THE SMALL FRUITS OF NEW YORK 33 1 



Gill. I. Rural N. Y. 57:322, fig. 138. 1898. 



About 1878 John W. Gill, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, was given plants of a gooseberry 

 by an Englishman. Gill propagated it and distributed it under his name. Plants produc- 

 tive, immune to mildew ; fruit large, roundish oblong, light green occasionally tinged with 

 red; good; early. 



Gipsy Queen, i. Hogg Fruit Man. 147. 1866. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:24. 1897. 



Grown in England in i860. As grown at this Station the plants are weak and slightly 

 affected by mildew; fruit large, oval; skin thin, smooth, yellow; sweet; fair. 



Golbome. i. A'. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:24. 1897. 



Station plants vigorous, susceptible to mildew; fruit medium to large, oblong, light 

 red, smooth; good. 



Golden Beauty. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Sp. Rpt. 81. 1904-05. 



Mentioned in a report of the American Pomological Society's committee on Small 

 Fruits in 1904 by A. F. Stevens, Wellesley, Massachusetts, as a new seedling, plants of 

 which are vigorous, and free from mildew; fruit very large, golden yellow; very good. 



Golden Drop. i. Christ /faMcf6. 813. 1817. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:24, 1897. 



This old variety is widely grown in Europe. Station plants are moderately vigorous, 

 nearly free from mildew; fruit medium in size, roundish oblong; sldn very thin, light yellow 

 changing to red, speckled on the exposed side, slightly hairy; good; early. 



Golden Prolific, i. Can. Hort. 11:125. iSSQ- 2. A''. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:24. 1897. 



Golden. 3. Mich. Bd. Agr. Rpt. 307. 1907. 



An American seedling of the English type, found in 1882 in Rochester, New York. 

 John Charlton, a nurserjinan of Rochester, propagated the variety and distributed it 

 eight years later. Station plants moderately vigorous, productive, mildew badly; fruit 

 medium in size, oblong; skin thick, golden yellow, hairy and spiny; subacid; fair. 



Governor, i. 'Lindley Guide Orch. Gard. 174. 1831. 2. N. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:24. 1897. 

 In the Station plats the plants are moderately vigorous, subject to mildew; fruit smooth, 

 dark red, nearly sweet; good. 



Gracilla. i. Rural N. Y. 56:646, fig. 270. 1897. 



A variety of the European type sent out in 1895 by L. H. Hoysradt, Pine Plains, New 

 York. Plants vigorous; fruit large, oblong, smooth, slightly crimson on tlie sunny side; 

 good. 

 Great Rack. i. A'. Y. Sta. Bid. 114:24. 1897. 



In the Station gooseberry collection the plants are moderately vigorous and somewhat 

 subject to mildew; fruit large, oblong, nearly smooth, dark red, sweet; good. 



Green Walnut, i. iV. Y. Sta. Bui. 114:24. 1897. 



Smooth Green. 2. Mawe-Abercrombie Univ. Gard. Bot. 1778. 



Belmont Green. 3. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 193. 1826. 



Nonpareil. 4. Hort. Reg. (Eng.) 548. 1833. 



This is one of the oldest gooseberries in cultivation and is still much grown in some 

 parts of Europe. The variety was included in the fruit list of the American Pomological 



