Pyrus pulcherrima
Read about Pyrus pulcherrima in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Pyrus pulcherrima, Aschers. & Graebn. (P. floribunda, Kirchn., not Lindl. P. Malus floribunda, Hort. Malus floribunda, Sieb. M. microcarpa var. floribunda, Carr.). Flowering Crab. Unknown in the wild but long in cult., and perhaps a hybrid of P. baccata and P. Sieboldii; intro. from Japan, where it seems not to be recognized, Rehder finding that what the Japanese botanists know under this name is P. Halliana: shrub or sometimes a small tree, often thorny: young growths glabrous or yery soon becoming so: lvs. ovate and usually acuminate, the petioles rather thick and reddish and usually not much if any more than 1 in. long on the leading young shoots, the margins very sharply serrate or incised-serrate, not lobed, usually thickish, shining above and glabrous (or soon becoming so) beneath: fls. rose or rose-red, appearing with the lvs., produced in great abundance and very showy; styles nearly always 4, very rarely 3 or 5, connate to the middle: fr. usually about the size of a pea, on long, slender stalks, red, not persisting till winter. China. R.H. 1866:311; 1871:591; 1881, p. 296. F.S. 15:1585. G.F. 1:152; 2:523. A.G. 13:437: 18:437. F.E. 9:573. M.D.G. 1899:454.—The name of this species is somewhat in confusion. It has been known as P. floribunda, but Lindley earlier gave this name to a very different plant, of the section or genus Aronia (see p. 396, Vol. I), and the present species must take a new name. P. pulcherrima is one of the best of all early spring-flowering bushes or small trees, and is now common in gardens. The semi-double forms often improperly receive the names Halliana and Parkmanii. It makes a broad round-headed great bush, with handsome rose-colored buds and whitish expanded fls. P. atrosanguinea, Spaeth, is a handsome floriferous species of doubtful origin. It is probably P. Halliana x P. Sieboldii (Koehne supposes it to be P. Halliana x P. fusca) : resembles in general P. pulcherrima, but differs in its deep carmine fls. not fading to white, rather narrower petals, shorter ovate and somewhat obtuse calyx-lobes, more shining and finally glabrous lvs., those lvs. at the end of vigorous shoots sometimes slightly 3-lobed: fr. dark red. Gt. 47:1448. Var. Scheideckeri, Bailey (Pyrus Scheideckeri, Spaeth. Malus Scheideckeri, Zabel), originated at Scheidecker's nursery at Munich from seeds of P. pulcherrima, but shows evidences of hybridity with some closely related species (probably with P. prunifolia) or else indicating the hybrid origin of P. pulcherrima itself: small tree of pyramidal habit, producing abundantly of large semi- double tinged pink fls.: young branchlets slightly pubescent: lvs. ovate, acuminate, about 3 in. long, scattered-pubescent beneath, petiole hairy, margins coarsely sharp-serrate or double-serrate: fr. globose, 3/4in. diam., the calyx usually persistent. Gng. 6:308. A.F. 13: 1398. Gn. M. 10:20. G.M. 44:274; 54:861; 55:820; 57:256. G. 26:203; 27:234. Gn. W. 21: suppl. July 23. Gt. 53:1529 and p. 418. Var. Arnoldiana, Bailey (Malus floribunda var. Ar-noldiana, Rehd.). Originated at the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, as a seedling of P. pulcherrima: fls. more than one-half larger than in the type, pale rose: fr. much larger, yellow: of bushy habit.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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