. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 195. Grand Duke. (XD and in the orchard are seldom large and vig- orous enough to be called first class; they come in bearing slowly, but bear regularly and abundantly and hold the crop well, the jDlums being unusually free from rot and hanging in good condition a long time. Grand Duke de- serves its popularity as a market plum; prob- ably no better variety can be selected for the last of the season. Grand Duke is another of the many valuable plums produced by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spre
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 195. Grand Duke. (XD and in the orchard are seldom large and vig- orous enough to be called first class; they come in bearing slowly, but bear regularly and abundantly and hold the crop well, the jDlums being unusually free from rot and hanging in good condition a long time. Grand Duke de- serves its popularity as a market plum; prob- ably no better variety can be selected for the last of the season. Grand Duke is another of the many valuable plums produced by Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England. Tree medium in size, vigorous, upright-spreading, hardy, productive. Leaves flat, obovate. 1V4 inches wide, 3 inches long, thick; apex taper-pointed; base acute; margin serrate, with small, dark glands ; petiole % inch long, nearly glabrous, with 1-3 globose, yel- lowish glands. Blooming season intermediate; flowers 1 inch across, white. Fruit late; 2^4 by 2 inches in size, elongated-oval or slightly obovate, halves unequal ; cavity shallow, narrow, abrupt; suture wide; apex flattened, depressed or with a short, blunt tip; color purplish-black, with thick bloom ; dots numerous, small, brown; stem % inch long; skin separating readily; flesh golden-yellow, juicy, firm, sweet, mild ; good ; stone clmging, sometimes tinged red, irregularly oval, slightly flattened, rough. GUEII. Fig. 196. P. domestica. Big Blue. Blue Magnum Bonum. Gueii ranks among the first half-dozen plums in eastern America. Its popularity is due to its being a money-maker,. 196. Gueii. (XD as few would care to grow it in a home orchard. The quality of the fruit is poor for dessert, and it cannot even be called a par- ticularly g o o d- looking plum. But the trees bear early and abun- dantly; are large, vigorous, healthy, and hardy; and the plums are hardly surpassed for shipping, espe- cially at the time at which the crop comes upon the market, about midseason, for the best shipping pi 1 u m s mature a little later. The fruit is subject to brown-rot. Th
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