Index    Handbook of the Trees of New England by Lorin Low Dame, Henry Brooks

Pyrus communis, L. Pear Tree.

The common pear, introduced from Europe; a frequent escape from cultivation throughout New England and elsewhere; becomes scraggly and shrubby in a wild state.

Pyrus Malus, L. Apple Tree.

Malus Malus, Britton.

The common apple; introduced from Europe; a more or less frequent escape wherever extensively cultivated, like the pear showing a tendency in a wild state to reversion.