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A. V. KELLER NURSERY CO. 
912 38th Street 
DES MOINES, IOWA Coane ah deren 
Descriptions of Ornamental Crab Apples 
All trees propogated from tested arboretum speciméns 
ALDENHAM (Malus purpurea aldenhamensis) ra 
Medium sized shrub, to 8 or 10 ft. Flowers single and semi-double, deep 
purple. Fruit brownish purple, 3/4" to nearly 1". Foliage purple at first, 
later bronze. 
ARNOLD (Malus arnoldiana) 
Large shrub, 12-15 ft. Tips of long branches pendent. Buds coral red. 
Flowers pale pink, turning snow white. Fruit small, yellow. 
CARMINE (Malus atrosanguinea) 
Shrub, to 10 or 12 ft. Flowers light carmine red. Fruit yellow, yellow 
and red or sometimes entirely red. Slow grower. 
DOLGO (Malus "Dolgo') 
Small tree. Large white blossoms. Fruit dark crimson, egg-shaped, 1;"-13"; 
ripens early. Height 12-15 ft. 
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DOUBLE WHEPE CHINESE (Malus spectabilis adbiwopibena Reureree) 
The true double Chinese crab. Vase-shaped tree, 15-18 ft. Large double 
flowers, pink turning white. Fruit yellow, 3/4". 
ECHTERMEYER (Malus Oekonomierat Echtermeyer) 
Weeping" form, 10-12 ft. Purple flowers. Fruit purple, about 1" across: 
Young foliage purplish. 
ELEY (Malus purpurea eleyi) 
Medium to fairly large tree, 15-20 ft. with rounded head. Flowers light 
purplish red, 1". The fruits on our trees are round, not egg-shaped as 
they seem to be on the ELEY trees in Kew Gardens, England. Foliage purple 
later purplish bronze. 
HARTWIG (Malus hartwigi) 
Many-branched, upright tree with compact, rounded head. Flowers single and 
semi-double, pink, turning white, fruit small, yellow and red. 
HOPA (Malus adstringens "Hopa') 
Pree, to-20)1t. ef Lowers) pale purplish pink.-Fruit dark red: over) orange, 
about 1", Purplish leaves on young shoots. 
JAPANESE FLOWERING (Malus floribunda) 
Much like Arnold Crab, perhaps a little smaller. Stiffer and not pendent 
branches. Flowers and fruit also similar than those of Arnold but slightly 
smaller. 
JAY DARLING (Malus "Jay Darling") 
Medium to fairly large tree, 15-20 ft. with round head. Light purplish red 
flowers. Fruit dark purplish red, 1". This plant is perhaps the same as 
Malus purpurea eleyi although the fruits differ in shape and often in size 
from the fruits of the typical Eley Crab. 
KATHERINE (Malus "Katherine" ) 
Thin-branched shrub or small tree, probably 10-15 ft. Flowers large, double 
pale pink, finally pure white. Fruits small, yellow, sometimes with a red- 
dish blush, 
KINGSMERE (Malus "Kingsmere") 
Small tree with spreading branches, 10-15 ft. Flowers pale rose pink. Fruit 
purplish red, about 1" to 1¢". Leaves of new shoots pale purplish. 
