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Pyrus betulaefolia, Bunge. Fig. 3281. Tree, to 20 ft., without
thorns, the buds and branchlets gray-tomentose, the head rather narrow,
the foliage pale and the fls. rather small: lvs. ovate-acuminate or
rhombic-ovate-acuminate, cuneate at base, long-stalked, sharp-serrate,
becoming shining green above, pale tomentose or glabrous beneath: fls.
white, 2/3in. across, the styles and cells of ovary 2: fr. nearly
globular, size of a pea, brown and dotted, the calyx falling. China.
Hardy in New England and Canada. H.H. 1879, pp. 318, 319. G.F. 7:225
(reduced in Fig. 3281). A.F. 13: 1396. Gng. 6:309.—A worthy plant for
ornament, bearing a profusion of fls. in advance of the lvs. or at the
time of the expanding of the lvs. It has been used as a stock for some
of the pomological pears. It is subject to pear-blight.
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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