‘Oxford’ 
‘Oxford Red’ 
‘Pannosa’ 
‘Pauciflora’ 
‘Pendula’ 
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(W.B. Clarke, San Jose, California. Catalog No. 8, p. 8. 1941, as P. hybrid 
‘Oxford’) : Fruit yellow orange, abundant; fire-blight resistant; originated 
at Deciduous Fruit Station, University of California, San Jose, California. 
D. Wyman. Shrubs and Vines for American Gardens, p. 243. 1949 : 10 ft; 
flowers small, white, in flat clusters; fruit bright orange to red; zone 7. 
Letter April 4, 1960, Alfred M. Amstutz, Deciduous Fruit Field Station, 
San Jose, California : Originated as cross of P. angustifolia < P. gibbsii 
yunnanensis made by H.E. Thomas, Department of Plant Pathology, 
University of California, Berkeley, California; selected for its resistance to 
fire blight. Introduced by W.B. Clarke Nursery, ca. 1940. 
= ‘Oxford Red’ 
(Bonnell Nurseries, Renton, Washington. Catalog No. 10, p. 11. 1949) : 
Similar to ‘Carrieri’; leaves dark green. Ibid. Catalog No. 13, p. 19. [1954] 
: Similar to ‘Government Red’ but not so vertical in growth habit. 
= ‘Oxford’ 
(Harry E. Saier, Dimondale, Michigan. Catalog, p. 128. February 1957, 
without description). F. deVos. Proceedings, Plant Propagators Society, 
p. 36. 1958, as P. koidzumii ‘Pannosa’, without description. 
(G. Krissmann. Handbuch der Laubgehdize, 2d ed., vol. 3, p. 68. 1978, as 
P. coccinea ‘Pauciflora’) : Habit very dense and rounded; leaves small, 
glossy; fruit orange red, hidden beneath foliage, rather sparse; very hardy; 
susceptible to scab; very old cultivar grown in W. Germany since 1847. 
= P. coccinea var. pauciflora, ‘Dwarf 
Orange Red 32A, RHS 
(Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Hand-List of Trees and Shrubs, Excluding 
Coniferae, Grown in Arboretum, 2d ed., p. 349. 1902, as Crataegus pyra- 
cantha var. pendula, without description). J. Fraser and A. Hemsley, eds. 
