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37578 to 37600— Continued. 



Europe are almost certainly hybrids. The tree in various forms is found 

 in the west of England. It has been much confused with P. intermedia, 

 and in some of its forms approaches that tree in form of leaf. But it 

 is usually much less downy on the lower surface by the end of the sum- 

 mer, the winter buds are paler, and the angle between the marginal 

 lobes of the leaf is wider, often 90° in P. latifolia, whereas in P. inter- 

 media it is frequently a mere slit at the base. There is a very fine old 

 specimen in the Earl of Bathurst's woods at Cirencester, between 70 and 

 80 feet high and 11 feet in girth of trunk." {W. J, Bean, Trees and 

 Shruhs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 286.) 

 37590 to 37592. Malus spp. 



37590. Malus PRUNiFOLiA (Willd.) Borkh. Siberian crab apple. 

 (Pyrus prunifolia Willd.) 



" A small tree with downy young shoots and ovate or broadly oval 

 leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, half or more than half as wide, unequally 

 round toothed, downy beneath. Flowers white, 1^ inches across, 

 produced in April in umbels of 6 to 10 blossoms; calyx with long, 

 narrow, always woolly lobes. Fruit round or slightly ovoid and 

 elongated, 1 inch in diameter, yellowish or red, crowned with the 

 persistent calyx. 



" There is some doubt as to the origin of this crab. Aiton gives 

 the date of its introduction to England as 1758, and its native coun- 

 try as Siberia, to which other authors have added North China. But 

 there appears to be no genuine proof of its existence in either coun- 

 try. It has been suggested that it is a hybrid between P. haccata and 

 P. malus. It is distinguishable from P. baccata in fruit by having 

 the calyx lobes nearly always adhering at the top, although not in- 

 variably. Although longer cultivated in Britain than P. haccata, it 

 does not appear to have reached so large a size." (W. J. Bean, Trees 

 and l<hrubs Hardy in the British Jsles, vol. 2, p. 290-201.) 



" This species, which is commonly known as the Siberian crab, is a 

 tree native to Siberia and usually attains a height of 20 to 30 feet; 

 tho flowers greatly resemble those of the conmion pear, and the 

 fruit when ripe is of a yellowish color with a slight tinge of red on 

 the side exposed to the sun. The fruit is like that of the medlar; has 

 an austere taste and is more palatable when decay has begun." 

 (Nicholson, Dictionary of Gardening.) 



37591. Malus prunifolia rinki (Koidy.) Rehder. 

 (Pyrus ringo Wenzig.) 



Var. fastigiata bifera. 



"A small tree, usually under 20 feet in height, of graceful habit; 

 young branches covered with grayish down. Leaves ovate or oval, 2 

 to 4 inches long; two-thirds as wide, downy above when young, per- 

 manently so beneath, sharply toothed ; stalk one-half to three-fourths 

 inch long, downy. Flowers in applelike clusters, each on a woolly 

 stalk 1 to li inches long, rosy red in bud, paler when open, becom- 

 ing almost white ; calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, hairy on both 

 sides. Fruit pendulous, IJ inches long, 1 inch wide, roundish, egg 

 shaped, bright yellow, crowned by persistent calyx lobes. 



"This tree appears to have been originally introduced to Europe 

 by Siebold from Japan about the middle of last century, but it is 



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