Hopo 
Crab 
[42] 
Red 
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B>iah 
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 orna¬ 
mental. People who live in a 
severe climate such as ours 
simply marvel when they see 
for the first time the Red Sil¬ 
ver Crab in full bloom. 
The picture at the right shows the trunk of a Dolgo Crab from 
which this picture was taken. The tree was two years old, four and 
a half feet high, growing here in our nursery. It bore 3 5 big crabs, 
24 of which show. Fully one-fourth of the trees in the same nurs¬ 
ery row were bearing. 
DOLGO IN FRUIT 
