Pyrus calleryana, natural size. A somewhat small-flowering type of a wild Calleryana pear, with rather tomentose foliage, which isn’t full grown yet. Three fruits of last year’s crop has persisted on the tree during the whole winter and spring. Note the very small size, on which account the Chinese call it the “T’ang li” or crab-apple pear, as these small fruits, with deciduous calyx, resemble the tiny apples of Malus spectabilis and M. baccata to a surprising degree. (Meyer.)
Neg. No. 13262. King men, Hupeh, China, April 7, 1917.
National Agricultural Library Special Collections
Pyrus calleryana, natural size. A somewhat small-flowering type of a wild Calleryana pear, with rather tomentose foliage, which isn’t full grown yet. Three fruits of last year’s crop has persisted on the tree during the whole winter and spring. Note the very small size, on which account the Chinese call it the “T’ang li” or crab-apple pear, as these small fruits, with deciduous calyx, resemble the tiny apples of Malus spectabilis and M. baccata to a surprising degree. (Meyer.)
Neg. No. 13262. King men, Hupeh, China, April 7, 1917.
National Agricultural Library Special Collections
http://specialcollections.nal.usda.gov/pyrus-calleryana
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