EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 331 



NOTES ON VARIETIES. 



Domestica Varieties. 



Agen Prune, so far, proves to be a slow grower and a tardy bearer. It 

 showed its first fruit here this year. 



Archduke also showed its first fruit at the station this year. It is vigor- 

 ous and promises well as a market variety. 



Bavay, commonly, but improperly, catalogued as Reine Claude, is popular 

 as a late amateur as well as market plum. The full original name, Reine 

 Claude de Bavay, is an unfortunate one, not only on account of its length, 

 but also from its liability to become confounded with the old Green Gage 

 or Heine Claude, an even finer fruit, but now little grown on accoant of 

 the unsatisfactory character of the tree. 



Black Diamond, Grand Duke and Kingston are quite late, very large, 

 productive and showy market plums. The last two, especially, promise to 

 take high rank as commercial varieties. 



Bradshaw still holds a prominent position as a market variety. 



Lombard, so long a leading market variety, although very productive, is 

 apparently giving place to more modern varieties of superior quality. 



Engle, although of high quality, is not, on account of its size, considered 

 by the originator to be worthy of dissemination. 



Hungarian. — Two varieties of this name are under trial. One, received 

 from Iowa, is understood to be from Prof. Budd's Rassian importation. 

 The other was received, without a history, from the Michigan Agricultural 

 College. Which is genuine is yet to be determined. 



Lyon. — This is the variety appearing in previous reports as Bailey; 

 received from S. S. Bailey, of Kent county, Michigan. A Japanese variety 

 having been previously thus named, in honor of Prof. L. H. Bailey, of 

 Cornell, the Michigan State Horticultural Society, at its recent annual 

 session, re-named this Lyon. It is likely to take rank as a profitable, light 

 colored market plum, of quality good enough for family use. It ripened 

 this season early in August. 



Middleburg showed its first fruit at this station this year; in quality it 

 is very good, but farther trial is needful to properly determine its status. 



Marunka and Moldavka, from the European importations of Prof. 

 Budd, have now fruited three successive years. They are of fine size and 

 good quality, but, so far, lack productiveness. 



Gueii, Naples and Niagara. — Trees received under these names have 

 now fruited three years. The last two, if not even the first, are apparently 

 identical with Lombard. 



Saratoga is a beautiful and productive variety of fine quality. Its color 

 and size render it desirable for the market. A spurious variety was also 

 received under this name. 



Victoria also, as far as tested, appears to possess valuable qualities for 

 both home and market purposes. 



Yellow Aubert has, so far, proved to be the finest, largest and most pro- 

 ductive of the varieties of plums received from the Budd importations. 



A very considerable number of varieties of this species, both new and 

 old have, this year, shown fruit at the station for the first time, but notices 

 of these are defelred to await a farther trial. 



