Pyrus Malus — Flowering Apple — Crab. 107 



This is much smaller than its parent, growing but five or 

 six feet high. 



A Chinese crab, P. ni. spcctabilis, grows to a height of 

 twenty to thirty feet, and has large, pale red or rose- 



DOUBLE FLOWERING APPLE. 



colored, semi-double flowers in April or May. They are 

 nearly sessile, and appear in umbels. The leaves are 

 oblong, oval, and smooth, and give the tree a somewhat 

 showy appearance at all times. The fruit is not especially 

 good. The variety known as flore rosco picno produces 

 double rose-colored flowers nearly two inches in diameter. 



