HISTORY, PROGENY, AND LOCATIONS OF CRABAPPLES 13 



M. bracteata Rehd. 



Rehder in Sargent's, Trees and Shrubs, v. 2, p. 230 (1913). Illus: 

 Sargent, Manual of the Trees of North America, Ed. 2, p. 387, fig. 

 344 (1926). Syn: Pyrus bracteata (Rehd.) Bailey. 



Introd. by the Arnold Arboretum. Habitat : Missouri to Georgia 

 and Alabama. Grown from seed sent in 1912 to the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum by B. F. Bush and C. P. Sargent, from Campbell, Mo. Type 

 plant (Bush No. 6631) at Arnold Arboretum under No. 11237. 



Location: (C). 



M. coronaria (L.) Mill. cv. Charlottae 



Rehder in Jour. Arnold Arb. 2: 52 (1920) as M. coronaria f. 

 charlottae. Syns: M. cv. Charlotte; M. coronaria cv. Charlotte; 

 M. coronaria cv. Charlotte Wolfi ; M. coronaria var. dasijcalyx cv. 

 Charlottae. 



Discovered near Waukegan, 111., in 1902, by E. deWolf, husband 

 of Charlotte M. deWolf, and named in her honor. Introd. by the 

 Arnold Arboretum. Type plant Arnold Arboretum No. 10794 now 

 at Arnold Arboretum grown from scions received in 1920 from Mr. 

 deWolf. 



Description: Flowers; double (12-18 petals), expanding buds 

 flesh pink, open pale pink, approx. 4.8 cm. across. Fruit; light 

 petals, approx. 4 cm. across. Fruit; dark green, approx. 3 cm. in 



Location: (C). 



M. coronaria cv. Elk River 



A selection of Mains coronaria discovered by A. W. Keays grow- 

 ing near Elk River, Minn., about 40 miles north of Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



Introd. in 1930 by Niels E. Hansen, S. Dak. Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Brookings, S. Dak. 



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

 with carmine veins, open pink flushed with rose pink on back of 

 petals, approx. 4 cm. across. Fruit; dark green, approx. 3 cm. in 

 diam. 



Location: (B). 



Progeny of M . coronaria cv. Elk River : 



M. cv. Chinook (Hansen, N. E.) 



M. cv. Cranberry (Wodarz) 



M. cv. Kola (Hansen, N. E.) 



M. cv. Red Tip* (Hansen, N. E.) 



M. cv. Redflesh (Hansen, N. E.) 



M. cv. Redflesh Winter (Hansen, N. E.) 



M. cv. Shoko (Hansen, N. E.) 



