SHADE TREES 
Spring, Summer, Fall 
CRAB, DOLGO 
(Malus hopa) 
Key: F. Color: white flow- 
ers. Beautiful bright red 
; Crab Apples. Blooms: early 
spring. Crab Applesin sum- 
mer. Height: 20 ft. 
. Beautiful blooms and de- 
; licious fruit too! Dolgo Crab 
offers rich gifts of beauty in 
masses of snow-white bloom 
| in spring, followed by beau- 
| tiful, long-shaped, bright red 
Crab Apples which are fine 
for jelly, preserves and 
pickles. 
Fruit of Dolgo Crab 
Dolgo Crab 
FRINGE, PURPLE (Smoke Tree) 
Key: F. Color: purple flowers. Blooms: summer and fall—July 
to frost. Foliage: thick, dark green, similar to Magnolia leaves. 
Sprays of purple flowers completely veil this dwarf-growing 
tree all summer—from July till October. The cloudlike illusion 
of its bloom has won for it the name, “Smoke Tree.” 
CRAB, BECHTEL (Malus ioensis plena) ee 
Key: F. Color: fragrant pink flowers. Blooms: early spring—May. 
Height: 15 to 20 ft. 
Large, double flowers of bright pink make Bechtel Crab one of the 
most popular of the flowering trees. Bechtel Crab 
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