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A variety from H. A. Terry not to be confused with the Golden of Burbank (Gold 

 of Stark Brothers). Fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity shallow, small; orange- 

 3'ellow and red; bloom thin; skin rather thick, astringent; flesh yellow, firm, meaty, 

 subacid; good; clingstone. 

 Gold Coin. Americana, i. Terry Cat. 1900. 



An unknown variety mentioned by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, as the parent 

 of Coinage. 



Gold Colored. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bid. 63:39. 1897. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 150. 1 90 1. 



From Edson Gaylord, Gaj-lord, Iowa. Fruit of medium size, bright yellow; stone 

 small, free. 

 Golden Cluster. Domestica. i. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt. 93. 1885. 



A seedling from Henr>' Corse of Montreal. Tree slow in growth, with long inter- 

 nodes; fruit of medium size, egg-shaped; hanging in dense clusters by firmly adherent 

 stems; gold, tinged with brown; flesh firm, pleasant; ripening season long. 

 Golden Gage. Domestica. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 12:611. 1893. 



Golden Gage is a seedling of Golden Drop grown by J. T. Macomber, Grand Isle, 

 Vermont. Fruit small, oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; apex round; skin thin; 

 pale 3'ellow with red specks; bloom thin; dots small; flesh yellow, very sweet; good; 

 stone oval, slightly necked; free; mid-season; of little commercial importance because 

 of inferior size and color. 

 Golden Gem. Species? 



A variety originating from seed with P. P. Dawson, Payette, Idaho. 

 Golden Prolific. Species? i. Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 5:116. 1898. 



Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, yellow; very good; clingstone; poor 

 shipper. 



Golden Prune. Domestica. i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 360. 1891. 2. Cal. Sta. Bd. Hort. 

 112. 1891. 3. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 291. 1893. 4. Waugh P/Mm Cult. 105. 1901. 



Golden 2. 



Grown by Beth Lewelling, Milwaukee, Oregon, from a seed of the Italian Prune; 

 mentioned in the last two catalogs of the American Pomological Society. Fruit large, 

 oval; cavity small, round, shallow, abrupt; stem short; suture shallow; apex depressed, 

 sometimes cracking ; light yellow; bloom thin; dots numerous, yellow; skin thin; flesh 

 yellow, firm, tender, juicy; good; stone of medium size, long-oval, nearly free; mid- 

 season. 

 Golden Queen. Americana, i. Terrj- Cat. 1900. 2. ///. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 426. 1905. 



Originated with H. A. Tern.-; first fruited in 1897. Tree characterized by its 

 luxuriant foliage ; fruit large, roundish-oblong, golden-yellow; good; said to be valuable 

 for dessert. 



Golden Transparent. Domestica. i. Card. World 10:448. 1893. 2. Rivers Cat. 34. 

 1898. 3. Thompson Card. Ass't 157. 1901. 



From Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England; closely allied to the Transparent 

 Gage, but is distinctly later and more golden in color; an excellent dessert plum. 



