HISTORY, PROGENY, AND LOCATIONS OF CRABAPPLES 31 



cv. Caramel* 



A seedling selection by Niels E. Hansen. Grown from mixed 

 apple seeds. Syn: M. cv. Carmel. 



Introd. in 1919 by South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Brookings, S. Dak. Named "Caramel" because of the sweet 

 taste of the fruit. 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds light pink, open 

 pinkish white, approx. 4 cm. across. Fruit; yellowish green to 

 orange yellow, red cheek, approx. 5 cm. in diam. Disease free (41). 



Location: (Q). 



cv. Centennial 



M. baccata 



\M. X robusta* 

 lia-i 



cv. Centennial 



M. prunifolia-i cv Dolgo* 



Unknown ' 



M. baccata 1 



M. X robusta*—, 

 M. prunifolia-i cv. Wealthy* (Apple)— 1 



Unknown ' 



Originated in 1957 and introd. by Univ. of Minnesota State 

 Fruit Farm, Excelsior, Minn. Disease free (41 ) . 



Description: Flowers; white. Fruit; bright red over yellow, 

 approx. 4.8 cm. in diam. 



Location: (R). 



cv. Chestnut* 



Open pollinated seedling of M. cv. Malinda* (apple). 



Discovered at Univ. of Minnesota State Fruit Farm, Excelsior, 

 Minn. Selected in 1921. Introd. into cultivation in 1946. Named 

 "Chestnut" because of the nutlike taste of the fruit. Formerly 

 Minnesota No. 240. Disease free (41). 



Description: Flowers; white. Fruit; approx. 5 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (I), (R). 



cv. Chilko* 



An open pollinated seedling of M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana. 



Originated in 1920 and introd. by the Central Experimental 

 Farm, Canada Dept. of Agr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Selected 

 by Miss Isabella Preston and named in 1930 for Chilko Lake in 

 southwestern British Columbia. 



