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Hume, "Hollies," p. 51. 1953 — leaves curved deeply keeled, leathery, 

 dull light green above, small spines; petioles olive green; fruit abundant, 

 ellipsoid, yellow, 1 to 3 on short pedicels and peduncles, dense at base 

 of new growth. Galle, Natl. Hort. Mag. 36(1): 22. 1957— leaves good 

 green, does not discolor with frost; fruit yellow with no orange tints. 

 Amer. Assoc. Nurs. Registr. No. 512, 1956 by E. Dilatush — wild seed- 

 ling, unusually hardy; fruit clear yellow without orange tint; select, and 

 introd. 1942-43. Fruit Indian Yellow (161) and Buttercup Yellow 

 (Royal Hort. Soc. Colour Chart, 1942). 



Cape Christmas (Tingle Nurs., Pittsville, Maryland, Cat. p. 17. Fall 

 1958 — Spring 1959, without descr.). = Christmas Queen. 



Cape Cod (Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3): 168. 1947)— dwarf; select. 

 Cape Cod, Massachusetts, by E. Dilatush before 1939. = Cape Cod 

 Dwarf. 



Cape Cod Dwarf (E. Dilatush, Robbinsville, New Jersey, Cat. 1942)— 

 low, flat, dwarf; foliage and fruit good; very hardy; orig. Cape Cod, 

 Massachusetts. Hume, "Hollies," p. 51. 1953, as Cape Cod — low grow- 

 ing, spreading; leaves stiff, coriaceous, curved or almost flat, dark green, 

 elliptic to oval, medium size; petioles short; fruit abundant, large 

 globose, deep red, borne singly. Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. 

 Bui. 6, p. 23. 1953, without descr. — select. 1941 from Massachusetts by 

 E. Dilatush. D. Wyman, XVIth. Internatl. Hort. Congress 1962 Proc. 

 4: 543. 1964, as Cape Cod — 20-foot spread, 3 feet tall. = Cape Cod. 



Cape Cod Dwarf Improved (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 

 6, p. 23. 1953, without descr.) — select, about 1932 at Boyce Thompson 

 Institute, Yonkers, New York; introd. 1937 by E. Dilatush. = ?Cape 

 Cod Improved. 



(Cape Cod Group) Six selections made by Cornelius Van Tol Nurs., 

 East Falmouth, Massachusetts; all apparently undescribed and un- 

 named. Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 51. 1953, list 

 Cape Cod #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 as doubtful names. Not to be con- 

 fused with the E. Dilatush introd. of Cape Cod Dwarf, Cape Cod 

 Dwarf Improved or Cape Cod Improved. 



Cape Cod Improved (Galle, Natl. Hort. Mag. 36(1) :21.1957) — vigorous, 

 bushy; leaves medium size; fruit large, red. Select, by Boyce Thompson 

 Institute and E. Dilatush about 1932. = ?Cape Cod Dwarf Improved. 



Cape Queen (Tingle Nurs., Pittsville, Maryland, Cat. p. 17. Fall 1958- 

 Spring 1959, without descr.). 



Cardinal (E. Dilatush, Robbinsville, New Jersey, Cat. 1942) — com- 

 pact, slow growing ; bears early and is the heaviest bearer known ; very 

 hardy. Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3): 168.1947— compact, symmetri- 

 cal; leaves elliptic, flat, dark green, lighter below, small to medium; fruit 

 small to medium; ovoid, glossy, light red; very cold resistant and fruits 

 easily. Hume, "Hollies," p. 52. 1953 — leaves curved, keeled, stiff, rigid, 



