Identifier: handbookoftreeso00houg (find matches)
Title: Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptive
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Hough, Romeyn Beck, 1857-1924
Subjects: Trees -- North America
Publisher: Lowville, N. Y., The author
Contributing Library: NCSU Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: NCSU Libraries

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ELLWANGER HAW. Cratcegus Elhcanf/eriana Sarg.
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Fig. 29J. Mature leaves and fruit ; branchlet in winter.293. Trunk of type tree, Rochester, N. Y. I Handbook of Tukks of tifk X( AM) Canada. SHI The Ellwanger Haw, so far as now known,is (luite local in distribution, us it uppours tobe confined mainly to Western New York, whereit is common. It is a large and beautiful rep-resentative of its genus, attaining the heightof from 25-30 ft., with lofty broad roundedtop and clear trunk 12-18 in. in diameter.This is covered with a grayish brown barkwhich exfoliates in rather small friable scales.The tree from which the leaf and fruit speci-mens used for our illustration were taken, andwhose trunk is seen in the bark picture, is thetype tree of the species. It stands on thegrounds of the Mount Hope Nurseries, ownedby Messrs. Ellwanger and Barry, and was fit-tingly given the name of the senior memberof the firm, whose upright character and lonucareer as a successful nurseryman have beenof great benefit to his community and country.This particul

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