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Introd. and named in 1947 by the Experimental Farm, Research 

 Branch, Canada Dept. of Agr., Morden, Manitoba, Canada. The 

 name refers to the parhelions commonly called "Sundogs" which 

 are colored refractions of sunlight observed in Arctic regions. 

 Formerly Morden 453. 



Description : Flowers ; single, expanding buds rose red, open pink 

 fading to pinkish white with mauve shading. Fruit ; deep scarlet 

 red, approx. 2.5 cm. in diam. Tree very upright in habit when 

 young, becoming wide vase shaped with age. 



Locations: (A), (C), (H), (I), (P), (Q), (R). 



cv. Timiskaming 



M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana X M. baccata. 



Introd. by the Central Experimental Farm, Canada Dept. of 

 Agr., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Originated in 1920 from a cross 

 made by Miss Isabella Preston. Named in 1930 for Timiskaming 

 Lake in southwestern Quebec, Canada. 



Description: Flowers; single, expanding buds deep carmine to 

 deep maroon red, open rose red with white star at base of petals 

 fading to purplish pink, approx. 4.5 cm. across. Fruit; dark 

 purplish red, approx. 2.3 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (B), (D), (H), (I), (Q). 



cv. Tolsteme* 



A M. baccata seedling of unknown origin given to Niels E. 

 Hansen in 1934 by Ivan Mitchurin of Russia. 



Introd. in 1942 by the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Brookings, S. Dak. Bears fruit freely when only 5 feet 

 high. 



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

 white, approx. 3.5 cm. across. Fruit; dark red to oxblood red, 

 orange red on shaded side, approx. 3 cm. in diam. 



Location: (B). 



cv. Tomiko 



M. sieboldii 



cv. Meach 



M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana- 



M. X purpurea cv. Eleyi*- 



M. pumila var. niedzwetzkyana — 

 M. halliana — i 



M. X atrosanguinea* 



M. sieboldii — ' 



(F 2 )=cv. Tomiko 



