HISTORY, PROGENY, AND LOCATIONS OF CRABAPPLES 45 



by the Northwest Nursery Co. Foliage purple-red to bronze 

 throughout summer. Formerly VC #3. 



Description: Flowers; single, deep purple red. Fruit; dark red, 

 approx. 1 to 1.5 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (A), (I). 



cv. Linda* 15 



M. baccata 



M. fioribunda 



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M. X arnoldiana* 



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cv. Linda* 



A chance seedling selected by Arie F. den Boer of Des Moines, 

 Iowa, from a group of open pollinated M. X arnoldiana* seedlings 

 growing at Des Moines Water Works. Named in 1958 by den Boer 

 for his granddaughter Linda E. den Boer. Disease free (-4-0. 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds rose red to car- 

 mine, open pale pink, approx. 4.5 cm. across. Fruit; bright to dark 

 crimson, approx. 2.8 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (E), (O). 



cv. Lisa* 



A chance seedling selected by Arie F. den Boer of Des Moines, 

 Iowa, from a group of open pollinated M. ioensis seedlings growing 

 at the Des Moines Water Works. Named in 1958 by den Boer for 

 his granddaughter Lisa M. den Boer. Formerly M. ioensis (Seed- 

 ling Red No. 2). 



Description: A slow-growing small tree with purplish young 

 leaves. Flowers ; single, expanding buds rose red to carmine, open 

 rose red to light carmine, approx. 2.7 cm. across. Fruit; orange 

 yellow and carmine or carmine all over, approx. 2.5 cm. in diam. 



Location: (0). 



cv. Liset 



M. halliana 

 M. sieboldii 



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M. X atrosanguinea*- 



M. pumila var. 



niedzwetzkyana 



M. X purpurea 

 cv. Lemoinei 



M. sieboldii 



cv. Liset 



15 Not to be confused with M. cv. Linda Sweet crabapple introduced by 

 N. E. Hansen in 1922, nor with the apple M. cv. Linda (a seedling of Lang- 

 ford Beauty (apple) ) originated at the Central Experimental Farm, Canada 

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



