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Blowering 
Peaches 
The Flowering Peach is one of 
the hardiest and showiest of ail 
Flowering Fruit Trees. Bears 
great masses of double flowers 
in Spring before leaves appear. 
One can pick as many of these 
flowers as desired because the 
tree should be heavily pruned 
each year as soon as it has fin- 
ished blooming. 
Early Double Pink 
Flowers deep pink, very double. Earliest 
variety of flowering peach to bloom. 
Early Double Red 
Flowers very deep red. Very double. Sec- 
ond flowering peach to bloom. 
Late Double Pink : 
Flowers similar to the Early Pink, bloom- 
ing approximately 2 or 3 weeks later. 
Late Double Red 
Flowers a little deeper red than the 
earlier variety. Very double. One of the 
last flowering peaches to bloom. 
Peppermint 
Flowers white and pink striped. This va- 
riety often has solid white or solid pink 
flowers on the same limb with the varie- 
gated flowers. 
Double White 
Large, white flowers. Very double. Trees 
resemble a cloud when in full bloom. 
Chinese Dwarf 
A dwarf peach tree which may be grown 
in tubs or in open ground. In winter, the 
leafless tree is ornamental in a peculiarly 
oriental way. In Spring, the scaled 
branches are smothered in bloom, and in 
summer they are hung with shiny, deep 
green leaves. Red or variegated (white 
and pink) blossoms. 
PRUNUS BLIREIANA 
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FLOWERING 
PEACH 
FLOWERING FRUIT TREES 
The answer to your quest for great 
armfuls of spring blossoms is any of 
the flowering fruit trees. These trees 
are truly generous, presenting you 
their floral beauty for a minimum of 
attention. 
Pruning, usually a not too pleasant 
task, is a delight when confined to the 
flowering trees. The proper time to 
prune them is when they are in full 
bloom. Thus, as you prune, you also 
gather colorful masses of flowers for 
the house. The removal of heavier 
branches may wait until just after the 
blooming period. 
Aside from their peculiar pruning 
preference, their care is identical with 
fruiting trees. 
Blowenring 
Plums 
Prunus Blireiana 
Plumlike foliage is heavily overlaid with 
bronze. Soft pink, semi-double flowers 
are borne on long, slender branches. 
Prunus Hollywood 
Purple-red foliage and masses of light 
pink flowers. The early, delicious fruit is 
blood-red and juicy. 
Prunus Pissardi 
Numerous white flowers appear before 
the deep purple leaves, which appear in 
the Spring and gradually become green- 
ish. Bears pale reddish purple fruit. 
Prunus Thundercloud 
Great quantities of early, white flowers 
are followed by heavy textured, bronzy 
purple foliage which holds its color 
throughout the entire summer. 
Prunus Vesuvius 
More vigorous than Prunus pissardi, with 
longer, willowy branches and longer, 
larger, reddish leaves. 
Blowenring 
Cherries 
Prunus Serrulata Amanogawa 
Semi-double, soft pink blossoms. 
Prunus Serrulata Beni-Higan 
Has single, pale pink blossoms. 
Prunus Serrulata Naden 
Double, light pink blossoms. 
Prunus Serrulata Ojochin 
Semi-double, light pink blossoms. 
Prunus Serrulata Shirotae (Mt. Fuji) 
Light pink buds followed by semi-double, 
white flowers. 
Prunus Serrulata Takasago 
Early, double, light pink blossoms. Free 
blooming. Brownish leaves. 
Blowenring 
Crabs 
Pyrus Arnoldiana 
Of dwarf, bush growth. Rose-colored 
flowers, fading lighter with age. 
Pyrus Eleyi 
Bright red flowers, red fruit and colorful 
foliage throughout the summer. 
Pyrus Floribunda 
A Japanese flowering crab which bears 
pink buds which burst into rosy-white 
flowers. 
Pyrus Hopa 
Blooms when small. Rose-colored blos- 
soms are followed by bright red, orna- 
mental fruit. 
Pyrus lonensis Plena 
(Bechtel’s Flowering Crab) 
One of the very best small flowering 
trees. Double pink flowers are very fra- 
grant and are produced from the first 
year. 
Pyrus Kaido 
A rapid grower. Flowers are single, 
white and pink, borne in profusion on 
slender, graceful branches. 
Pyrus Niedzwetskyana (Red-veined Crab) 
Leaves, flowers, fruit and bark are red- 
dish purple. 
Pyrus Sargenti 
Smallest of the flowering crabs, growing 
six to eight feet. Has single white flow- 
ers and red fruit. 
~ Pyrus Sheideckeri 
The semi-double, pink flowers are fol- 
lowed by small, yellow fruit. 
