‘Texas Red’ 
‘Thieranerie’ 
(Proefstation voor de Boomkwekerij te Boskoop. Alfabetische Lijst van 
Planten op de Sortimentstuim, p. 174. 1962, as P. coccinea ‘Telstar’, 
without description). B.K. Boom, Nederlandse Dendrologie, 5th ed, p. 257. 
1965, as P. coccinea ‘Telstar’ : Narrow, pyramidal growth habit; leaves 
dark green, broad oval, tip pointed, serrate to crenate; fruit red (15, HCC), 
11 by 8.5 mm from September; scab susceptible; winter hardy; originated 
1962, The Netherlands. H.J. van de Laar. Dendroflora 3:42. 1966 : Intro- 
duced in 1962 as ‘Lalandei’ by Gebr. van Klaveren, Hazerswoude, The 
Netherlands. 
P. coccinea 
(D.R. Egolf. HortScience 13:483-484. 1978) : Semi-persistent shrub, up to 
4 m high and 3 m in breadth; strongly vertically branched trunk from the 
base; young branches light green becoming greyed brown; spines on leafy 
shoots or terminating lateral branches; leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, 1.2- 
4.5 cm long, 1.0-1.4 cm wide; Yellow Green 147A (RHS) above and Green 
137C beneath, glossy above; inflorescence corymb densely borne on spurs 
or short shoots all along the branches, 3.5-5.0 cm in diameter with 20-35 
flowers; flowers white, 8-9 mm in diameter; fruit subglobose, 10-30 per 
inflorescence, 4-6 cm in diameter, 5-7 mm long, Orange 23A becoming 
more intense as fruit matures to Orange 24A, in cooler climates color is 
more intense Orange 28A-28B, smooth; hardy to zone 6b; chromosome 
number 2n=34. Hybrid of P. ‘Orange Glow’ (probably P. coccinea x P. 
fortuneana) < P. rogersiana ‘Flava’, crossed in 1963 at the U.S. Na- 
tional Arboretum; selected in 1969; introduced in 1978. Name registered 
by Donald R. Egolf, June 6, 1978; NA No. 38450; PI No. 427117. 
(Select Nurseries, Brea, California. Catalog, p. 20. 1972, without descrip- 
tion). Letter April 22, 1974, F.C. Tomlinson, Select Nurseries : Name 
changed to ‘Colorado Red’. 
= ‘Colorado Red’ 
(C. Kneip. Deutsche Baumschule 37:401 (Table 1). 1985, without descrip- 
tion). 
= ‘Renault d’Or’, ‘Renaudor’ 
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