286 FRUIT-GROWING 



Arch Duke 



Arch Duke is one of the newer European 

 plums that has attracted considerable atten- 

 tion in this country and promises to be one of 

 the best commercial sorts where plmns of that 

 type can be grown. It is a large blue free- 

 stone. There are other plums of better quality, 

 but few that combine so many good points as 

 does this variety. The trees are very produc- 

 tive and are resistant to disease to a consider- 

 able extent. 



Arctic 



Except in hardiness, Arch Duke is superior 

 to Arctic, a sort that originated in Maine. In 

 keeping with the usual eccentricity of the whole 

 plum family, Arctic seems to be hardy in some 

 places and not so hardy elsewhere. Originat- 

 ing in Maine it should be a very resistant vari- 

 ety to the effects of cold, but in Michigan it is 

 reported as being actually tender. If this is 

 true it is unfortunate for the variety, for it has 

 little else to commend it. The fruit is inferior 

 in quality and the trees are small in size and 

 not overly productive. 



Bavay 



One of the best of the European plums is the 

 Bavay, a seedling of the Reine Claude. It 

 originated in Belgium nearly seventy-five 



