COCKSPUR THORN
Crataegus crus-galli, L.
Form.—Height 10-25 feet, diameter 6-12 inches; trunk short; crown broad and flat-topped.
Leaves.—Alternate, simple, ovate-obovate, 1-3 inches long, sharply serrate except toward the base, long tapering at the base, rounded or blunt-pointed at the apex, thick, dark green and glossy above, paler beneath.
Flowers.—June; perfect; white, two-thirds of an inch across, arranged in many-flowered corymbs; stamens 10; styles 1-3.
Fruit.—Matures in autumn; an ovoid or sub-globose pome two-fifths-½ inch long, greenish to dull red, containing usually 2 boxy nutlets which are 2-3-grooved on the back.
Bark.—Grayish brown, roughened on old trees by small scales.
Wood.—Hard, heavy, close-grained, reddish brown with thick light-colored sapwood.
Range.—Southern Canada to northern Georgia, west to Missouri and Michigan.