HISTORY, PROGENY, AND LOCATIONS OF CRABAPPLES 55 



("den Boer doubts presence of M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana in 

 M. cv. Red Tip" (<%).) 



Introd. in 1919 by South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Brookings, S. Dak. Originated from a cross made by Niels 

 E. Hansen. Name refers to the red tip of the young leaves. 



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

 mine, open pale rose pink, approx. 4.5 cm. across. Fruit; yellowish 

 green, approx. 5 cm. in diam. 



Location: (Q). 



cv. Redflesh 



M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana X M. coronaria cv. Elk River. 



Originated from a cross made by Niels E. Hansen. Introd. in 

 1928 by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Brookings, S. Dak. Name refers to the red color of the crabapple 

 flesh. 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds carmine, open 

 pale rose pink, approx. 4.5 cm. across. Fruit; red, shaded side 

 greenish brown, approx. 4.7 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (C), (I). 



Progeny of M. cv. Redflesh : 

 M. cv. Cranberry (Wodarz) 

 M. cv. Redflesh Winter (Hansen, N. E.) 



cv. Rescue* 



An open pollinated seedling of M. cv. Blushed Calville (apple). 



Named and introd. about 1936 by the Experimental Farm, 

 Canada Dept. of Agr., Scott, Saskatchewan, Canada. Extremely 

 hardy. 



Description: Flowers; pink fading to white, approx. 2.5 cm. 

 across. Fruit; red, approx. 3.5 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (I), (Q). 



cv. Robin 



M. baccata X M. cv. (Simbirsk No. 9) (apple). 



Introd. by Central Experimental Farm, Canada Dept. of Agr., 

 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originated from a cross made in 1904 

 by William Saunders, named in 1911. 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds rose red, open 

 white with trace of pink along edges, petals cupped, approx. 4 cm. 

 across. Fruit; orange yellow with pale red blush, evenly ribbed, 

 approx. 4 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (C), (I). 



