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MACADAMIA TERNIFOLIA. Queensland nut. Slow-growing,
evergreen tree, 40 to 60 feet in height, with very harsh foliage,
which in Florida has withstood uninjured a temperature of 26° F.
Bears in about seven years perfectly round, light-brown nuts with
hard shells which contain attractive cream-white kernels with a.
rich agreeable flavor somewhat like hazelnuts. Has fruited in
California and Florida. A very promising new table nut.

MALUS ARNOLDIANA. Flowering crab apple. From the
Arnold Arboretum. Jamaica Plain, Mass. One of the most beautiful
of crab apples. This is a hybrid of M. floribunda, the common
flowering crab apple, with one of the hybrids of M. baccata, the
Siberian crab apple. It appeared spontaneously at the Arnold Arboretum
several years ago. A smaller tree than M. floribunda, its
beautiful pink flowers are twice as large, and its long spreading
and arching branches are much more graceful.

28489. MALUS BACCATA X SYLVESTRIS. A very promising
hybrid of the Siberian crab with the Baldwin and Yellow
Transparent, by Dr. Walter Van Fleet. Trees very prolific. Fruits
1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter, slightly flattened at both flower and stem
ends; yellow, streaked with red; flesh firm and crisp with strong
crab-apple flavor. Promises well as shipper and keeper.

27108. MALUS BACCATA MANDSHURICA. From E. C.
Parker, Mukden. Manchuria. Common in Manchuria as far north
as 45°. Very hardy and healthy. Attains a height of 15 feet and
bears small fruits one-half to three-quarters of an inch in diameter,
resembling thorn-apples. Valuable in America for grafting or budding
purposes only. Grafted on apple stock.

42760. MALUS GLAUCESCENS. Flowering crab apple.
From Mr. John Dunbar. Rochester, N. Y. Small tree or shrub. 15
to 18 feet in height, closely resembling M. coronaria, the American
crab apple, but differing chiefly in its less distinctly lobed leaves and
shorter, stouter leafstalks. M. glaucescens also flowers about a week
earlier than M. coronaria and ripens its fragrant, yellow fruits two
to three weeks earlier. Native of eastern North America.

MALUS SARGENTI. Crab apple. A Japanese shrub of bushy
habit, 3 to 5 feet high, with pure white flowers an inch across, produced
in clusters of five or six each. The fruit is orange shaped,
bright red in color, and about half an inch through. It is distinct
among the crab apples because of its bushy habit, and ranks as one
of the most beautiful of flowering shrubs. Hardy in New England.
        