322.—Apple Tree. Pyrus Malus. C. S.details

The apple tree makes a rounder head than the pear-tree and is not so erect. The flowers are in umbels, whereas those of the Pear are in corymbs. Nevertheless the corymbose formation is often present, but less straggling than in the Pear. The leaf is more oblong, and is bluntly serrated. The stipules are long and tepering, and produce a ragged effect. The leaf-stalk is shorter, wider, and more channelled than in the Pear. (p. 188)