‘Rutgers’ 
‘Saliensis’ 
‘San Jose’ 
red; developed by C.R. Runyan, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Letter December 7, 1959, Howard N. Scarff, Scarffs Nursery, New 
Carlisle, Ohio : Growth similar to ‘Lalandei’ but fruit considerably more 
red than variety. Letter December 11, 1959, John D. Siebenthaler, 
Siebenthaler Co., Dayton, Ohio : Apparently a chance seedling selected 
because of its hardiness and bright red berries; plant 12 ft high, 8-ft 
spread. Letter January 12, 1966, S. Clyde Gordon, Spring Grove Cem- 
etery, Cincinnati, Ohio : Origin uncertain; possibly obtained from a nurs- 
ery in New England “30 or more years ago” [1936?]; exceptionally hardy; 
not subject to fire blight or insect or disease damage. D.R. Egolf and R.F. 
Drechsler. Baileya 15(2):86. 1967 : Chromosome number 2n=34. 
= ‘Runyan Red’ 
Misspelled as ‘Runyanei’, ‘Runyon’, ‘Runyoni’, ‘Runyonii’ 
P. coccinea 
Orange Red 32A, RHS 
(Princeton Nurseries, Princeton, New Jersey. Catalog, p. 62. 1979-80) : 
Low growing; fruit orange, abundant; completely free of scab and fire 
blight; new selection hybridized by Elwin R. Orton, Rutgers University, 
New Brunswick, New Jersey. John Vermeulen & Son, Neshanic Station, 
New Jersey. Catalog, p. 18. Winter-Spring 1980 : Vigorous growing; 
average 4 ft high and 6 ft wide; excellent foliage; fully hardy to zone 6. 
= ? ‘Lavinia Rulgers’ 
P. coccinea 
(Harry E. Saier, Dimondale, Michigan. Catalog, p. 94. 1955, without 
description). 
(W.B. Clarke, San Jose, California. Catalog No. 8, p. 8. 1941, as P, [hybrid 
?] ‘San Jose’) : Fruit nearly red with slight orange tone, up to 5/8 inch 
across, abundant; believed to be hybrid of P formosiana x P. yunnanensis. 
F. deVos. Proceedings, Plant Propagators Society, p. 36. 1958, as P. 
koidzumii ‘San Jose’ : Fruit largest, up to 5/8 inch in diameter, enor- 
mous clusters, zone 7. 
Red 43A, RHS 
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