ROEDING’S QUALITY F L OWE R A Ni ¢ T Re is is S (cont.) 

THREE FLOWERING CRABAPPLES. (Left to right) FLT27 FLORIBUNDA, FLT25 ALDENHAM, 
FLT29_ KAIDO. 
An Outstanding Contribution to Garden Beauty 
CRATAEGUS CRIMSON GLORY 
CRATAEGUS CRIMSON GLORY. FLT4. A fine new 
tree first announced in our 1944 Catalog under the 
name Crataegus ‘New Hybrid.” Let Mr. W. B. Clarke 
of San Jose, to whom we are indebted for this intro- 
duction, tell you about it in his own words. 
“This splendid new hybrid Thorn, which is a cross 
between the large fruited Mexican Thorn variously 
called C. mexicana, C. pubescens, or C. stipulacea, 
and the English Hawthorn, C. oxyacantha. The result 
is a tree of vigorous, erect growth with grayish bark 
and dark green leathery leaves formed like those of 
its English parent and remaining on the tree until very 
late in autumn. The flowers are white, followed by a 
remarkable profusion of really gorgeous, glossy, bril- 
liant red berries borne all along the branches. These 
adjectives will seem more appropriate when it is speci- 
fied that the largest ‘‘berries’’ are as much as one inch 
long and 44 inch in diameter! Here they are fully col- 
ored in early October, 6 or 8 weeks before those of 
its very fine ‘half-brother’ C. carrieri, which we in- 

FLT28 BECHTEL FLOWERING CRABAPPLE 
troduced to California about 25 years ago and which 
is also a hybrid of C. mexicana.” 
When you see the first crop of berries you will agree 
with us that Mr. Clarke's description is conservative. 
This Crataegus will make a fine specimen for garden 
shade, street, roadway and front-yard planting. 
Tubbed plants, 6-8’ for year-around planting, $6.50. 
Bare root trees, 8-10’ $5.50. 
LABURNUM .. . Golden Chain 
LABURNUM VOSSI. FLT9. (Long Clustered Golden 
Chain.) A great improvement over the old Laburnum 
vulgare. It is a small tree with green bark and foliage 
like exaggerated clover leaves. Flow- 
ers are pure golden yellow and 
formed like those of the Wisteria. The 
hanging clusters attain as much as 
18-20 inches length and are borne 
very profusely in late April after most 
flowering trees are through blooming. 
Bare root, 5-6’ $3.50. 
FLOWERING CHERRIES 
All varieties; bare root, 5-6’ $3.50. 
KWANZAN. FLT21. Double, dark pink 
with extremely large flowers. 
MT. FUJI. FLT21A. Double flowers of 
purest white. A very hardy variety 
producing an abundance of large, 
heavy blooms. 
PINK PEARL. FLT22. Double, me- 
dium pink flowers borne in profusion 
on a vigorous tree. 
FLOWERING CRABAPPLE 
All varieties: Bare root, 4-5’ $1.75: 
3-4’ $1.50; 2-3’ $1.25. 
PYRUS ALDENHAMENSIS. FLT25. 
Semi-double red flowers, purplish red 
fruits and purplish foliage, makes this 
new variety a year-around attraction. 
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A judicious selection of flowering 
fruit trees will provide your garden 
with a long season of flowers 
(good for cutting, too). Flowering 
plums and apricots are earliest of 
all, followed by flowering peaches, flowering crab- 
apples and flowering cherries. The first blooms begin 
to appear in January and the cherries bring the season 

to a close in April. 
P. ARNOLDIANA. FLT26. A most profuse bloomer. 
The slender branches are weighted with carmine-red 
buds that open to sharply contrasting blooms of palest 
pink. 
P, FLORIBUNDA. FLT27. Tall, slender tree with grace- 
ful branches. Flowers large, single, and typical apple 
blossom pink. 
P. IOENSIS PLENA. FLT28. (Bechtel Crab.) Double pink 
flowers like small clustered roses; fragrant; late 
blooming. 
P. KAIDO. FLT29. Flowers partly double, pale pink 
and carmine; branches slender and graceful. 
FLOWERING ALMONDS 
DWARF DOUBLE FLOWERING ALMOND. FLT30. 
Shrubby little tree with long, slender branches heavily 
laden in earliest spring with very double rosette-like 
flowers. We can supply these in either pink or white. 
Bare root, 3-4’ $1.50; 2-3’ $1.25. 
FLOWERING APRICOTS 
These cheerful trees bloom much earlier than flower- 
ing peaches and lighten the home and garden on dull 
winter days. You will enjoy their spicy perfume. All 
varieties; bare root, 4-5’ $1.50; 3-4’ $1.25; 2-3’ $1.00. 
BONITA. FLT31. Double deep red. Very early. 
DAWN. FLT32. Mid-season variety with large ruffled 
double pink flowers. Intensely fragrant. 
PEGGY CLARKE. FLT33. Distinctive double deep rose, 
flowers are medium sized, profuse. New. 
ROSEMARY CLARK. FLT34. Pure white flowers are 
large and double, exquisitely fragrant. New. 
FLT4 CRIMSON GLORY HAWTHORN 

