BRYANT’S NURSERIES, PRINCETON, ILLINOIS 13 
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. 
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 tegularly. 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. 
A shrubby tree with a dense upright habit of growth. Flowers large, pale pink in 
bud. opening white. 
DECIDUOUS SHRUBS 
The Shrubs that we are offering are young, thrifty, well grown, and have been 
given plenty of room in the row to develop into well-shaped bushy plants. Graded 
according to the Standard Grades of the American Association of Nurserymen. Fig- 
ures following the name of the plant indicate average ultimate height under rea- 
sonably good growing conditions in this section of the country. 
ACANTHOPANAX (Aralia) pentaphyllum — Five-leaved Aralia 6-7 ft. 
A fine massing shrub of medium height with shiny dark 
green foliage that does not show dust. Grows well in poor and 
gravelly soil. Per 10 Per 100 
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ALMOND — Pink Flowering (Prunus glandulosa rosea) Set? 
Heavy well branched plants. We are growing all of our Almonds 
on their own roots. Such plants are much more compact and bet- 
ter in shape than those grown on Plum roots. 
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Dwarf Russian Almond (Prunus nana) eit: 
A very hardy and quite dwarf Flowering Almond with rosy 
red flowers early in the Spring. 
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