Flowering Crab Apple Tree

Abstract

A flowering Crab Apple Tree denominated "Bridal Bouquet" selected from a block of seedlings of Malus "Katherine," an unpatented variety, which seedling was noted as having abundant, large size, pure white-colored double flowers and in continued growth the leaves have been unaffected by Apple Scab disease or Fire Blight disease, even in wet summers, and thus die-back is not caused such as is experienced by standard Japanese Crab and Tea varieties.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of flowering Crab Apple Tree substantially as herein shown and described, characterized particularly as to novelty by the unique combination of the abundance, large size, and pure white color of its double flowers, further having extreme resistance to defoliation by Apple Scab disease as compared to other varieties of crab apple trees growing nearby, and not having any tendency to die back from Fire Blight disease even in wet summers.