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decorative 
or yellow 
brevipes 12-16 ft. 
Closely related to Malus floribunda, but a lower denser grower. Very free flowering 
and attractive with large nearly white flowers. 
floribunda — Japanese Flowering Crab 15-18 ft. 
Probably the best known of the Oriental Flowering Crabs, a handsome variety and 
a very free bloomer. The bloom buds are rose or rose-red, opening into a mass of rose- 
pink blooms that gradually fade to white. 
hopa — Hopa Crab 20-25 ft. 
A very attractive variety of strong upright growth, probably a variety of Malus' ad- 
stringens. It bears a profusion of very large double flowers of an unfading rose-red, 
followed by large edible fruits that are very distinctly red fleshed. 
f magdeburgensis 14-16 ft. 
{ A Malus spectabilis hybrid with striking s^emi-double rose-pink flowers borne in dense 
' clusters. Res-embles Malus scheideckeri in growth habit, but is a more robust grower. 
prunefolia rinki — Ringo Crab 15-18 ft. 
A strong growing variety with wide-spreading branches and large flower trusses. Deli¬ 
cate pink in bud, followed by almost white flowers'. The very decorativp red or yellow 
fruit is produced very abundantly and persists on the tree well into the Winter. 
purpurea Eleyi — Eley Crab 16-18 ft. 
A very showy and handsome hybrid with reddish purple foliage, the best of the purple¬ 
leaved Crabs. The flowers are a brilliant bright red followed by dark purple fruits. 
robusta — Cherry Crab 20-25 ft. 
A handsome tree of strong upright growth. Flowers large , very fragrant, soft pink to 
white. One of the earliest of the Crabs' to bloom. 
robusta persicifolia — Peach-leaved Cherry Crab 20-25 ft. 
Similar to the type, but with long peach-like leaves. 
scheideckeri — Scheidecker Crab 12-15 ft. 
An uprightly branched and rather small tree with a tendency to grow in bush form. 
Flowers semi-double to double, borne very fr.eely in upright clusters, red in bud, open¬ 
ing deep pink. A very decorative variety. 
seiboldi calocarpa (M. zumi calocarpa) — Toringo Crab 15 ft. 
A wide-spreading shrubby Crab with large dark-pink flowers followed by small scarlet 
fruits. A very floriferous and attractiv^e variety. 
theifera — Tea Crab 15-16 ft. 
One of the best and most interes'ting of the Flowering Crabs. Flowers light pink. Very 
free-flowering, resembling in its flowering habit a Cherry rather than a Crab. 
zumi — Zumi Crab 12-14 ft. 
A shrubby tree with a dense upright habit of growth. Flowers large, pale pink in 
bud, opening white. 
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FLOWERING CRABS — Continued 
MALUS baccata — Gibbs Golden Gage 18-20 ft. 
A type of Malus baccata differing chiefly in the size and shape of the very 
y, fruits, which are of medium size, waxy, five-sided, and a translucent yellow. 
f baccata pruneformis 18-20 ft. 
\ Another Malus' baccata type with typical flowers and attractive five-sided red 
fruits. 
Prices quoted are for wholesale quantities. Orders calling for less than five of a variety and 
size are not wholesale, but will be filled at an adyance over printed rates, as outlined,, on page .2.. 
