
Blowering Crabs 
ALL ORNAMENTAL—SOME COMMERCIAL FRUIT BEARING 
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 these 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 
Hopa Crab 

for jelly, jam, and pickling. The fruit from other varieties makes fine 
food for 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 
ee HORA Grae 
From a purely ornamental standpoint the Hopa is without doubt 
the most beautiful pink Flowering Crab that can be grown in the North. 
It is perfectly hardy anywhere in our state. It develops into a beautiful, 
graceful, medium sized tree that is an ornament anywhere it may be 
placed. The bark is a rich dark blackish red. The buds and foliage are 
a noticeable reddish purple, and the tree, when in bloom, is covered 
with large single, deep rose-colored 
blossoms which continue long on the 
tree, to be followed by quantities of 
small reddish fleshed, attractive fruit 
which makes a good jelly. 
Fine 6-ft. trees: $1.75 each. 
The Hopa Crab pictured at left is 
a specimen that was trimmed low. 
Our stock of trees for this season’s 
sales are trimmed a trifle higher but 
do not trim them any higher and 
most of them will develop into the 
above type. 
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FLAME (Dual Purpose.) This is 
the sensational new Flowering Crab 
recently named and sent out by the 
Minnesota State Fruit Farm. It is a 
beautiful slender-limbed, very grace- 
ful, upright growing tree. This small 
tree is especially attractive 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 ex- 
tremely valuable for the fruit itself. 
Blossoms crab-apple-pink. This is a 
very narrow, upright growing tree. 
Nice to put in a corner or by side of 
a house. 
Fine 6- to 7-ft. trees: $1.75 each. 
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