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of Pickering, Canada. It resembles Montmorency in color, English Morello in shape, 

 and a Bigarreau in texture. Its firm, yellowish flesh parts readily from the pit. 

 Gottorper. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 289, 290, 291. 1819. 2. Liegel 

 Syst. Anleit. 159. 1825. 



Gottorper Marmorkirsche. 3. TiochnaiA Fiihr. Obstkunde ^'.i^i. 1858. 



Cerise de Gottorpe. 4. Mortillet Le Cerisier 2:117-119. 1866. 



Originated in the vicinity of Coburg, Germany, toward the latter part of the Eight- 

 eenth Century. It resembles Yellow Spanish. Tree above medium in size, very pro- 

 ductive; fruit abruptly cordate to roundish; stem short, slender; cavity shallow; skin 

 tough, red, mottled with yellow; flesh yeUo wish-white, not very firm, juicy, usually very 

 sweet, slightly aromatic; stone small, oblate, free; ripens the fourth week of the cherry 

 season; cracks in the rain when nearly mature; excellent for home use. 

 Gould No. X. Species? i. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 211. 1896. 



Reported by the Illinois Horticultural Society in 1896. 

 Governor Luce. Species? 1. Mich. Sta. Bid. 143:181. 1897. 



Listed as growing at the Michigan Station. 

 Grafenburger Friihkirsche. Species? i. Reut. Pom. Insi. Festschrift 121. 1910. 



A very productive, strong-growing cherry recommended for table and market use; 

 fruit large, truncate-cordate, red, earl}'. 

 Graham. P. avium, i. Wash. Sta. Bid. 92:28. 1910. 



The Washington Experiment Station lists this variety as: Tree of meditun size, 

 upright, with abundant foliage; fruit small, rotmd; skin thin, tender, dark red; flesh Ught 

 red, juicy, rich, sweet; good; season the last of July; productive. 

 Grande Ronde. Species? i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 156. 1897. 



A new, early, large, black cherry recommended in eastern Oregon; ships well. 

 Great Bearing. P. cerasus. i. Rea Flora 205. 1676. 



Fnoit large, blackish-red on the outer side when ripe, blood-red within. Ripens 

 late, with a sharp taste; bears well. 

 Great Leafed. Species? i. Parkinson Par. Ter. 571. 1629. 



This is a variety with very large leaves; relatively unproductive, bearing pale red fruit 

 of only medivun size. 



Gridley. P. cerasus. i. Prince Pom. Man. 2:123, 124. 1832. 2. Downing Fr. Trees 

 Am.i&j. 1845. 3. Gard. Mon. ii:2ig. 1869. 4. Am. Potn. Soc. Cat. 12. 1871. 

 Apple. 5. Cole Am. Fr. Book 234. 1849. 



This variety was discovered by William Maccarty about the beginning of the Nine- 

 teenth Century, growing in the garden of Deacon Samuel Gridley, Roxburj-, Massachusetts. 

 For a good many years it was considered a valuable cherry but later was supplanted by 

 better sorts. Tree upright, vigorous, very productive; fruit medium in size, roundish; 

 stem short; color black; flesh firm, purplish-red, medium juicy, sprightly, rather acid 

 at first becoming milder when fully ripe; stone small; matures in mid-season. 

 Grenner Glas. P. cerasus. i. Ont. Dept. Agr. Fr. Ont. 94. 1914- 



Tree upright, vigorous, moderately productive; fruit borne in clusters, large, oblate, 

 one-sided; suture distinct on one side; stem long; cavity broad, shallow; apex a small 



