150 THE PLUMS OF NEW YORK. 



Leaves folded upward, oval or obovate, one and five-eighths inches wide, three 

 and five-eighths inches long, thickish, stiff; upper surface dark green, glossy, glabrous, 

 with grooved midrib; lower surface silvery-green, sparingly pubescent; apex and base 

 acute, margin doubly serrate, with small, dark glands; petiole three-quarters inch long, 

 pubescent along one side, tinged red, usually with two large, globose, greenish-yellow 

 glands on the stalk or on the base of the leaf. 



Blooming season intermediate in time and length; flowers appearing after the 

 leaves, one and one-eighth inches across, in the bud creamy-yellow changing to white 

 when expanded; borne in scattering clusters on lateral buds and spurs, singly or in pairs; 

 pedicels nine-sixteenths inch long, glabrous, green; calyx-tube greenish, campanulate, 

 glabrous; calyx-lobes obtuse, pubescent on both surfaces, glandular-serrate and with 

 marginal hairs, slightly reflexed; petals obovate or oval, crenate, with short, broad 

 claws; anthers yellowish, with a trace of pink; filaments five-sixteenths inch long; 

 pistil glabrous, equal to the stamens in length. 



Fruit late, season very short; one and three-quarters inches by one and three- 

 eighths inches in size, long-oval, slightly compressed and necked; cavity shallow, narrow, 

 compressed, abrupt; suture shallow and rather broad, prominent; apex elongated; 

 color reddish-purple changing to dark blue at full maturity, overspread with thick 

 bloom; dots numerous, small, brownish-russet, inconspicuous; stem often inserted 

 at one side of the base, five-eighths inch long, glabrous, adhering well to the fruit; skin 

 tough, adhering; flesh deep golden-yellow often a little reddish, juicy, coarse, firm, 

 but somewhat tender, sweet, pleasant and sprightly; good; stone free, the cavity larger 

 than the pit, one and one-eighth inches by five-eighths inch in size, long-oval, necked, 

 abruptly tipped at the apex, often reddish, rough; ventral suture broad, blunt, slightly 

 furrowed; dorsal suture with an indistinct shallow groove. 



ARCTIC 



Prunus domestica 



I. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3d App. 182. 1881. 2. Am. Pom. Soc. Cat. 38. 1881. 3. 

 Country Gent. 49:106. 1884. 4. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 96. 1887. 5. Mich. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 289, 290. 

 1889. 6. Card. & For. 6:526. 1892. 7. Can. Hart. 16:301. 1893. 8. Mich. Sta. Bid. 103:35. 

 1894. 9. Ont. Fr. Exf. Sta. Rpt. 120. 1896. 10. Cornell Sta. Bui. 131:189. 1897. n. Ohio Sta. 

 Bui. 113:160. 1899. 12. Mich. Sta. Bui. 169:241, 242. 1899. 13. Can. Exp. Farm Bui. 43:33. 

 1903. 14. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 304. 1903. 15. Ga. Sta. Bui. 67:278. 1904. 16. Ohio 

 Sta. Bui. 162:256, 257. 1905. 



Moore Arctic 8, 15. Moore's Arctic i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, n, 16. Moore's Arctic, 13, 14. 



Arctic is very generally supposed to be preeminent in two qualities, 

 hardiness and productiveness. On the grounds of this Station it is both 

 hardy and productive and from its behavior here it might well be recom- 

 mended for these qualities, but as to its hardiness elsewhere pomologists 

 do not agree. In the references given above, Downing says it is the hardiest 

 plum known; in Michigan it is reported very tender in the nursery row; 



