BRYANT’S NURSERIES, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 13 

MALUS — FLOWERING CRABS — DESCRIPTIVE LIST—CONTINUED 
baccata — Gibbs Golden Gage 18-20 ft. 
A type of Malus baccata differing chiefly in the size and shape of the very decorative 
fruits, which are of medium size, waxy, five-sided, and a translucent yellow. 
brevipes 12-16 ft. 
Closely related to Malus floribunda, but a lower denser grower. Very free flowering 
and attractive with large nearly white flowers. 
coronaria — Wild Sweet Crab 15-20 ft. 
’ Very showy blush-pink flowers, the most showy of the native Flowering Crabs. 
coronaria aurea — Golden-leaved Sweet Crab 
A type of the Wild Sweet Crab with golden foliage. 
floribunda — Japanese Flowering Crab 15-18 ft. 
Probably the best known of the Oriental Flowering Crabs, a handsome variety and 
a very free bloomer. The bloom buds are rose or rose-red, opening into a mass of rose- 
pink blooms that gradually fade to white. 
“Frau Louise Dittmann” 
A very handsome Crab with large semi-double flowers of soft pink. 
hopa — Hopa Crab 20-25 ft. 
A very attractive variety of strong upright growth, probably a variety ot Malus ad- 
stringens. It bears a profusion of very large double flowers of an unfading rose-red, - 
followed by large edible fruits that are very distinctly red fleshed. 
ioensis palmeri — Palmer Crab 15-18 ft. 
A regional variety of the native Prairie Crab, coming from the Missouri area. A small 
spiny tree of compact growth, an improvement over the native Prairie Crab. Flowers 
large, rosy-pink fading to rosy-white. 
magdeburgensis 14-16 ft. 
A Malus spectabilis hybrid with striking semi-double rose-pink flowers borne in dense 
clusters. Resembles Malus scheideckeri in growth, but is a more robust grower. 
“Lady Northcliffe” 
A very attractive Crab with pinkish-white flowers, and small yellow fruits. 
micromalus 12-152 ft! 
A small tree of very upright habit and large showy pink flowers. Fruit small, red. 
“Oekonomierat Echtermeyer”’ 
Drooping, almost pendulous branches; carmine-pink flowers and brownish red-fruit. 
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 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 ft. 
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. seg 
A shrubby tree with a dense upright habit of growth. Flowers large, pale pink in 
bud, opening white. 
