‘Wheeleri’ 
‘White-Berried’ 
‘Wight’s Early Red’ 
‘Willistoni’ 
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(Central Georgia Nurseries, Macon, Georgia. Catalog. 1944-45 [not seen)]) : 
Fruit red, large. Ibid. 1954-55 : Originated at Central Georgia Nurseries. 
Letters received December 16, 1966 and April 6, 1967, Carl Wheeler, 
Central Georgia Nurseries: Heaviest berry bearer of all; hardy to 3 °F; 
introduced in 1944. 
Red 44A, RHS 
(Washington Street Nurseries, Geneva, New York. Catalog, p. 38. 1871): 
Low, bushy shrub, compact, dwarf; leaves evergreen. The Garden 9:256. 
March 11, 1876: Fruit white; much hardier and closer growing than the 
red-berried variety, hardy to —20 °F in Philadelphia. 
(Wight Nurseries, Cairo, Georgia. Catalog, p. 9. Fall 1960, without descrip- 
tion). Letters October 11, 1960 and February 18, 1974, John B. Wight, 
Wight Nurseries : Loose, open growth habit; foliage similar to P formosana; 
fruit brilliant red, ripens 30 days ahead of other varieties; chance seedling 
selected at Wight Nurseries; did not prove hardy beyond zone 9. Name 
registered by David Walker, Wight Nurseries, July 7, 1989. Probably no 
longer in cultivation. 
P. koidzumii 
{Mordecai Johnson, president, Howard University, Washington, DC, ina 
speech given on Charter Day 1946, credited David Augustus Williston, 
landscape architect and graduate of Howard University, with developing P. 
‘Willistoni’, an outstanding Pyracantha hybrid.] No additional information 
available. 
(Griffing Nurseries, Beaumont, Texas. Catalog, p. 15. 1939) : Upright 
branching shrub; leaves glossy, bright green, small to medium; fruit bright 
red. Letter November 16, 1965, Ralph C. Griffing, Griffing Nurseries : 
Originated in 1930; selected by W.C. Griffing, Beaumont, Texas, from 
5,000 P. formosana seedlings; introduced in 1938 by Griffing Nurseries. 
Cultivar no longer being propagated. 
= ‘Griffing’ 
P. koidzumii 
