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MALUS — Flowering Crabs — Descriptive List — Continued 
MALUS prunefolia rinki — Ringo Crab 15-18 ft. 
A strong growing variety with wide-spreading branches and large flower trusses. Deli- 
cate pink in bud, followed by almost white flowers. The very decorative red or yellow 
fruit is produced very abundantly and persists on the tree well into the Winter. 
pumila pendula ‘Elise Rathke’’ 
A picturesque tree with broad-spreading horizontal branches which ascend at the tips 
Light pink flowers and large yellowish-green fruit, striped red. 
purpurea — Purple Crab 
Erect and open in habit, with purplish red leaves and deep crimson flowers which are 
followed in the Fall by dark purplish-red fruits. 
purpurea aldenhamensis — Aldenham Crab 16-18 ft. 
Another very showy hybrid with bronze-purple foliage. Very similar to the Eley Crab, 
but the bloom is larger, semi-double to double, and a bright vineous-red. 
purpurea Eleyi — Eley Crab 16-18 ft. 
A very showy and handsome hybrid with reddish purple foliage, the best of the purple- 
leaved Crabs. The flowers are a brilliant bright red followed by dark purple fruits. 
robusta — Cherry Crab 20-25 ft. 
A handsome tree of strong upright growth. Flowers large, very fragrant, soft pink to 
white. One of the earliest of the Crabs to bloom. 
robusta persicifolia — Peach-leaved Cherry Crab 20-25 ft. 
Similar to the type, but with long peach-like leaves. 
scheideckeri — Scheidecker Crab 12-15 ft. 
A rather small uprightly branched tree with a tendency to grow in bush form when 
not trimmed regularly. Flowers semi-double to double, borne very freely in upright 
clusters, red in bud, opening deep pink. A very decorative variety. 
seiboldi calocarpa (M. zumi calocarpa) — Toringo Crab 15.f6; 
A wide-spreading shrubby Crab with large dark-pink flowers followed by small scarlet 
fruits. A very floriferous and attractive variety. 
theifera — Tea Crab 15-16 ft. 
One of the best and most interesting of the Flowering Crabs. Flowers light pink. 
Very free-flowering, resembling in its flowering habit a Cherry rather than a Crab. 
*Veitch’s Scarlet” . 
One of the showiest of the Flowering Crabs with large white flowers and attractive 
scarlet fruit. 
zumi — Zumi Crab 12-14 ft. 
A shrubby tree with a dense upright habit of growth. Flowers large, pale pink in 
bud, opening white. 
Platanus occidentalis — see page 8. 
Plum — see Prunus. 
Poplar — see Populus. 
POPULUS alba bolleana — Bolleana Poplar 50-60 ft. 
A narrow-columnar form of the White Poplar with green bark 
and silvery foliage. Probably the best of the fastigiate Poplars. Per 10 Per 100 
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Sxtoslonecetasto J4oinch. caliper: own. t00t 42. Ja 7.50 65.00 
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POPULUS nigra italica — Lombardy Poplar 50-60 ft. 
A fine lot of trees in all grades, of heavy cali- 
per and well branched to the ground. 
Per 10 Per 100 Per 1000 
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bpetOmin/peinch. Calipers ds tee 2 oS 4.00 35.00 300.00 
Tig towmeinchetcalipers es 5.00 45.00 
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Dt /pekOmag Mac aCe per eee. tenes ely 12.00 100.00 
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