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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. 1S19. 2. Liegel 

 Syst. Anleit. 159. 1825. 



Gottorper Marmorkirsche. 3. 'DochmX-A Fuhr. Obstkunde z: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 yellowish- 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. ///. Hart. Soc. Rpt. 211. 1896. 



Reported by the Illinois Horticultural Society in 1896. 

 Governor Luce. Species? i. Midi. Sta. Bid. 143:181. 1897. 



Listed as growing at the Micliigan Station. 

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



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

 fruit large, trtmcate-cordate, red, earh'. 

 Graham. P. avium. 1. Wash. Sta. Bui. 92:28. 1910. 



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

 upright, with abundant foliage; fruit small, round; 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. 



Fruit 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. 



Tlais is a variety with very large leaves; relatively improductive, bearing pale red fruit 

 of only medium size. 



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

 Am. 187. 1845. 3. Gard. Mon. ii:2ig. 1869. i^. Am. Pom. 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, Roxbury, 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, purpHsh-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 



