. Aiken's 1953 garden book. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Flowering Crabapple FLOWERING CRABAPPLES (Malus). Hardy, picturesque, rugged small trees unsurpassed for ornamental planting as specimens and for variation in height of shrub borders. All varieties are covered with flowers in spring and most have colorful little apples in fall, some large enough for culinary use. Called "Crabs" for short. Eley Crab. 25 ft. Rosy carmine flowers with big, broad
. Aiken's 1953 garden book. Plants Vermont Catalogs; Trees Vermont Catalogs; Vegetables Vermont Catalogs; Flowers Vermont Catalogs; Nursery stock Vermont Catalogs; Horticulture Vermont Catalogs. Flowering Crabapple FLOWERING CRABAPPLES (Malus). Hardy, picturesque, rugged small trees unsurpassed for ornamental planting as specimens and for variation in height of shrub borders. All varieties are covered with flowers in spring and most have colorful little apples in fall, some large enough for culinary use. Called "Crabs" for short. Eley Crab. 25 ft. Rosy carmine flowers with big, broad petals. Leaves reddish in spring and purplish during ; Showy red fruits. 3 to 4-ft. trees, § each; 3 for , PREPAID. Bechtel Double-flowering Crab. 15 ft. Often called a "rose tree" because its delicate pink, double flowers not only look like small hybrid tea roses but they also have the tea rose fragrance. 3 to 4-ft. trees, $ each; 3 for , PREPAID. Dolgo Crab. 25 ft. Single white flowers. Juicy red fruits make delicious, ruby-red jelly. 3 to 4-ft. trees, each; 3 for , PREPAID. Ilopa Crab. 25 ft. Covered with crimson buds open- ing into rose-pink flowers in April. Fruit has red- skin and red flesh; makes nice jelly. 3 to 4-ft. trees, each; 3 for , PREPAID. Sargent Crab. 6 to 8 ft. Low, shrubby variety. Pure white flowers with yellow anthers. Scarlet fruits hang on until spring. 3 to 4-ft. trees, each; 3 for , PREPAID. Rcdbud or Judas-tree (Cercis canadensis). Bright purplish pink, pea-like flowers cover the branches in early spring before the heart-shaped leaves appear. Try daffodils around the base of this tree for a gay picture in early spring. Grows about 20 feet high and i~ hanlv auvwheie south of here. ?'! l I ft. Irees, each; 3 for , PREPAID. White-flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida). Showy white, propeller-shaped flowers 3 to 3^9 inches across before the leaves in spring; red berries in f
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