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Amelanchier laevis, Wiegand (A. canadénsis, Gray, not Medikus). Irregularly branched tree, with spreading branches, to 40 ft., sometimes shrubby: Lvs. oval-ovate to ovate-oblong, short-acuminate, subcordate or rotúndate at the base, rarely broadly cunéate, 1½-2½ in. long, sharply serrate nearly to the base, quite glabrous and purplish when young: racemes slender, many-fld., drooping, glabrous or nearly so, lower pedicels very long, in n. about 1 in., in fr. sometimes 2 in. long; petals oblong-linear, about ½ in. long; top of ovary glabrous: fr. purple or nearly black, bloomy, juicy and fairly sweet. May; fr. in June. From Newfoundland to Mich, and Kans., south to Ga. and Ala. Em. 2:503 (upper figures). H.T. 242. M.D.G. 1900:494, 495. G. 16:48; 34:343 (habit). G.M. 44:306 (habit).—This is the most graceful and the handsomest species in bloom, differing from all other species in the purplish young foliage and the drooping racemes.
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==References==
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*[[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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