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BEARING BOTH FRUITS AND FLOWERS 
For many years we have been interested in Flowering Crabs. We felt that at some future time a line 
of Crabs would be introduced that would bear fruit as well as flowers. Our first Crab of this kind was 
the Dolgo. We have added to this one as fast as we have found desirable kinds until we now have six 
beautiful Flowering Crabs which are absolutely hardy here in Minnesota and most of which bear good 
edible fruit. 
Have you seen or read about the Japanese Flowering Cherries planted about the basin 
in Washington, D. C.? 
These cherries are not hardy over the greater portion of the north half of our country. 
But hybridizers are now breeding a line of hardy Flowering Crabs that are just as hand¬ 
some as the Flowering Cherry and absolutely hardy in our Minnesota climate. 
We are offering the best of these. 
FLOWERING CRAB LIST 
BEAUTY. This Crab comes to us from Prof. Hansen of the South Dakota Fruit Breeding Farm. 
Many people are looking for just such a Crab as Beauty Crab. The tree is the most upright 
growing apple or Crab tree we know. We have a specimen in our private garden that stands 
about 18 feet high with a limb spread of not more than 7 feet. In growth it resembles the 
Lombardy or Bolleana poplar and will fit into a planting where either of these trees would. 
It is a tree one would like to plant against the corner of a house or as a sentinel or accent tree 
along the back line of the yard. Besides being a 
pretty tree, it bears great quantities of brilliant 
deep red Crabs an inch in diameter which are 
beautiful on the tree and also make wonderful 
sauce. 
2 to 3 ft., 75c; 3 to 4 ft., #1.00. 
DES MOINES. We consider this Crab the horticul- 
tural wonder of our time. As I was riding about 
Des Moines several years ago I admired the nice 
plantings about the city. During this drive we 
passed a yard that contained a big clump of Flow- 
ering Crabs. The trees were bare of all foliage but 
to our surprise one of them was at that late date, 
February, still covered with a great crop of small 
Crab apples. I later procured cuttings from this 
tree and began to propagate it. The fruit is round 
to conical in shape, and about three-fourths of an 
inch in diameter. It is of a dull red in color on a 
yellowish green ground. The fruit is borne in such 
quantities as to almost hide the limbs. And most 
remarkable of all, if not picked from the tree it 
will hang on all winter. The picture of the fruit 
shown on this page was taken on the 12th day of 
January, 1938. When in bloom the tree is just 
one great bouquet of large white flowers tinted 
pink, placed so thick as to absolutely hide the tree. 
3 to 4 ft., #1.00; 4 to 5 ft., #1.25. 
A Wosu&eA 
OFFER 
Flowering Crabs are not only 
wonderful to grow as in 
dividual 
specimens dotted here and there 
about the lawns and borders, but 
often they are planted with sev- 
eral kinds in a group. For such 
a group, we are making this 
special offer which we 
feel is 
the finest offering of Crabs made 
this season. 
Des Moines. 3 to 4 ft. . . 
.$1.00 
Dolgo. 3 to 4 ft. 
1.00 
Eleyi. 4 to 5 ft. 
1.25 
Flame. 3 to 4 ft. 
1.25 
Hopa. 3 to 4 ft. 
1.00 
Red Silver. 3 to 4 ft. . . 
. 1.00 
Regular value . 
.$6.50 
ip* $5 
.75 
Des Moines Flowering Crab 
This is a truly horticultural novelty. The 
tree is of first degree hardiness. It is a 
tremendous bearer. The fruit is of good 
site for a Crab and good to cook. If not 
picked the fruit will hang on all winter 
as shown in the illustration. 
FLAME. This is the sensational new flowering crab recently 
named and sent out by the Minnesota State Fruit Farm. It 
is a beautiful slender-limbed, very graceful, upright'growing 
tree-. This small tree is especially attractive in the fall when 
every branch is literally covered with great ropes of its small 
brilliantly colored red fruit. Those who named it say the 
name is appropriate as the ripening fruit resembles one great 
flame of fire. It is also good for jelly and canning. We 
wish to emphasise the tremendous number of little fiery red 
crabs which this tree carries when in fruit, making it not 
only of the greatest value as an ornamental tree but ex¬ 
tremely valuable for the fruit itself. Blossoms crabapple- 
pink. Nice 3 to 4 ft. trees, $1.25 each; 2 or more at $1.00 
HOPA. From a purely ornamental standpoint the Hopa is 
without doubt the most beautiful flowering crab that can be 
grown in the North. It is perfectly hardy here at Faribault 
and is hardy anywhere in our state. It develops into a beau¬ 
tiful, graceful, medium-sized tree that is an ornament any¬ 
where it may be placed. The bark is a rich dark blackish 
red. The buds and foliage are a noticeable reddish purple, 
and the tree when in bloom is covered with large single 
deep rose-colored blossoms which continue long on the tree 
to be followed by quantities of small reddish-fleshed attrac¬ 
tive fruit which makes a good jelly. Notice: We grow 
Hopa in both tree and bush form. The bush-formed trees 
are limbed right from the ground up. Many prefer this 
form to the tree form. Nice trees either form. 
2 to 3 ft., 75c; 2 or more trees at 60c 
3 to 4 ft., $1.00; 2 or more trees at 85c 
4 to 5 ft., $1.25 each 
5 to 6 ft., $1.50 each (tree form only) 
(A landscape man from New England who passed through 
Minnesota last spring when Hopa and Dolgo were in bloom 
said: “If the people of the- East only knew of these two 
trees, the Hopa and the Dolgo, they would go wild over 
them.”) 
BECHTEL'S DOUBLE FLOWERING CRAB. Pure¬ 
ly ornamental. A double form of the native 
wild Crab of Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri. 
Eventually grows to a height of 8 to 10 feet. 
Covered during the blooming season with 
masses of beautiful double pink flowers which 
look like double pink roses, with the most 
delightful perfume of any known tree. 
18 to 24 in., 60c; 3 for #1.50. 
DOLGO. The Dolgo is known as the great dual 
purpose Crab. The trees, which seldom grow 
over 12 feet high, are very shapely and neat in 
appearance and develop into a beautiful small 
lawn tree. It is extremely hardy and after it has 
attained its growth will last for many years. In 
the spring it is one solid mass of large white 
blooms, which are followed by a great crop of 
Crab apples. These Crabs are a brilliant red 
about an inch in diameter and an inch and a 
half long. The fruit is so brilliant in color and 
so abundant on the tree that it makes a won¬ 
derful ornamental sight. The fruit makes up 
into jelly of the finest flavor and a beautiful red 
color. This Crab is not grown for its orna¬ 
mental qualities alone but is grown commer¬ 
cially for the fruit which readily sells at a big 
price. One of our customers from Washington, 
D. C., writes us: “The Dolgo, when in fruit, 
is the most beautiful thing I ever saw in the 
line of a flowering Crab.” The Dolgo is now 
being planted in northern orchards for the 
fruit which sells for high prices. 
3 to 4 ft., #1.00 each; 5 for #3.50. 
4 to 5 ft., #1.25 each; 2 or more at #1.00. 
5 to 6 ft., #1.50 each. 
ELEYI. Many of the European Flowering Crabs are not desir¬ 
able, but this one has done so well with us even in our 
cold climate that we are keeping it in our list. The flowers 
are single and a dark pink in color. The fruit which follows 
is a very bright red. The foliage in the spring is a 
peculiar orange-red, very brilliant and extremely noticeable. 
When the spring growing season is over, the foliage takes 
on a very rich maroon greenish tinge. 4 to 5 ft., $1.25 
RED RIVER. This is another of the dual purpose crabs. It 
not only makes a very fine ornamental tree when in bloom 
but it also bears profusely a large red crab which is beau¬ 
tiful on the tree when ripe and is fine to eat as late as 
Christmas. We call is the Farthest North Crab, as it comes 
to us from Fargo, N. D., where it was originated by Prof. 
Yeager of the North Dakota Station. It is a hybrid be¬ 
tween the Red Delicious and the Dolgo crab carrying the 
good points of both parents. We are becoming more and 
more favorably impressed with this crab as good reports 
come to us from scattered points all over the Northwest. 
A crab that does well in the Red River Valley of the 
North can be depended upon. We are increasing our propa¬ 
gating of this variety. 2 to 3 ft., 75c; 3 to 4 ft., $1.00 
RED SILVER. A remarkable new lawn tree, red from top to 
bottom in bark, tree, and leaf. The silver refers to the 
delicate silver on the under side of the leaves. This blend¬ 
ing of a beautiful dull-maroon-red and silver makes a re¬ 
markable combination throughout the season. The somewhat 
cut-leaf character of the leaves adds to the striking beauty 
of this unique tree. The leaves fade but slightly during the 
heat of the summer. Not only is the tree red, but the 
blossoms are the reddest of any we have ever seen on a 
flowering crab. The buds are red, a rich dark red, and 
the blossoms when they open, are just as red as the buds. 
Most so-called red flowering crabs are really pink, but 
Red Silver is really red. The tree is very hardy here with 
us and in our opinion is the best by far of all the red 
flowering crabs. Purely ornamental. 
3 to 4 ft., $1.00; 4 to 5 ft., $1.25; 5 to 6 ft., $1.50 
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