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clear white, often streaked; flesh yellowish-white, tender, juicy, sweet, but not high; stone 

 large, acutely pointed; ripens the middle of July. 



Glaskirsche von der Natte. P. cerasus. i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 470-473, 689. 

 1819. 



According to Truchsess this variety is very similar to, and often taken for Double 

 Natte, Friihe von der Natte, and Double Glass. 

 Glasskirsche Kurzstielige. P. avium, i. la. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 331. 1885. 



This Sweet Cherry is supposed to have come from Vilna, Russia. 

 Gloire de France. P. cerasus. i. Thomas Guide Prat. 26, 194. 1876. 2. Leroy Diet. 



, Pom. 5:271, 272 fig. 1877. 3. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 3rd App. 162. 1881. 



Bonnemain. 4. Guide Prat. 9, 184. 1895. 



Originated from seed by Auguste Bonnemain, Etamps, Seine-et-Oise, France, fruit- 

 ing in 1845 for the first time. On Mazzard stock the tree never reaches full size but on 

 Mahaleb it grows large and regular and is more globular in form. At best it is only 

 moderately productive. Fruit borne in threes, medium in size, roundish-oblate, somewhat 

 depressed; suture broad, shallow, often indistinct; apex rather large, slightly depressed; 

 stem short, thick, inserted in a wide cavity; skin a reddish-brick color, occasionally 

 mottled with greenish-brown in the shade and red on the sunny side; flesh pale red, grayish, 

 transparent, rather tender and fibrous, with abundant juice, sprighth- acidtilated, agree- 

 able; pit of medium size, roundish-oval, convex; season the first of July. 

 Golden Knob. Species? i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 50. 1S31. 



Golden Knob is a worthless, medium-sized, oval cherry ripening the middle of July; 

 skin yellow and flesh firm. 

 Goldgelbe Herzkirsche. P. avium, i. Truchsess-Heim Kirschensort. 350-354. 1819. 



Kleine Ambra, [or] Goldgelber Herzkirschbaum. 2, Kraft Pom. Aitsi. 1:2, Tab. 4 

 fig. 2. 1792. 



Kleine Ambra. 3. Christ Handb. 665. 1797. 



Distinguished from other yellow Heart cherries by its round form, dark yellow color, 

 and rather firm flesh. Fruit of medium size, roundish; suture a line; stem very long, 

 slender, deeph' inserted; skin thin, tough, readily removed, transparent, glossy, golden- 

 yellow; flesh moderately tender, yellowish, with darker spots showing through the skin, 

 very juicy, with a pleasing sweetness when ripe; stone of medium size, oval, slightly 

 adherent; ripens the last of June. 

 Goldsmith Black Heart. P. avium, i. Lond. Hort. Soc. Cat. 47. 183 1. 



Mentioned but not described in this reference. 

 Goodspeed. P. cerasus. i. la. Sta. Bui. 73:70. 1903. 



Goodspeed is of the Montmorency type ripening just after Early Richmond. The 

 trees are long-lived and regular bearers. Fruit of mediiun size, oblate, slightly cordate; 

 cavity deep, broad; suture shallow; stem short, stout; skin thin, tender, dark red; flesh 

 moderately firm, tender, with uncolored juice, slightly subacid; quality good; stone free, 

 of medium size, roundish-ovate. 

 Gonnley. Species? i. Can. Hort. 20:317. 1897. 2. Ibid. 21:297. 1897. 



This hardy seedling, now about twenty-five years old, was found by John Gormley 



