‘Monrovia’ 
‘Moon Glow’ 
‘Moonbeam’ 
‘Moretii’ 
(Monrovia Nursery, Azusa, California. Catalog, p. 22. 1940, as P. lalandi 
‘Monrovia’) : Tall growing; fruit orange, abundant clusters. Letter March 2, 
1960, Walter Lee, Monrovia Nursery : Originated as seedling of P. coccinea 
‘Lalandei’, selected for its upright growth habit and greater profusion of 
fruit, and introduced in 1940 by Monrovia Nursery. D.R. Egolf and R.F. 
Drechsler. Baileya 15(2):84. 1967, as P. coccinea ‘Monrovia’ : Chromo- 
some number 2n=34. 
= ‘Lalandei Monrovia’, ‘Vincent’ 
P. coccinea 
Orange Red 32A, RHS 
(F.C. Galle et al. American Association of Botanic Gardens and Arboreta 
Quarterly Newsletter 60:27. 1964, without description). Letter, September 
7, 1989, F.C. Galle, Hamilton, Georgia : Listed in error; probably refers to 
‘Moonbeam’. 
(Wight Nurseries, Cairo, Georgia. Catalog, p. 9. Fall 1960) : Leaves varie- 
gated, small, dainty, reddish in fall and winter; fruit red, sparse. U.S. 
plant patent no. 1590, April 16, 1957 : Originated as sport of P. gibbsi 
yunnanensis; selected by Emily Betts Gregory, Tucker, Georgia; leaves 
oblanceolate, small, green at center, with definite variegations of green to 
light cream or white toward the edges, densely borne along arching 
branches; fruit red, sparse. Introduced by Wight Nurseries in 1960. Name 
registered by David Walker, Wight Nurseries, July 6, 1989. D.R. Egolf and 
R.F. Drechsler. Baileya 15(2):86. 1967 : Chromosome number 2n=34. 
P. fortuneana 
Red 44A, RHS 
(Rivoire Pére & Fils, Lyon, France. Catalog, p. 44. Autumn 1937, as 
Crataegus pyracantha ‘Moreti’) : Vigorous; leaves bright green above, pale 
beneath; fruit orange, hard, abundant. Letter October 19, 1960, F. 
Delaunay, Pépiniére F. Delaunay, Angers, France : Originated as natural 
hybrid of P. coccinea ‘Lalandei’ x P. pauciflora in the garden of a Mr. 
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