and Seymour (Harger). Occasional through the 

 southern part of the state. Mid- June — • mid-Aug. Native of 

 northern Asia. 



PYRUS L. 



Pyrus communis L. (common). 

 Pear. Choke or Wild Pear. 



Occasional. Roadsides, fields and pastures as an escape 

 from cultivation. May. Native of the Old World. 



Valued in cultivation for its fruit ; also its wood is used 

 for drawing implements, for tools, in imitation of ebony, and 

 by the wood engraver. 



Pyrus baccata L. (berry-bearing). 



Crab Apple. Siberian Crab. Small Crab Apple. 



Rare. Roadsides and river banks as an escape from culti- 

 vation: Windsor (H. S. Clark), Hampton and Hartford 

 (Bissell), Berlin (Andrews). May. Native of the Old 

 World. 



X Pyrus prunifolia Willd. (plum-leaved). 

 Crab Apple. Large Crab Apple. 



Rare. Roadsides and fields: Ledyard (Graves), Old 

 Saybrook (Harger), Hartford (Bissell). May. Native of 

 the Old World. 



This species is supposed to be of hydrid origin, derived 

 from a cross between Pyrus baccaia and Pyrus Malus, and it 

 is the parent of most of the forms in cultivation. 



Pyrus Malus L. (classical name for the Apple Tree). 

 Malus Malus Britton. 

 Apple. Wild Apple. 



Common. Fields, roadsides, pastures and borders of 

 woods as an escape from cultivation. May. Native of the 

 Old World. 



Our most valued cultivated fruit. The wood is close- 

 grained, hard and tough, and is used for tool handles, shoe- 

 makers' lasts and by the cabinet-maker. 



Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L.f. (bearing leaves like the Arbute 

 Tree). 

 Aronia arbutifolia Ell. 



