Pyrus betulaefolia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Pyrus betulaefolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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