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ALL ORNAMENTAL 
SOME FRUIT BEARING 
M UCH has been written about the Japanese Flowering 
Cherries planted about the basin in Washington, D. C. 
The beauty of this fine planting has not been exagger' 
ated. I have seen it many times when the trees were covered 
with their delicate bloom. 
But these Japanese Cherries are not hardy in Minnesota and 
throughout the Northwest. However, a fine line of Flowering 
Crabs has now been introduced and in comparing a planting 
of Flowering Crabs when in full bloom and one of Flowering 
Cherries, I should say that they are equal in beauty. But in 
hardiness, the Flowering Crabs are superior. We have sent 
them all over the United States and have had excellent reports 
from as far west as the state of Washington, as far south as 
Georgia, as far north as Winnipeg, Canada, and east to the 
New England States. 
The Flowering Crabs are not only beautiful when in bloom, 
but many varieties produce fruit. The fruit from some varieties 
is excellent for jelly, jam, and pickling. The fruit from other 
varieties makes fine food for the birds late in the fall. It is also 
very ornamental, for the bright little apples hang on the limbs 
as thick as gooseberries on their branches. 
We have these Flowering Crabs only in the sizes as stated 
following the description of each variety. 
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 re- 
sembles 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 quan¬ 
tities of brilliant deep red Crabs an inch in diameter, which are beau¬ 
tiful on the tree and also make wonderful sauce. 3 to 4 ft., #1.00 
We have a few very beautiful specimen 5 to 6 ft. trees, the prettiest 
Crab trees we ever saw, as long as they last, at #2.00 each. 
DOLGO. S ee color page. Many of our Dolgos fruited last season in the 
nursery rows as 2-year-olds. The picture to the right on page 17 is 
one of these. It bore 3 5 big crabs, 24 of which show. This tree is 
4/ 2 feet high. The picture shows the trunk of the tree. This tree is 
among the trees that go into this spring’s orders. You may be the 
one that gets it. 
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. 5 to 6 ft., #1.50 
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. Blossoms 
Crabapple-pink. The most of the trees which we send you this spring 
bore as many as 50 crabs in 1940. 
3 to 4 ft., #1.00; 4 to 5 ft., #1.25; 5 to 6 ft., #1.50 
HOPA. See color page. This year we have the Hopa in tree form only. 
If you prefer the bush form, do not trim off the little limbs and spurs 
on the trunk. 
FLOWERING CRAB 
Collection No. 1 
1 each of the Dolgo, Hopa, and Red Silver, in a fine 5- to 6-ft. grade. 
A Total Value of #4.50 
FOR $4.00 
Collection No. 2 
1 each of the Dolgo, Flame, Hopa, and Red Silver, in a strong 4- to 5- 
foot grade. 
A Total Value of #5.00 
FOR $4.00 
Collection No. 3 
1 each of 6 varieties, Bechtel, Beauty, Dolgo, Flame, Hopa, and 
Red Silver, in a good 3- to 4-ft. grade. 
A Total Value of #6.00 
FOR $5.00 
The above collections will be sent express collect. 
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