58 NATL. ARBORETUM CONTRIB. NO. 2, U.S. DEPT. AGR. 



Locations: (A), (E), (P). 



cv. Selkirk 



M. baccata X M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana. 



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

 Morden, Manitoba, Canada. Formerly MR 457. 



Description: Flowers; rose red. Fruit; glossy purplish red, 

 approx. 2 cm. in diam. Effective in color throughout most of 

 summer. 



Locations: (H), (M), (O), (Q), (T). 



cv. Shakespeare 



Introd. by E. H. Scanlon and Associates, Olmsted Falls, Ohio. 

 M. cv. Shakespeare at the U.S. National Arboretum, although 

 grafted on a high standard, is similar in every aspect to M. X 

 atrosanguinea* (Author). 



A selection M. X atrosanguinea* discovered by E. H. Scanlon 

 in The Shakespeare Cultural Garden, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Locations: (C), (E). 



cv. Simcoe 



M. baccata X M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana. 



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

 Agr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originated in 1920 from a cross 

 made by Miss Isabella Preston. Named in 1930 for Simcoe Lake, 40 

 miles north of Toronto, Canada. 



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

 light purplish red, approx. 4.5 cm. across. Fruit; carmine and 

 orange, approx. 2.5 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (A), (H), (I). 



Progeny of M. cv. Simcoe: 



M. cv. Baskatong (C.D.A., Ottawa) 



cv. Sissipuk 



M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana X M. baccata. 



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

 Agr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originated in 1920 from a cross 

 made by Miss Isabella Preston. Named in 1930 for Sissipuk Lake 

 in British Columbia. 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds deep carmine, 

 open rose pink fading to pale pink. Fruit; dark maroon purple 

 to oxblood red, approx. 2.7 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (A), (B), (D), (H), (I), (P). 



