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of northeastern Siberia, in Korea, and in northern 

 Japan, this species is represented by its variety 

 mandschurica which differs in certain technical points 

 and has scarlet fruit. In Korea there is a form 

 (Jackii) which has handsome, relatively large dark 

 red fruit. Under cultivation numerous hybrids be- 

 tween Mains baccata and the common Apple and 

 other species have arisen and all are ornamental in 

 flower and exceedingly beautiful in fruit. They are 

 known collectively as Siberian Crabapples but many 

 of the varieties have received distinctive names. 



The oldest known of the Crabapples is the Chinese 

 M. spectabilis which was introduced from Canton into 

 England in 1780. It is cultivated in the Imperial gar- 

 dens at Peking and elsewhere in China, but has not yet 

 been reported in a wild state. It is a small tree from 

 twenty to thirty feet tall with a vase-shaped crown 

 made up of numerous rigid ascending branches and 

 short branchlets. The flowers are pale pink, more 

 or less semi-double and fragrant, and the fruits are 

 yellow, nearly globose, and about three quarters of 

 an inch in diameter. The habit is rather stiff, but 

 this old denizen of gardens with its wealth of clustered 

 blossoms is strikingly beautiful. 



A lovely Crabapple bearing in season its pale pink 

 flowers in the utmost profusion is M. Scheideckeri. 



