Camb. Flora Part II: Malus sylvestris

Part II

Malus sylvestris (L.)Miller (Malus acerba Mérat; Pyrus malus var. sylvestris L.; Pyrus malus subsp. acerba ( Mérat)Syme; Malus pumila Mill.)
subsp. sylvestris
First record: Ray, 1660
Malus sylvestris sive agrestis The Crab-tree or Wilding. In sylvis & sepibus. Ray,1660,94-95(83).
Malus sylvestris The Crab-tree or Wilding. Ray,1670:206.
Malus sylvestris officinarum. Martyn,1727,117.
Pyrus malus Crab-tree, or Wilding. Relhan,1785.
Apple-tree. Crab-tree. Relhan,1802;1820.
Pyrus Malus Crab Tree,Thinly scattered throughout the county; rarest in the Fens. I have no locality in the (7) Chatteris District. Bab 1860,79.
It is probable that many of these records for Malus sylvestris are for M. domestica; there also appear to be intermediates and the two subspecies or species are sometimes difficult to distinguish.
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Pyrus malus, Odsey; AMB. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Near Ashwell; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
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Trap Lane, Guilden Morden, 28-43-, R Payne, 13.7.1990.
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subsp. sylvestris, Buff Wood, E Hatley, 283.506, PD Sell 87/54, 9.5.1987, CGE.
Side of the Panhandle, by the farm road, Buff Wood, Hatley St George, 282.507, PD Sell 91/51, 3.5.1991, CGE.
Pyrus malus, Croxton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
var. acerba, Gamlingay Greensands, CE Moss, 6.5.1910, det. subsp. sylvestris, FH Perring 1962, CGE.
Gamlingay Wood in Middle Ages, f. O Rackham, presume subsp. sylvestris.
Gamlingay Wood, RSA List.; AC Leslie, 8.2001.
subsp. sylvestris, near the N entrance to Hayley Wood, 293.533, PD Sell 68/28, 27.4.1968, CGE.
subsp. sylvestris, SW end of Hayley Wood, 289.527, PD Sell 86/33, A Clarke & R I'Ons, 14.5.1986, CGE.
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Pyrus malus, Papworth St Everard; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
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subsp. sylvestris, Bassenhally Pits, single glabrous tree, FH Perring, 1967.
29Y, GMS Easy, 1970-1976.
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'Old Mount', Newcut Fields, Bassingbourn, 320.446, PD Sell 67/147, 7.5.1967, CGE.
subsp. sylvestris, hedgerow, Highfields, Bassingbourn, 337.418, PD Sell 95/164, 19.8.1995.
Pyrus malus, Croydon. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
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K 16A, [Caldecote], EF Warburg, 1940.
Pyrus malus, Caxton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Comberton; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Dry Drayton. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Eversden; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Hardwick. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Hardwick Wood, GI Crawford, 1932; EF Warburg, 1940.
Near New Field Farm, Hardwick, GI Crawford, 1932.
Pyrus malus, Long Stow; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Orwell; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Toft. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
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Pyrus malus, Childerley; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
J 17A, [Childerley], TG Tutin & EF Warburg, 1940.
Pyrus malus, Elsworth; WWN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
subsp. sylvestris, Knapwell Wood, 330.607, inside wood, FH Perring, 31.5.1968.
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var. acerba, Chatteris, AF.cat.
var. acerba, Wood Farm, AF.cat.
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var. acerba, Doddington, AF.cat.
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The Baulk and May Street Farm, Great Chishill, 42-38-, UC Watson, 1969.
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Pyrus malus, Ickleton. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus Sawston, Miss Plowden, 1838, SWN.
Whittlesford, 1894, Shrubbs ann.
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subsp. sylvestris, Cambridge, JS Henslow, 3.5.1821,det. FH Perring, CGE.
Chalk pit close. Bab.ann.Relhan,198.
Road to Hinton. Bab.ann.Relhan,198.
Pyrus malus, Chalk pit Close and road to Hinton; SWW. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Gog Magog Hills, EF Warburg, 1939.
Pyrus malus, Coldhams lane. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Coton. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Haslingfield. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Dernford, 1887, Shrubbs ann.
?Coe Fen, IHB List.
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Pyrus malus, Cottenham. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Slatehall Farm, Girton, GI Crawford, 1932.
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Pyrus malus, Sutton. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Sutton, AF.cat.
47T, GMS Easy, 1970-1976.
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Honey, AF.cat.
Horseway, AF.ann.
subsp. sylvestris, By Vermuydens Drain (on SW side of Drain), Langwood Fen area, 443.867, PD Sell 87/262 & M Block, 11.8.1987, CGE.
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Roman Road, Balsham, EA George, 1939.
var. acerba, Borley Wood, TG Tutin, 1932.
Pyrus malus, Hildersham. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Hildersham Wood, AC Leslie, 7.1982.
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One tree, apparently wild, by roadside Babraham to Fulbourn, 1905, PGM Rhodes, CBSC.
Hedgerows, Babraham, EA George, 1940.
Pyrus malus, Gt Wilbraham. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
var. acerbae, Fleam Dyke, 1903 & 1904, AH ann.Bab.
Fleam Dyke, AGT List.
Fleam Dyke, EA George, 1940.
subsp. sylvestris, Fleam Dyke, 557.534, PD Sell 62/82, 14.5.1962, CGE.
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Pyrus malus Bottisham, L.J., 7.5.[?], BATHG.
Pyrus malus, Swaffham Bulbeck. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Gallows Hill, Devil's Ditch, 58-64-, 10Km card, 18.6.1956.
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Pyrus malus, Stuntney; WNN. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
Pyrus malus, Wicken. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
subsp. sylvestris, Near the Brick pits, Wicken Fen, 562.707, PD Sell 67/740, 3.10.1961, CGE.
Tetrad I, GMS Easy, 1970-1976.
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Pyrus malus, Ely. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
subsp. sylvestris, Springhead Lane, Ely, FH Perring, 10.5.1970.
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Hedge, Horseheath, 611.476, R Payne, 1981.
subsp. sylvestris, Langley Wood, 60-42-, FH Perring & GF Peterken, 19.9.1967.
Over Wood, GI Crawford, 1932.
Shudy Camps, EA George, 1940.
64C, GMS Easy, 1970-1976.
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var. acerba, Basefield Wood, CEM.ann.
Pyrus malus, Dullingham. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.
subsp. sylvestris, Gt Widgham Wood, probably native there, FH Perring, 5.7.1962, CGE.
Lopham's Wood, CD Pigott, 1950.
Marmers Wood, CD Pigott, 1950.
var. acerba, Sparrows Grove, EF Warburg, 1932.
Sparrows Grove wood, 653.543, one tree, SM Walters, 13.5.1968.
Ten Wood, CD Pigott, 1950.
subsp. sylvestris, Whiting's Grove, Weston Green, 634.520, frequent, AC Leslie, 1978.
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subsp. sylvestris, Chippenham Fen, 64-68-, FH Perring, 20.6.1968.
Devil's Ditch between golf course and railway, BD Jones, 1971.
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67B, Green Lane to Soham Reserve, DR Donald, 1980.
76E, GMS Easy, 1970-1976.
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Hedge, Thorney, 251.056, R Payne, 1984.
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Pyrus malus ...By the third mile stone on the Sutton road, Skrim.MS.
Pyrus malus Wisbech. [?JRW]. Hort.Sicc.4:WBCH.
Pyrus malus, Wisbech; J Balding. Bab.MS.Fl. 256.