Rosaceae Week: Malus 'Mary Potter' from SFO, California

[Gurcharan Singh]

Malus 'Harry Potter

Common name: Harry Potter Crabapple

A low-growing crabapple, broad-spreading, densely-branched, deciduous tree up to 4 m tall and 6 m broad; ovales ovate, sometimes lobed, dark green; buds reddish-pink buds open to form fragrant white flowers 2.5 cm across; fruits 1.2 cm, red maturing in autumn. The fruits are persistent and attractive to birds.

Photographed from SFO Botanical Garden, California

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
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Massst!
Thanks
Madhuri

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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 08:18:39 +0530

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Subject: [efloraofindia:85956] Rosaceae Week: Malus 'Mary Potter' from SFO, California

[Neha Singh]

Such a unusual name !! Species. named on Harry Potter -- is this sp.
identified in recent years Gurcharan sir ??

I cant find anything on this, on net. ( googled Malus *'Harry Potter
and Harry Potter Crabapple both ).

Regards
Die hard Harry Potter fan

[Gurcharan Singh]

Neha ji and Madhuri ji

Here is how fictional character influence you, Mary (correct in subject line) became Harry in the text

It is Malus 'Mary Potter'

http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/plant.asp?code=E130

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ 

[Balkar Arya]

Nice Sir lovely variety

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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