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cultivated variety, which tends to breed true from open pollinated 

 seed, is a triploid (67). Named for a daughter of Charles S. Sar- 

 gent, a former director of the Arnold Arboretum. Formerly AA 

 17039. 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds pink, open white, 

 approx. 2.7 cm. across. Fruit; red, approx. 1.2 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (C), (E), (N), (0), (P), (S). 



cv. Meach 



M. sieboldii X M. piimila var. niedzwetzkyana. 



Originated from a cross made in 1920 by Miss Isabella Preston. 

 Named in 1930 and introd. by the Central Experimental Farm, 

 Canada Dept. of Agr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Named for Meach 

 Lake located in the province of Quebec, near Ottawa, Canada. 



Description : Flowers ; single, purplish red, approx. 5 cm. across. 

 Fruit; red, approx. 2.3 cm. in diam. 



Location: (I). 



Progeny of M. cv. Meach : 

 M. cv. Baskatong (CD. A., Ottawa) 

 M. cv. Tomiko (CD. A., Ottawa) 



cv. Mecca 



M. baccata X M. cv. (Simbirsk No. 9) (apple). 



Introd. and named in 1911 by the Central Experimental Farm, 

 Canada Dept. of Agr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originated from 

 a cross made in 1904 by William Saunders. 



Description: Fruit; red, approx. 4 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (I), (Q). 



Progeny of M. cv. Mecca : 

 M. cv. Mecca-Dolgo (CD. A., Ottawa?) 



cv. Midnight* 



M. baccata ■ 



\M. X robusta* 

 M. prunifolia-* 



Unknown 



J = cv. Midnight* 



An open pollinated seedling, introd. and named in 1953 by 

 Percy H. Wright, Moose Range, Saskatchewan, Canada. Con- 

 sidered outstanding because of its dark foliage and extreme 

 hardiness. 



Descriptions: Flowers; expanding buds carmine, open pink, 

 approx. 3.5 cm. across. 

 Location: (C). 



