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[jhecksel@voyager.net]

Another angle:

The breeders in the prairie states were playing with native crab species
(Mercer?) and with M. baccata and M.Xrobusta (Cherry crab, Sylvia). 
Perhaps "European" originally refereed to ancestry/bloodlines instead of
actural origin of seedling. 

> I would speculate that it is the Illinois Whitney that has been introduced
> in Europe.
> 


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                                            -Joe Hecksel
                                             Eaton Rapids, Michigan

 

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