
WILSON, N. C., Jan. 9th, 1945. W.T.L. The crabs bought from you a few years back were something to look at last spring. We had people 
to visit our garden as many as five times, bringing other friends just to see the Dolgo, Hopa, Beauty, Flame, etc., blooming. They were beautiful 
along with a number of both upright and weeping Japanese Cherries. 
Blewering Crabs 
ALL EXTREMELY HARDY « ALL ORNAMENTAL ¢ SOME COMMERCIAL FRUIT BEARING 
NOTE: 
If you are interested in flowering crabs, you should order this 
spring. Due to the help situation, we have been unable to grow 
our usual amount of nursery stock and it may be at least two 
years before we are again able to offer our full line of flower- 
ing crabs. 
Much 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 exaggerated. I have seen it many times when the trees 
were covered with their delicate bloom. 
But the Japanese cherries are not hardy in Minnesota and through- 
out 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 Eng- 
land 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. 
THE SCUGOG CRAB 
A New Flowering Crab 
A great deal of work has been done in Canada along the line of 
bringing out desirable new flowering crabs. Scugog is among the best 
of the new ones. It comes to us very highly recommended from those 
who have bloomed it throughout the Middle Northwest and Middle 
Western Canada. It is noted for its hardiness, the beauty of its bloom, 
and for the size and beauty of the fruit which it bears. 
Scugog grows into a graceful medium sized tree, covered in the 
blooming season with a great mass of purplish red blossoms, followed 
in the fall with a large crop of deep purple fruits. The fruit is about 
one-third larger than that of Dolgo or Beauty. Mr. W. R. Leslie, Supt. 
of the Dominion Experimental Farm at Morden, Manitoba, recom- 
mends Scugog very highly for canning. 
3 to 4 ft. trees, $1.00; 4 to 5 ft. trees, $1.50 
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DUAL PURPOSE CRABS 
Beauty, Dolgo, and Scugog 
We wish to call especial attention to these three Crabs: Beauty, 
Dolgo, and Scugog. 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. 
Scugog Crab 
