270 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2-3 EDWARD VII., A. 1903 

 Moore's Arctic. 



Two trees of this variety were planted in 1892. They have made good growth and 

 have fruited heavily since 1896. This is one of the hardiest of the domestica plums, 

 and is one of the most productive of all the plums fruited here. The fruit is rather 

 below medium, roundish, oval ; cavity sliglit ; stem medium, rather slender ; suture, 

 indistinct; colour purplish black, with a thin blue bloom ; flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, 

 very firm, pleasant flavour but not rich. Fit for market the middle of September. 



The Reine Claude or Green Gage group. — This group has the following character- 

 istics : — Foliage usually large, leaves broad and rather flat, with very coarse serrations ; 

 fruit nearly spherical, in a few varieties slightly elongated, green or tardily turning to 

 a dull, creamy yellow, occasionally with a faint pink blush ; flesh rather firm, green, 

 clinging to the stone, or partially free in a few varieties. Such varieties as Imperial 

 Gage, Prince's Yellow Gage, Bryanston's Gage, Washington, Green Gage and Reine 

 Claude de Bavay, come under this group. 



Reine Claude de Bavat. 



Two trees were planted in 1S91. One has made very strong growth and one only 

 fair. This is one of the finest of the Gage plums. It is much later than Imperial Gage 

 or Prince's Yellow Gage, and on this account is much grown, as it can be placed upon 

 the market after many of the other plums are gone. These trees have fruited well, 

 giving the first crop in 1898. The fruit is round, oval ; colour greenish yellow, thin 

 bloom, with small violet coloured longitudinal veins ; stalk short and stout set in small 

 cavity ; suture medium ; flesh' quite firm, yellow, juicy, with a sugary, rich, excellent 

 flavour, adhering slightly to stone, quality good. Ripens here after October 1. The 

 tree is upright, with a somewhat spreading habit. The fruit is medium sized. This 

 variety is recommended for more general culture. 



Washington. 



Two trees of this variety were planted in 1891. They are strong, upright growers, 

 very vigorous a?>d fairly productive. They liave borne regular crops of fruit since 1898. 

 This is an excellent, early, large, plum, ripening here early in September. It is grown 

 quite extensively for commercial purposes, but with some is said not to be very produc- 

 tive. The fruit is large, nearly round ; cavity quite wide, shallow ; stem short ; suture 

 shallow ; colour greenish yellow, often with a pale red blush ; dots several, greenish ; 

 bloom white ; flesh yellow, free from stone, rather firm, sweet, mild, moderately rich ; 

 quality good. 



Imperial Gage. 



Two trees of this variety were planted in 1891. These have made strong growth 

 and fruited abundantly since 1899. The fruit is medium sized, round-oval; cavity 

 shallow, broad, flaring ; stem an inch long ; suture shallow ; colour yellowish green ; 

 dots green ; bloom whitish ; skin tough ; flesh greenish yellow, quite free from stone ; 

 quality good to best. Ripens here about the middle of Septembei\ 



Prince's Yellow Gage. 



Three trees of this variety were planted in 1891. These have made exceptionally 

 stron"- and vigorous growth and have fruited abundantly. This seems to have more 

 vio'our than the Imperial Gage, and, has fruited more abundantly. The fruit is medium 



