HISTORY, PROGENY, AND LOCATIONS OF CRABAPPLES 61 



A second generation (F 2 ) hybrid which originated at the Central 

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

 Canada, before 1953. Named for Tomiko Lake in the Nipissing 

 area of Ontario, Canada. The purplish foliage is maintained 

 throughout summer. 



Description : Flowers ; single, expanding buds dark maroon to 

 dark reddish purple, open reddish purple, approx. 4.5 cm. across. 



Locations: (B), (H), (I), (L). 



cv. Van Eseltine 



M. baccata — 



M. Rorib anda— ^ 



M. X arnoldiana* — . 



= cv. Van Eseltine 

 M. spectabilis 



Originated at the New York Agr. Experiment Station, Geneva, 

 from a cross made by Glen P. Van Eseltine in 1930. Named in 

 honor of originator after his death, and introd. in 1941. Syns: 

 M. cv. Geneva (not Preston) ; M. cv. Van Esseltine. 



Description: Flowers; double (13-19 petals), expanding buds 

 deep rose red to rose pink, open pink fading to pale pink, approx. 

 5 cm. across. Fruit; yellow, with brown or light carmine cheek, 

 approx. 1.8 cm. in diam. 



Location: (0). 



cv. Van Houttei* 



Parentage unknown, originated in a Dutch nursery. 



Introd. by R. C. Notcutt, Ltd., Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. 

 No longer carried by introducer since yellow-fruited M. cv. Golden 

 Hornet is more popular for small gardens. 



Description : Flowers ; single, white. Fruit ; pale yellow turning 

 deeper yellow with age. 



Location : (0) . 



cv. Vanguard* 



M. pumila var. niedzivetzkyana—, 



cv. Hopa >: 

 M. baccata 



:- 



cv. Vanguard * 

 Unknowi 



A chance seedling originating at the Univ. of Minnesota State 

 Fruit Farm, Excelsior, Minn. Selected by L. E. Longley about 

 1940. Named and introd. in 1963 by the Dept. of Horticultural 

 Science, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul. Formerly Minnesota 11AA. 



Description: Flowers; single, rose pink, approx. 5 cm. across. 

 Fruit; red, approx. 2 cm. in diam. 



Locations: (P), (R). 



