‘Rubra’ 
‘Ruby Mound’ 
‘Ruddigore’ 
‘Runyan Red’ 
‘Runyanii’ 
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(L.B. Merrick, Whittier, California. Catalog, p. 31. 1950-51, as P. 
crenulata ‘Rubra’ [not seen]). Stribling’s Nurseries, Merced, California. 
Catalog, p. 12. 1961, as P. crenato-serrata ‘Rubra’ : Somewhat more 
upright than spreading; leaves glossy, dark green; fruit brilliant red, 
early ripening. 
= ‘Rosedale’, ‘California Red’ 
(Monrovia Nursery, Azusa, California. Catalog, p. 78. 1973) : Abundance 
of long, graceful, intertwining branches; mounding habit; leaves bright 
green; fruit bright red. U.S. plant patent no. 3344, May 29, 1973: 
Controlled cross of P. koidzumii ‘Victory’ x Crataegus mordenensis 
‘Toba’; dense plant, extremely prostrate habit; leaves Ivy Green 
0001060/2 (HCC) upper surface, Spinach Green 0960/3 lower surface; 
flower buds appear pink, mature white to occasional pale pink; fruit 
Capsicum Red 715/2, ripens in early to midsummer; hardy to —10 °F. 
Zone 7. Name registered by Ray Hornyak, Monrovia Nursery, April 1, 
1974 : Selected by Conrad Skimina, Monrovia Nursery, 1966; named in 
1972; introduced in 1973. 
(Wells Nursery, Red Bank, New Jersey. Catalog, p. 4. 1970-71) : Thorny; 
leaves dark green, shiny; fruit deep blood red; exceptionally hardy. Name 
registered by James S. Wells, Wells Nursery, April 23, 1974 : Selected at 
Wells Nursery from batch of P. ‘Watereri’ seedlings; named and intro- 
duced in 1971. 
(Scarffs Nursery, New Carlisle, Ohio. Catalog, p. 6. [1956]) : Semi- 
evergreen; fruit orange red, persistent. Appalachian Nurseries, 
Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Catalog, p. 25. Spring 1965, as P. coccinea 
‘Runyan Red’ : Vigorous; upright, compact growth habit; fruit orange, 
abundant. 
= ‘Runyanii’ 
(Verhalen Nursery, Scottsville, Texas. Catalog, p. 21. 1950, as P. 
coccinea ‘Runyani’, without description). Cole Nursery, Painesville, 
Ohio. Catalog, p. 45. Fall 1957 : Broad, dense growth habit; fruit orange 
