‘Apache’ 
‘Arcadia’ 
‘Aurantiaca’ 
(D.R. Egolf. HortScience 22:173-174. 1987a, as P. x ‘Apache’): Semi- 
persistent shrub; dwarf, compact growth habit; 1.5 m high by 2.1 m wide; 
dense branches with short internodes; spines on leafy shoots; leaves 
alternate, glossy, dark green above (Yellow Green 147A, RHS) and yellow 
green beneath (Yellow Green 146C), 2-5 cm long and 7-18 mm wide; 
flowers cream white, 10-12 mm in diameter, borne on spurs and short 
shoots all along the branches; fruit depressed, globose, glossy, bright red 
(Red 44A), 7-8 mm in diameter, 5-6 mm long, borne in 4- to 6-cm-diam- 
eter clusters of 20-60, ripens in August, persists until December; resistant 
to fire blight and scab; near evergreen in zone 7B and evergreen in warmer 
zones. Hybrid of P. koidzumii ‘Victory’ x (P. koidzumii ‘Rosedale’ x P. 
Jfortuneana ‘Orange Glow’ seedling); developed at U.S. National Arbore- 
tum in 1971, selected in 1977, introduced in 1987. Name registered by 
D.R. Egolf, November 15, 1986. NA No. 48240; PI No. 499831. 
(Coolidge Rare Plant Gardens, East Pasadena, California. Catalog, p. 5. 
1941-42, as P. formosana ‘Arcadia’, without description). Ibid., p. 15. 
1949 : Fruit red. 
= ? P. ‘Accadia’ 
P. koidzumiti 
(Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 45(2,3):cxiv. 1920, as P. 
rogersiana f. aurantiaca): Branching shrub, spreading growth habit; leaves 
dark olive green, slightly notched at the margin; fruit reddish orange, 
roundish, abundant. Originated at Exbury Gardens, Beaulieu, near 
Southampton, England. RHS Award of Merit, October 21, 1919; RHS First 
Class Certificate, November 6, 1934. Hillier & Sons, Ampfield, Romsey, 
Hampshire, England. Catalog, p. 44. 1924-25, as P. crenulata f. 
aurantiaca, without description. Vilmorin-Andrieux, Paris, France. Cata- 
log, p. 56. 1925-26, as Cotoneaster (Pyracantha) rogersiana var. 
aurantiaca: Shrub, leaves narrow, crenate, persistent; fruit numerous, in 
clusters, yellow orange. Le-Mac Nurseries, Hampton, Virginia. Catalog. 
Spring 1933, as P. coccinea ‘Rogersiana Aurantiaca’, without description. 
Letter January 13, 1966, Jacques L. Legendre (previously with Le-Mac 
Nurseries), Gulf Stream Nursery, Wachapreague, Virginia: Imported from 
France; did not prove hardy. L. Spath, Berlin, Germany. Catalog, p. 58. 
1937-38, as P. crenulata ‘Rogersiana Aurantiaca’: Shrub, evergreen, up 
to 3 m in height; young branches rusty brown, hairy; leaves glossy green, 
oblong, 2-5 cm long; fruit orange red. G.D. Béhlje, Westerstede, Germany. 
Catalog. 1939, as Crataegus pyracantha ‘Rogersiana Aurantiaca’, without 
