
BDlowering Crabs 
ALL ORNAMENTAL— SOME FRUIT BEARING 
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. 
Flowering Crabs when grown in a rich soil attain a height 
of about 20 feet and with the exception of the Beauty, a spread 
of about 18 to 20 feet. 
Prices of all Crabs: 3 to 4 ft., $1.00; 4 to 5 ft., $1.25; 5 to 6 ft., $1.50 
We have beautiful specimen 6- to 7-ft. trees in Beauty, Dolgo, 
Hopa, and Red Silver at $1.75 each, or $3.25 per pair. 

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 spécimen 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 Lom- 
bardy ‘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. 
. 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 extremely 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 slendér-limbed, 
very graceful, upright-growing tree. This small tree is especially attrac- 
tive 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 emphasize 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. 

NOTE: The Eleyi, described at left, and the Bechtel, Hopa, and 
Red Silver, described on the color pages, are beautiful ornamental 
trees, but the fruit is too small for practical use. 
DUAL PURPOSE CRABS 
Beauty, Dolgo, and Flame 
We wish to call especial attention to these three crabs, Beauty, 
Dolgo, and Flame. We call these three varieties dual purpose crabs. 
They are not only beautiful in the spring when they are all covered 
with pinkish white bloom, but in the fall as their fruits ripen, they 
are again beautiful ornamental trees for some three or four weeks, 
being literally covered with their great loads of brilliant red fruit. 
The fruit of all three varieties makes up into fine jam, jelly, pre- 
serves, and pickles. ‘ 

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SPECIAL CRAB OFFER 
Offer No. 1: 1 each of Beauty, Dolgo, 
Eleyi, Flame, Hopa and Red Silver in a 
3 to 4 ft. for $5.50 
4 to 5 ft. for 6.75 
5 to 6 ft. for 8.25 
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