‘Scarlet’ 
‘Scarlet Thorniess’ 
‘Schwartzii’ 
‘Select’ 
(Dicksons Nurseries, Chester, England. Catalog, p. 5. 1896-97, without 
description). Griffing Nurseries, Beaumont, Texas. Catalog. Spring 1931 : 
Evergreen; leaves dark green; fruit orange red. Ibid., p. 22. 1940, as P. 
coccinea ‘Scarlet’ : Bushy, low branching; fruit orange red. Hardy as far 
north as Kansas City, Missouri. 
P. coccinea 
(W.E. Lammerts. Pacific Coast Nurseryman 3(2):8. 1945, as P. crenulata 
var. ‘Scarlet Thornless’) : Semi-tall shrub, 4-8 ft high; branches arching, 
almost completely thornless, young branchlets and petioles grayish pu- 
bescent, becoming glabrous; leaves narrow, oblong to oblanceolate, shal- 
lowly serrate, obtuse, 1 to 2 1/2 inches long, 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide, bright 
glossy green above, paler green beneath, glabrous on both surfaces; fruit 
3-8 per cluster on very short pedicels, depressed, globose, 3/8 to 7/16 
inch in diameter and 1/4 inch high, bright scarlet red (Ridgeway Color 
Scale). Originated as an F, of P. angustifolia x P. crenulata; developed 
by W.E. Lammerts between 1941 and 1945. 
= ‘Thornless Red’ 
(Appalachian Nurseries, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. Catalog, p. 3. 1966) : 
Fruit red; selection from Schwartz Nurseries, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 
Name registered by Schwartz Nurseries, June 24, 1974 : Originated as 
chance seedling at Schwartz Nurseries ca. 1948; fast grower; fruit light 
red, very large; disease resistant. 
= ‘Swartz Red’ 
Misspelled as ‘Scwartzii’ 
Orange Red 33A, RHS 
(Winsell-Gibbs Seed Co., Los Angeles, California. Catalog, p. 16. 1949) : 
Fruit bright red, large. 
