Identifier: handbookoftreeso00houg (
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Handbook of the trees of the northern states and Canada east of the Rocky mountains. Photo-descriptiveYear:
1907 (
1900s)Authors:
Hough, Romeyn Beck, 1857-1924Subjects:
Trees -- North AmericaPublisher:
Lowville, N. Y., The authorContributing Library:
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view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:AMERICAN PLUM. WILD PLUM, Prunus Americana Marsh.Text Appearing After Image:Fig. 313. Mature leaves and fruit, i; fruit in cross-section, 2; isolated pits, 3; branchlet from sterile shoot, 4; leafless branchlet in winter, 5.314. Trunk. Southwestern Arkansas. Handbook of Trees of the Northern States and Canada. 271 The American Wild Plum tree attains the height of from 20 to 30 ft. and in regions most favorable to its growth a trunk diameter of 12 or 14 in., but is usually a considerably smaller tree and is sometimes found fruiting as a large shrub. It develops a symmetrical broad or rounded top of spreading and upright branches. Like the more northern Canada Plum it is one of the delights of early spring, which cuvered with its profusion of white flowers, and in mid-summer is quite as beautiful an object with its dark green leaves and red and yellow fruit. In quality of fruit it is variable, and pomologists have devoted considerable attention to the propagation and improvement of the better sorts. The De Soto, Louisa, Itaska, Minnetonka, ets., are plums in cultivation ofNote About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.