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The \pple I amil\ 

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Habit and Habitat: A small tree, L5-20 feet tall, or in tin- south 

 ually a shrub, with a trunk diameter of 3-8 inches; branches slender, 

 reading, erect or pendulous, forming a narrow, open, rounded crown. 

 Prefers a rich, moist, cool soil along river banks or about swamp.-, but 



also grows well in the rocky or gravelly soils ( f mountains. 



Leaves and Huds: Leaves alternate, pmnately compound. 6-8 in- 

 ches long, leaflets 7-17, 2-3 inches long, '■_> ■'•i inch wide, sessile or 

 nearly so except the terminal one which has a slender stalk, lanceolate or 



oblong-lanceolate, taper-pointed, unequally wedge-shaped or rounded at 



the base, finely and sharply serrate above the base, smooth, dark Yellow 

 • en above, paler beneath, yellow in autumn; petioles dark green or red. 

 Buds ovoid, dark red. acute. %-$j inch long, tip curved, lateral buds 

 smaller, appressed. scales rounded, more or less hairy, inner scales ver\ 

 hairy as the bud enlarges. 



Flowers and Fruits: Flowers produced in May or June, after the 

 leaves, perfect, U inch broad, borne in many-flowered, flat, con 1 pound 

 (dusters :;-."> inches wide; calyx urn-shaped. 5-lobed, hairy; petals 5, white; 

 stamens many, attached on the rim of the calyx; ovary imbedded in the 

 fleshy calyx; styles 'l-'-\. Fruit a globular, berry-like apple or pome, S 

 inch in diameter, bright red, borne in many-fruited clusters which arc 

 often pendulous on the twigs, and may remain on the tnc through the 

 "inter; flesh thin and sour; seeds light brown. 



Bark. Twigs and Wood: Twigs reddish-brown and hairy at first, 

 becoming smooth and dark brown; bark thin, light gray-brown or green- 

 ish-brown on the trunk and main branches, smooth or somewhat rough- 

 ened on old trees, papery outer layers sometimes separating. The wood 

 is pale brown, light, soft, close-grained, weak, sapwood thick, lighter 

 ored, of little commercial value. 



Distribution in the State: The mountain ash does not occur natur- 

 ally in the state but it has been planted quite frequently as an orna- 

 mental. The tree is found from Newfoundland to North Carolina and 

 .Michigan but reaches its largest size on the northern shores of Lake 

 Superior and Lake Huron in more or less swampy lands. 



Remarks: The mountain ash is one of our most beautiful Ameri- 

 can trees; it is easily transplanted but grows slowly. It docs not app< 



thrive upon the relatively dry soils and in the dry hot climate of 

 Nebraska but I have seen some good specimens in the state \ n; 

 omonly planted mountain ash is the European Bpeci< 



■ /... which closely resembles the American tree. Hither tree i- 



lirable as a lawn or park tree because of the beautiful foliage, the 



large clu of white flowers in early summer and the brilliant 



(dusters of fruits which art iallv conspicuous in the autumn after 



the 1- have fallen and during the winter. I be mountain ash 



i!d be more generally planted as an ornamental in eastern Nebraska, 

 but it should be pi; mIv in the cooler. Minister sites and where it n 



1 during periods of hot. dry weather. 



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