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Definition of Garland crab

1. Noun. Medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Garland Crab

Literary usage of Garland crab

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"The wild apples of the Mississippi valley and eastward have usually been distinguished into two species, the Pyrus coronaria or garland crab of the North, ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"In N. Arner. is another set, represented by the garland crab, P. coronaria, the Prairie States crab, P. ioensis, and the far western crab, P. fueca. ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"... known are the smooth-growing Crab trees with small fruits that shed their calices. In North America is another set, represented by the garland crab, ..."

4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Michx., southeastern US, Southern Crab-apple or Crab tree; (d) M. coronaria (L.) Mill., Ontario and northeastern US, American or garland crab-apple, ..."

5. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"AMERICAN or garland crab APPLE. Glades from WXY to Mich, and S. and sparingly W. ; small tree, soon smooth, with the mostly triangular ovate leaves rounded ..."

6. Horticulture for Schools by Arnold Valentine Stubenrauch, Milo Nelson Wood, Charles Junius Booth (1922)
"... from Alaska to northern California; two species in the Mississippi Valley, the garland crab in the North (which may represent more than one species) and ..."

7. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"The wild apples of the Mississippi valley and eastward have usually been distinguished into two species, the Pyrus coronaria or garland crab of the North, ..."

8. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"In N. Arner. is another set, represented by the garland crab, P. coronaria, the Prairie States crab, P. ioensis, and the far western crab, P. fueca. ..."

9. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1901)
"... known are the smooth-growing Crab trees with small fruits that shed their calices. In North America is another set, represented by the garland crab, ..."

10. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Michx., southeastern US, Southern Crab-apple or Crab tree; (d) M. coronaria (L.) Mill., Ontario and northeastern US, American or garland crab-apple, ..."

11. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"AMERICAN or garland crab APPLE. Glades from WXY to Mich, and S. and sparingly W. ; small tree, soon smooth, with the mostly triangular ovate leaves rounded ..."

12. Horticulture for Schools by Arnold Valentine Stubenrauch, Milo Nelson Wood, Charles Junius Booth (1922)
"... from Alaska to northern California; two species in the Mississippi Valley, the garland crab in the North (which may represent more than one species) and ..."

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