Jess. Beautiful in bloom with large rose-like pale pink, very double 
blossoms 2”? or more, and very fragrant. [These may be seriously 
browned in hot windy weather. Most of 'the year 'the tree is not orna- 
mental as foliage is particularly subject to scab and cedar rust and 
varying degrees of defoliation. Illinois University has a selection 
slightly less double but deeper pink which ‘seems less subject to leaf 
troubles and promises to be equally effective. 
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N JAY DARLING 
This may or may not be the same as the Eley offered by many nur- 
series. Identical for practical use. 
** KATHERINE (seedling, probably Halliana x baccata) 
Tree of moderate vigor, eventually 20’; slender branches and dark 
green foliage. Blossoms large (2%”’) double, light pink fading to clear 
white. Fruit small greenish red, inconspicuous. Blooms very abund- 
antly as a small tree, along all vigorous one year wood. May be alter- 
nate in some sections, but not with us. Introduced 1943 and well worth 
trial, especially as a potted flowering tree. 
KINGSMERE  ((sieboldii x Niedz.) 
Hybrid of Miss Preston. Blossoms rose. Medium vigor, hardy, spread- 
ing, selected for its annual and abundant bloom. Fruits %” dull red. 
One of the better Canadian introductions. Blight sometimes serious. 
MADGEBURG (spectabalis x pumila) 
From Germany before 1900. Tree somewhat open, rounded, to 30’, 
resembling a double flowering apple in form and manner of blossoming. 
Blossoms in clusters, pink with suggestion of orchid, single and semi- 
double. Fruit 1%”, red and yellow, crab flavor, probably good spiced. 
Sometimes subject to blight. 
*MICROMALUS—MIDGET CRAB (Spectabalis x baccata?) 
Syn. Kaido crab. From Japan 1856. Upright shrub or small tree. 
Dense with many slender upright branches, to 20’. Good foliage. 
Blossoms 1%”, brighit pink, single, fragrant. Fruit greenish yellow, not 
showy. Begins to bloom young. Blooms very freely and is one of the 
earliest pinks. Tendency to bloom heavily on al'ternate years. 
PRINCE GEORGES  (ioensis plena x angustifolia?) 
About 1930. Tree of medium vigor and size to 25’. Symmetrical, 
dense branched tree with thorn-like spurs. Leaves resemble ioensis 
but more narrow. Blossoms large more double than Bechtel, light 
pink, more carnation like in arrangement, fragrant. Last of the crabs 
to bloom in spring. Blossoms in heavy clusters on long pendant stems. 
A little slow beginning to bloom. Being of native parentage, is suscep- 
tible to scab and rust, but less so than Bechtels. 
N puMILA NIEDZWETZKYANA—REDVEIN CRAB 
S. W. Siberia, introduced U. S. 1896. Important chiefly because much 
used in hybridizing. Resembles purpurea except 2%” fruit shape of a 
Delicious apple, really an apple. Vigorous, rather open tree blooming 
on spurs. 
PURPUREA—PURPLE CRAB ((Niedz. x atrosanguinea) 
Vigorous tree with glossy dark purplish green foliage. Ultimately 
25-30’, dense, rounded tree. Blossoms purplish red, somewhat dingy, 
but of value as the earliest red flowering variety, and for its great 
abundance of bloom annually. Fruits %” purplish, not conspicuous. 
Varieties: 
*PURPUREA—ALDENHAM (pumila Niedz. x atrosanguinea) 
A selection of purpurea introduced in U. S. by Arnold Arboretum in 
1923. ‘Tree vigorous, rounded, to 25’, with arching branches and dark 
green foliage. Fruits 1 to 1%”, dull red. Blossoms single and semi- 
