‘Microphylla’ 
‘Miller’ 
‘Minute Man’ 
Chance seedling discovered in planting of ‘Lalandei’. ‘Macrocarpa’ in 
title of article apparently is typographical error. 
= ‘Macrocarpa’ (May) 
(Baker Bros., Fort Worth, Texas. Catalog, p. 28. 1941-42) : Upright with 
slightly spreading branches; leaves dark green, small; fruit red; winter 
hardy. 
(W.B. Clarke & Co., San Jose, California. Catalog, p. 19. 1935, as P. 
formosana ‘Miller Variety’) : Fruit bright orange, large clusters. Sarver 
Nursery, Dallas, Texas. Catalog, p. 14. 1942 : Medium grower; leaves 
dainty blue green; fruit bright red. D.R. Egolf and R.F. Drechsler. Baileya 
15(2):86. 1967 : Chromosome number 2n=34. 
Also listed as ‘Miller Type’, ‘Miller Variety’, ‘Milleri’ 
P. koidzumii 
Red 40A, RHS 
(Wyman’s Garden Centers, Framingham, Massachusetts. Catalog, p. 37. 
1960, as P. coccinea ‘Minute Man’) : Fruit orange red; hardy. Letter 
January 18, 1966, Paul F. Bobula, Waltham Field Station, Waltham, 
Massachusetts : Probably originated as seedling selection of P. coccinea 
by Luke May, Lexington Nurseries, Lexington, Massachusetts, prior to 
1945; fruit color more red than that of P. coccinea ‘Lalandei’. Letter 
December 29, 1956, R.M. Wyman, Wyman’s Framingham Nurseries, 
Framingham, Massachusetts : Leaves thin and “papery”; fruit plentiful 
but small; clone named by R.M. Wyman to indicate it was from a cultivar 
growing in Lexington, Massachusetts; introduced ca. 1960. Letter Janu- 
ary 19, 1966, C.J. Gilgut, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massa- 
chusetts : Small plants received ca. 1945 from Lexington Nursery (now 
out of business); supposedly grown from seed; reported to be much 
hardier than other pyracanthas; propagation material distributed to 
nurserymen. D.R. Egolf and R.F. Drechsler. Baileya 15(2):84. 1967 : 
Chromosome number 2n=34. 
P. coccinea 
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