6 A. E. WOHLERT’S NURSERIES 

FLOWERING CRAB (Malus) 
The Chinese Flowering Crab has justly been called the “Queen of the 
Garden.” Even though Crabs are not so well known as the Cherries, several 
varieties have no rivals among the Flowering Trees. About the same directions 
apply as for the Japanese Cherries, with the exception that Crabs have a 
wider range of adaptability to soil; wet or dry, rich or poor. Of course, they 
respond with more growth to good soil and culture. Some varieties, such as 
Atrosanguinea, will stand shearing especially well. They may be sheared into 
a pyramidal, standard or ball-shaped tree. All pruning and shearing are done 
after the flowers have passed. 
The varieties Atrosanguinea and Floribunda lend themselves particularly well 
to planting as hedges. They are 10J% hardy anywhere and will stand clipping 
or shearing into a typical hedge, or if desired they may be permitted to grow 
tall enough to be a sheared screen. They would make an effective hedge in 
New England, or any other Northern State with cold winter climate, where privet 
is an impossibility. The foliage is glossy, fairly small, and very attractive. The 
trees will flower just as well in a clipped hedge as when growing naturally, un- 
sheared. If 2-3 ft. trees are used, they should be spaced 2 ft. apart, and for 
the 3-4 ft. size the spacing should be 21/p fit. 
In more recent years Garden Clubs have begun to appreciate the value of 
colorful fruits, and it is not overstating the fact that Flowering Crabs, such as 
Eleyi, Hopa, Floribunda Purpurea, and many others, have absolutely the most 
colorful fruit in existence. 
Most of the varieties of Flowering Crab were either introduced or: publicized 
by me. I have been growing ilowering trees, especialliy Fowering Crab, for 
over twenty years, and have managed to educate our organization so thoroughly 
in the peculiarities of each variety, that it can identify the varieties at any time, 
summer or winter, in leaf or without foliage, in bloom or in fruit, which is, to 
judge from what I have been able to observe, considerably more than any other 
nursery in the United States can do, as in many cases trees sold by others are 
utterly misnamed and thoroughly scrambled. It is not because they do not want 
to-send out trees correctly named, but because they simply don’t know the 
difference in the various varieties. Bechtels Crab will probably always be deliv- 
ered to you true to name no matter where you buy them, but this is more than 
can be said for the rest of the varieties. 
The Flowering Crabs are hardy anywhere, in the mountain States, North 
Dakota, or in the hotter States, such as Texas and the Gulf States. The only 
varieties subject to cedar rust appear to be loensis or Prairie Crab, Bechtels, 
which is the double form of the Prairie Crab, Coronarius, Angustifolia, and to a 
minor degree Niedzwetzkyana. All the rest are entirely immune. 

ALL HAVE PERFECT ROOT SYSTEM AND GOOD TOPS. DO NOT 
PRUNE OR CUT BACK. OUR TREES CAN SUPPORT ALL 
THE TOP BECAUSE YOU GET 100% OF THE ROOTS. ALL 
OF OUR CRABS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BECHTELS, 
ARE ON THEIR OWN ROOTS, NOT ON WILD UNDERSTOCK 
THAT MAY SPROUT FROM THE BASE AND GIVE YOU 
TROUBLE. 

MALUS ALDENHAMENSIS. A new crab from England: a good red _ flower, 
medium sized colored fruit. Under favorable conditions, an additional crop of 
bloom will appear in September, and much to my surprise these September 
flowers are all double—quite different from those that appear in the spring. 
The flowers of this variety are probably the most colorful of all the varieties. 
