PEAR HAW (Crafregus tomentosa, Linn.). 15 to 20 feet. Low tree with wide, flat head. Thorns scattered, slender, straight, 1 to 11 inches long. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, narrowed to the plain, wedge-shaped base, sharply lobed, saw toothed, thin, gray-green, downy beneath; petioles stout, winged, spreading into prominent veins. Autumn colors, orange and scarlet. Flowers March to June, in broad, downy
corymbs, bad-smelling; stamens 20, with red or yellow anthers. Fruit pear-shaped, 1 inch in diameter, in erect, many-fruited clus ;ers, dull red-orange, with thick, juicy flesh. Dist.: Troy, New York, to eastern Pennsylvania, central Tennessee, and northern Georgia; west to Minnesota and Kansas.