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striped with red around the base, spotted about the apex; flesh yellowish-white, with 

 clear juice, sweet, pleasing, deteriorates on hanging; stone small, oval-cordate, clinging; 

 ripens the last of May. 



Friiheste der Mark. Species? i. Mathieu Norn. Pom. 350. 1889. 2. Lucas Handb. 

 Obst. 121. 1893. 3. Lange Allgeni. Garten. 440. 1897. 



Fruit medium to above, truncate-cordate; stem very long, slender, set in a wide, 

 deep cavity; skin purplish, glossy; flesh reddish, firm, pleasing; ripens early. 

 Fiirst Schwarze Septemberkirsche. P. avium, i. Liegel Syst. Anleit. 153. 1825. 



Discovered by Liegel in Braunau, Bohemia, Austria, and named for his friend I. E. 

 Fiirst. Tree vigorous, productive; fruit small, oblate; stem very long; skin black; flesh 

 firm, sweet, aromatic; stone large; one of the last to ripen, September to October. 

 Galusha. P. cerasus. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3rd App. 165. 1881. 



This cherry is seedling No. 11 from D. B. Wier, Lacon, Illinois. Tree hardy, vigorous, 

 an abtindant bearer; fruit above medium in size, hght red changing to a very dark, bright 

 red; subacid becoming a rich sweet; ripens three days before Early Richmond. 

 Gamdale. Species? i. Horticulturist 17:498. 1862. 



A cherry described by E. Marming, Harrisburg, Ohio, as of second rank in size and 

 quality. 



Garcine. P. avium, i. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:75 fig., 76, 77. 1866. 2. Thomas 

 Guide Prat. 24, 198. 1S76. 



Garcine was obtained from seed about 1808 by M. Garcine, near Grenoble, Isere, 

 France. It is propagated in that locality by suckers, hence it was called by some, 

 Aventuri^re. Tree pyramidal, productive; fruit large, oblate, ends drawn in and flattened, 

 sides convex; stem long, inserted in a large, deep cavity; skin glossy black; flesh dark, 

 firm, sugarj', aromatic, juicy; stone large, turgid; ripens the middle of Jime. 

 Gardiner. P. avium, i. Me. Sta. An. Rpt. 22:175. 1906. 



Gardiner is a seedling of Black Tartarian. It is frequently kiUed back by severe 

 winters in Maine. 

 Gaskins. Species? i. Hogg Fruit Man. 298. 1884. 



Gaskins is a corruption of Gascoignes. About Rye, Sussex, England, the name is 

 still in general use, the people believing the variety was brought from Gascony, France. 

 Gauchers Knorpelkirsche. P. avium, i. Proskauer Obstsort. 56. 1907. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Geer. P. avium, i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 156. 1897. 



Geer is a new cherry from eastern Oregon said to be later than Napoleon and to 

 surpass it in size and quality. 



Gelbe Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Christ Obstbdume 161. 1791. 2. Truchsess-Heim 

 Kirschensort. 342-349. 18 19. 



Grosser weisser gldnzender Herzkirschbaum. 3. Kraft Pom. Aust. 1:2, Tab. 4 fig. i. 

 1792. 



Guigne Jaune. 4. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:99, 303. 1866. 



Guigne Grosse ambree. 5. Le Bon Jard. 345. 1882. 



First mentioned in 1786 as Gelbe or Weisse Herzkirsche. It is distinguished from 

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