Ten International Apples 
This term might be applied to many of my hybrid apples now coming into bearing,- 
because they combine the apples of three continents: Pyrus Ioensis of North America, 
Pyrus Malus of Europe, and Pyrus baccata of Asia. The plan is to combine the long 
winter-keeping of the American wild crab with the large good quality fruit of the 
standard cultivated apple and the winter hardiness of the Siberian crab. The ten var¬ 
ieties here offered for the first time have the group name Trio, indicating 3-species. 
Scions only. Price: 50 cents per foot. 
Ann Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: Tony crab x Mercer crab pollen. A 3-species hy¬ 
brid of baccata , malus and Ioensis . Fruit lj x lj inches deep. Remarkable for the 
bright solid red over orange yellow ground, with white bloom. A very showy fruit, 
flesh yellow, pleasant acid. Fruit hangs on the tree very late into October and has 
to be hand-picked. Tree wide spreading, productive. Fruit evidently an all-winter 
keeper, 
Ben Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: Progress crab x Mercer crab pollen, A 3-species 
hybrid containing g- Malus, J baccata, J Ioensis. Fruit lj x lj inches deep, a dark 
solid red all over, with many distinct russet dots, flesh sweet subacid, very good 
quality, sauce light red. Tree a heavy bearer. Season all winter. 
Cal Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: Mercer crab x Sweet Russet crab pollen. Fruit, 
polished bright red all over, lj inches across x 1 3/8 inches deep, solid, juicy, 
sharp acid with sweet aftertaste. Does not cook up but fairly tender, rather neutral 
flavor. Promising as an all-winter crab, 
Dan Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: Pyrus baccata cerasifera x Mercer wild crab pollen. 
An all-winter crab, perhaps the best out of a lot of same pedigree. A 3-species blend 
of Ioensis, baccata and malus. Fruit lj x lj inches deep; solid polished black red, 
mixed, splashed and mixed, over yellow ground. Flesh very solid, juicy, sharp acid, 
the sauce is mild neutral with no acerbity. 
Erl Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: (Fluke No. 10 x P. baccata) x Dolgo crab pollen. 
Fruit i^ inches across, solid dull red over green ground, flesh subacid, juicy. Tree 
with strong forks, and a heavy cropper. A winter crab. 
Kit Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: Mercer wild crab x Sweet Russet pollen. Fruit 
1 9/16 x 1 3/8 inches deep, clear light golden yellow, cooks up tender; flesh yellow, 
sweet. Season all winter.’ 
Joe Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: Pyrus baccata cerasifera x Mercer wild crab pollen. 
Another 3-species blend. Seedlings from such hybrids should give some highly interest¬ 
ing results. Fruit, 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches; oblate, yellow with striped and mixed red. 
Flesh acid, cooks up into very good quality sauce. Season all-winter. 
Fay Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: Fluke No, 10 x Yellow Siberian crab seedling pol¬ 
len. Another 3-species hybrid, whose seedlings should be of value. Fruit 1 3/8 x Fl¬ 
inches deep, yellow with dull red cheek, striped and mixed. Flesh solid, juicy, acid; 
sauce of light color, and good quality. A long winter keeper. 
Hans Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: Fluke # 28 x Yellow Siberian crab seedling pollen. 
Another 3-species hybrid. Fruit green oblate 1 3/4 inches across, green covered with 
dull mixed red, flesh juicy, tough, pleasant subacid; does not cook up but flesh is 
neutral, not acerb. Season all winter. 
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Guy Trio Crabapple - Pedigree: (Fluke No. 10 x Pyrus baccata) x Dolgo crab pollen/ 
Fruit a solid red over green, cylindrical, lj inches across. This is about 25$ Pyrus 
baccata, 62,5$ Malus, 12.5$ Ioensis. Flesh white, subacid, red next to skin. Remains 
firm in cooking but not acerb. Evidently an all-winter keeper. 
Apple x Wild Crab 
These four hybrids are a blend of the standard apple (Pyrus Malus) with the wild 
crab (Pyrus Ioensis ). 
S. D« Waldo Crabapple - Pedigree: Fluke No, 10 x Duchess apple pollen. Offered 
for the first time. Tree a heavy bearer but greatly crowded in seedling row* Fruit 
lj inches across, deep solid red mixed and striped over yellow ground. Flesh tender, 
juicy, pleasant, subacid; cooks up into light red sauce of very good quality, season 
probably winter. This seedling is 7/8 Malus, l/8 Ioensis, but still the calyx tube 
is cylindrical and the stamens marginal, showing the influence of Ioensis *. Scions 
50 cents per foot. 
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