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WAYSIDE AND WOODLAND TREES. 
pink. The small clusters are umbels — that is to say, the foot- 
stalks of similar length start from a common base. The fruit 
is almost spherical, and instead of the foot-stalk gradually merg- 
ing into the apple, the attachment is always in a depression of 
the latter. In the typical form of the Wild Apple the yellow and 
red fruit hang by their slender stalks, but there is a variety 
in which the fruit is borne the stouter stalks. The variety 
may also be known by the downiness of the )'oung leaves, the 
calyx-tube, and the stalks. The fruit is about an inch across, 
and so rich in malic acid as to be unfit for food in its natural 
