‘New Red’ 
‘Nu Red’ 
‘Orange Cadence’ 
‘Orange Charmer’ 
late spring, smooth and waxy; scab resistant; highly fire-blight tolerant; 
hardy to zone 7B; chromosome number 2n=34. Second generation seedling 
of the cross P. angustifolia < P. ‘Watereri’ (P. coccinea ‘Lalandei’ x P. 
crenulata), made in 1963 at U.S. National Arboretum; selected in 1973; 
introduced in 1978. Name registered by Donald R. Egolf, June 6, 1978; NA 
No. 38451; PI No. 427118. 
(Joseph A. Hren, East Hampton, New York. Catalog, p. 34. 1959, as P. 
rogersi [‘New Red’], without description). Assumed to be ‘Nu Red’. 
= ‘Nu Red’ 
P. rogersiana 
(Gresham’s Nursery, Richmond, Virginia. Catalog, p. 6. 1953-54, without 
description). 
= ‘New Red’ 
(C. Philip, compiler. The Plant Finder, 6th ed., p. 421. 1992, without 
description) : Listed as available from Johnstown Garden Centre, 
Johnstown, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. No additional information 
available. 
(Vuyk van Nes, Boskoop, Holland. Catalog. 1962 [not seen]). Proefstation 
voor de Boomkwekerij te Boskoop. Alfabetische Lijst van Planten op de 
Sortimentstuim, p. 174. 1962, without description. Old Farm Nursery, 
Boskoop, Holland. Catalog, pp. 58, 80. 1962-63, as P. ‘Orange Charmer’ : 
Fruit orange; disease resistant. B.K. Boom. Nederlandse Dendrologie, 5th 
ed., p. 258. 1965, as P. rogersiana ‘Orange Charmer’ : Similar to 
‘Golden Charmer’; fruit deep orange (713/1, HCC), 9.5 by 8 mm, from 
September; originated ca. 1950 in Germany. H.J. van de Laar. Dendroflora 
3:44, 46. 1966, as P. ‘Orange Charmer’ : Very hardy; scab resistant. 
Originated in Germany as probable hybrid of P. coccinea x P. rogersiana 
under the name ‘Andenken an Heinrich Bruns’. Two clones frequently 
grown, one orange yellow and one orange. The orange clone named and 
introduced as ‘Orange Charmer’ by Vuyk van Nes in 1962. D.R. Egolf and 
R.F. Drechsler. Baileya 15(2):87. 1967 : Chromosome number 2n=34. 
Misspelled as ‘Orange Charm’ 
Orange Red 32A, RHS 
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