. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. jgoj. The American Florist. 163. PYRUS MALUS FLORIBUNDA. Growing at Highland Pavk, Rochi'ster. N. Y. Ornamental Crab Apples. What beainiful objects many of the ?crab apples are when in bloom. Even a ?common apple tree of the orchards when covered with its rose tinted and white blossoms is a feast for the eyes, ?while the Japanese, Chinese and Si- berian crabs are glorious in their wealth -of richly tinted blossoms. Any park or :garden without some of those resplend- ent crabs lacks some of the leading treasures of
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. jgoj. The American Florist. 163. PYRUS MALUS FLORIBUNDA. Growing at Highland Pavk, Rochi'ster. N. Y. Ornamental Crab Apples. What beainiful objects many of the ?crab apples are when in bloom. Even a ?common apple tree of the orchards when covered with its rose tinted and white blossoms is a feast for the eyes, ?while the Japanese, Chinese and Si- berian crabs are glorious in their wealth -of richly tinted blossoms. Any park or :garden without some of those resplend- ent crabs lacks some of the leading treasures of important small flowering ?trees. Most of the crabs flower from the middle to the end of May. In west- •ern New York they all appear to be per- fectly hardy and do well in any ordi- nary garden soil, that is well drained. Pyrus Mains spectabilis has clusters ?of deep rose tinted blossoms which are "bright red in the bud. The single, or typical, form is rarely seen in gardens. There are several double-flowered forms. The form we have is semi- ?doutle. The reddish-yellow fruit, on v/hich the cnlyx is persistent, ripens in Sepl.'mber, but is not nearly as hand- some as th? fruit of many other crabs. It is inclined to be somewhat thin in Tiabit and can be much improved in this respect by cutting back a little when young. P. M. floribunda has showy, long stalked cluster? of blush white to rose tinted blossoms wh'ch are deep rose or rosy red in the bud. The clusters of reddish, small, pra shaped, round apples, which ripen about October i, are quite showy and remain in good condition un- til the end of December. The is not persistent. It forms a spreading, round topped, neat, small tree and is perhaps one" of the best of the crals. F. M. baccata has the largest flowers of any of the crabs familiar to me and the long stalked flower clusters are pure white There are a number of forms of this crab in gardens and they produce verv variable fruit. We have forms
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