366 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



under various names. The number of synonyms shows its popularity in France and 

 England. Leaves crenate, with j^lobose glands; flowers small; fruit large, round, regular, 

 with a shallow suture; color pale yellowish-green, with a rich red cheek, often streaked with 

 darker purple; flesh pale yellow, rayed with red at the stone, melting, juicy, highly flavored, 

 free; season the last of August. 



Galande Pointue. i. Mas Le Verger 7:129, 130, fig. 63. 1866-73. 2. Leroy Diet. 

 Pom. 6:127 fig., 128. 1879. 



Spitze Galand Pfirsich. 3. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 415. 1889. 4. Gaucher Pom. 

 Prak. Obst. No. 85, Tab. 77. 1894. 



About 1805 a M. Dormeau of Montreuil, Seine, France, seems to have been growing 

 this variety. Fruit large, roundish-oval, irregular; skin yellowish-white, partly covered 

 and dotted with carmine; flesh whitish, somewhat red at the center, firm but tender, juicy, 

 sweet, vinous; quality good; stone free; season early in August. 

 Galbraith. i. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 167. 1871. 2. Mich. Hart Sac. Rpt. 498. 1871. 



A variety from Illinois, recommended for market. Glands globose; flowers small; 

 fi-uit of medium size, roundish; color white, with a red cheek; very good; ripens at the end 

 of July. 

 Galland May. i. Greensboro Nur. Cat. 22. 1898. 



A very early variety with good shipping qualities, according to the Greensboro 

 Nurseries, Greensboro, North Carolina. 

 Galveston, i. Tex. Sta. Bui. 39:805. 1896. 2. Am. Pom. .Soc. Cat. i^,. 1899. 



Galveston was placed on the fruit-list of the American Pomological Society in 1899 

 it comes from southern Texas. Tree very vigorous and productive, inclined to overbear 

 glands few, reniform; fruit of medivmi size, roundish; skin creamy, with a light red cheek 

 flavor subacid; ripens the last of July. 

 Gant Noir. i. Mathieu Nom. Pom. 397. 1889. 



Listed in this reference. 

 Garden Cling, i. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 289. 1893. 



Garden Cling on the Station grounds is not promising in fruit or tree characters. 

 Fruit of medium size, roundish, compressed; skin thick, tough, greenish-white, more or 

 less overspread with bright red; flesh white to the stone, juicy, sweet, rubbery; stone oval, 

 smooth, plump; ripens early in October. 

 Gates Cling, i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 312. 1889. 



Originated and named by J. W. Gates, Vacaville, California. Trees tender; fniit 

 large; skin too tender for shipping, silver-white, with a red blush; flesh white, finn; pit 

 large, irregular. 

 Gather Late October, i. Van Lindley Cat. 19. 1892. 



A very late clingstone listed by Van Lindley, Pomona, North Carolina. 

 Gaylord. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 614. 1869. 2. 7V.v. Sta. Bui. 39:812. 1896. 



A peach grown in Mississippi by Dr. M. W. Phillips. Tree fairly vigorous, but not 

 productive; glands large, round; flowers small; fruit resembles Crothers, large, round, with 

 a pointed apex; skin creamy-white, heavily pubescent; flesh white, juicy, rich; freestone; 

 ripens the middle of August. 



