MAY HAW; APPLE HAW (Cratvegus rstivalis, T. & G.). • 20 to 30 feet. Round-headed tree, with stout trunk, or many stems from ground. Thorns stout, sharp, 14 inches long, shining; often wanting. Bark thin, reddish brown, fissured into irregular plates, scaly. Wood heavy, weak, close , grained, light brown. Leaves 14 to e inches long, elliptical, irregularly wavy-toothed and serrate above middle; plain, wedge-shaped to hairy petiole; dark green, leathery, shining above, with rusty, hairy veins below. Flowers with leaves
in February or March, few in cluster, white, 1 inch across, calyx tips and numerous anthers red. Fruit ripe in May, 1 to 3 in cluster, flattened, very fragrant, bright red with pale dots, calyx lobes large, recurved; flesh thick, juicy, sub-acid; used for jellies and preserves; outlets grooved. Dist.: North ern Florida through Gulf states to Sabine River in Texas; north to southern Arkansas. A handsome ornamental haw i thorn.