Crataegus mollis
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Crataegus mollis,scheele (C.tiliifolia, Koch. C. acerifolia, Hort. C. coccinea var. mollis, Torr. & Gray). Tree, to 30 ft., with short, stout thorns: lvs. broadly ovate, sharply and doubly serrate and with 4-5 pairs of short acute lobes, densely pubescent beneath, 3-4 in. long: corymbs densely villous-pubescent; fls. with red disk: fr. about ½in. across, usually pear-shaped, scarlet, more or less pubescent, with thick mealy flesh and 4-5 stones. April, May: fr. end of Aug., Sept. Ohio to S. Dak. and Kans. S.S. 13:659. Em. 494 (as C. tomentosa,). G.F. 5:221.—One of the most decorative species, with large, bright green foliage and showy fls. and frs., ripening in Sept., but dropping soon after maturity. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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