‘Golden Berry’ 
‘Golden Charmer’ 
‘Golden Delicious’ 
‘Golden Dome’ 
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(Grandview Nursery, Youngsville, Louisiana. Catalog, p. 3. 1957-58) : Fruit 
yellow. 
(Darthuizer Boomkwekerij, Leersum, Holland. Catalog. 1960 [not seen)) : 
Spreading branches; fruit orange yellow, ripening in September and 
persisting until December; disease resistant. B.K. Boom. Nederlandse 
Dendrologie, 5th ed., p. 258. 1965, as P. rogersiana ‘Golden Charmer’ : 
Bushy, slender growth habit; leaves 2—4 (-5) cm broad to long oval, tip 
pointed to rounded, crenate serrate; fruit orange yellow (10, HCC), 9.5 by 
9 mm, from September; hardy, scab resistant; originated about 1950 in 
Germany. H.J. van de Laar. Dendroflora 3:44, 46. 1966 : Originated from 
cross of P. coccinea x P. rogersiana, H. Bruns Nursery, Westerstede, 
Germany, in 1950 as two forms—one orange yellow, the other orange; the 
orange-yellow form named ‘Golden Charmer’ by Darthuizer Nurseries. 
The two types are cultivated in Germany under the name ‘Andenken an 
Heinrich Bruns’. D.R. Egolf and R.F. Drechsler. Baileya 15(2):87. 1967 : 
Chromosome number 2n=34. 
= ‘Yellow Charmer’ 
Misspelled as ‘Golden Charm’, ‘Golden Charming’ 
Yellow Orange 23A, Orange 25B, RHS 
(Select Nurseries, Brea, California. Catalog, p. 51. [1967]) : Vigorous bush; 
fruit golden yellow. 
= ‘Lynnii’, ‘Select Yellow’ 
(Proefstation voor de Boomkwekerij te Boskoop. Alfabetische Lijst van 
Planten op de Sortimentstuim, p. 189. 1977, without description). Hillier 
Nursery, Ampfield, Romsey, Hampshire, England, Plant List, p. 4. 1985-86 
: Low, spreading; leaves bright green; flowers small, white; fruit yellow, 
persisting well into winter. Letter April 10, 1991, A.J. Coombes, Hillier 
Gardens and Arboretum, Ampfield, Romsey, Hampshire, England : Propa- 
gation from original plant, which at about 10 yr old, is now 1 by 2 m. The 
earliest record we have states that the original, which still exists, was 3 ft 
tall in 1973. Since it increases in height very slowly, it must have been at 
least 5 yr old then and probably older. It is the only remaining member of 
a group of apparently wrongly named plants of which the origin and name 
