BRAND REONY RARMS , Inc 
FARIBAULT , MINN. 
^lo4A/e/Uiija 
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 intrO' 
duced 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. We are now offering a line of 
hardy Flowering Crabs that are just as handsome as the Flowering Cherry and absolutely hardy in our Minnesota climate. 
Price of all Flowering Crabs on this page, except E>es Moines: 2 to 3 ft., each, 75c; 3 to 4 ft., ^1.00; 4 to 5 ft., ^1.25; 5 to 
6 ft., ^1.50. We can supply Des Moines and Hopa in select, 6- to 8 ft. trees @ ^1.75. 
BEAUTY. 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. 
DES MOINES. We consider this Crab the horticultural wonder of our 
time. The fruit is round to conical in shape, and about threeTourths 
of an inch in diameter. It is of a bright orange-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 
page 27 was taken on the 12th day of October, 1939. 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. (Sold only in the 
collections.) See color illustration, page 27. 
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 ex¬ 
tremely 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 bril¬ 
liant 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 wonderful ornamental sight. The fruit makes up into jelly of the 
finest flavor and a beautiful red color. This Crab is not grown for its 
ornamental qualities alone but is grown commercially for the fruit 
which readily sells at a big price. One of our customers from Wash¬ 
ington, D. C., writes us: “The Dolgo, when in fruit, is the most beau¬ 
tiful 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. 
ELEYI. Many of the European and Asiatic Flowering Crabs are not 
desirable, 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 ex¬ 
tremely noticeable and continues so during the entire summer. When 
the spring growing season is over, the foliage takes on a very rich 
maroon greenish tinge. 
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 espe¬ 
cially 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 em¬ 
phasize 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 extremely valuable for the fruit itself. Blos¬ 
soms Crabapple-pink. 
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 beautiful, graceful, medium-sized tree that is 
an ornament anywhere 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 attractive fruit which makes a good 
jelly. 
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 blending of a beautiful dull-maroon-red 
and silver makes a remarkable 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. 
A New Hardy Flowering Crab 
PINK GIANT 
A new hardy Flowering Crab sent out last year for the first time 
by the originator, Carl A. Hansen, of Brookings, S. D. Some of the 
best of the hardy Flowering Crabs: the Hopa, Dolgo and Red Silver, 
come to us from the Hansens at Brookings, and now here is another, 
the Pink Giant, that seems to head the list. 
Of this wonderful new Crab, the originator says: 
“In our nursery where we have many groups of Flowering Crabs, 
Pink Giant, with its gaudy blossoms, outshines all the rest and you 
can see it from a great distance, standing out among all the others 
with its brilliant, alluring, vivid pink flowers. In addition to their 
large size, they open wide; in fact, they are the shape of a saucer, 
which tends to make them look even bigger and enhances their gor¬ 
geous beauty. 
“The Pink Giant, in our tests and observations so far, has larger 
flowers of a more vivid pink color and is more showy than any of 
the others. The Hopa Flowering Crab has become one of the lead¬ 
ing Flowering Crabs of America in late years, but the Pink Giant is 
even more showy than this lovely ornamental. 
“In addition to its gorgeous flowers, it has small, brilliantly red 
fruits which hang on well into the winter and make fine feed for the 
birds. The tree is of strong, upright growth with heavy branches 
and main trunk.” 
We are the only firm outside of the originator offering Pink Giant 
this season. 
Nice, 2 to 3 ft. trees, ^2.25 each; 2 for ^4.25 
Nice, 3 to 4 ft. trees, ^2.75 each; 2 for $5.00 
[ 28 ] 
