HISTORY, PROGENY, AND LOCATIONS OF CRABAPPLES 57 



Location: (H). 



cv. Rudolph* 



Parentage unknown, possibly a M. baccata hybrid. 



Introd. in 1954 by F. L. Skinner, Dropmore, Manitoba, Canada. 

 Extremely hardy. Similar to M. cv. Almey but hardier (67). 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds carmine, open 

 pink, approx. 5 cm. across. 



Locations: (C), (H), (I), (0), (Q). 



Progeny of M. cv. Rudolph* : 

 M. cv. Royalty* (Kerr) 



cv. Scugog* 



An open pollinated seedling of M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana. 



Originated in 1920 and introd. by the Central Experimental 

 Farm, Canada Dept. of Agr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Selected 

 by Miss Isabella Preston and named in 1930 for Scugog Lake in 

 southeastern Ontario, Canada. 



Description. Flowers ; single, expanding buds dark purplish red, 

 open purplish red with white claw, approx. 4.5 cm. across. Fruit; 

 dark crimson to oxblood red, approx. 4.5 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (A), (I), (Q). 



Progeny of M. cv. Scugog* : 

 M. cv. Oakes* (Oakes) 



cv. Seafoam* 



M. floribunda 1 



M. pruni folia 

 cv. Pendula — ' 



cv. Exzellenz ThieP 



M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana — 



cv. Oekonomierat 

 Echtermeyer* 



Unknown 1 * 



= cv. Seafoam* 

 An open pollinated seedling selected in 1940 by Arie den Boer, 

 Des Moines Water Works, Des Moines, Iowa. Named in 1952 and 

 introd. by Arie den Boer. A selection with semipendulous branches 

 and deeply lobed green leaves. Formerly Oekonomierat Echter- 

 meyer seedling No. 1. Disease free M). 



Description : Flowers ; single, expanding buds rose pink to 

 carmine, open white with trace of pink to flushed with a deeper 

 pink, approx. 3.5 cm. across. Fruit; yellow, approx. 1.3 cm. in 

 diam. 



1K den Boer {21, p. 59) refers to Toringo Crab (M. sieboldii) as an ancestor 

 of M. cv. Seafoam*. 



