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with a tinge of brownish red, next the sun. Eye, small and closed, set 

 in a narrow, shallow, and plaited basin. Stalk, short, inserted in a 

 very shallow cavity. Flesh, greenish white, tender, juicy, sugary, and 

 brisk. 



A dessert apple of second-rate quality ; in use from January to March. 



This is of Scotch origin, and is said to have originated at Gogar, near 

 Edinburgh. 



Golden Apple. See Oslin. 



GOLDEN BITTER-SWEET. Fruit, large, three inches wide, and 

 a little more in height ; conical, bluntly ribbed, narrowing from the 

 middle to the stalk and to the eye. Skin, yellow on the shaded side, 

 thin dull red on the side next the sun, marked with traces of russet 

 and sprinkled with russet dots. Eye, small, closed, with erect 

 segments meeting in a point, set in a deep, narrow, and puckered 

 basin. Stamens, median ; tube, short, conical. Stalk, short, im- 

 bedded in a narrow cavity. Flesh, dry and woolly, sweetish. Cells, 

 long, narrow, obovate, elliptical ; axile, more closed than open. 



A good Devonshire cider apple, which bears well and keeps without 

 wasting. 



This was sent me by Mr. Kendall, of Netherton Manor, Devon. 



Golden Drop. See Court of Wick. 



GOLDEN DUCAT (Golden Doucat ; Golden Ducket). Fruit, above 

 medium size, three inches wide, and two inches and a half high ; 

 round, and obtusely angular. Skin, rich yellow, having some pale 

 broken streaks of crimson on the side exposed to the sun, and the whole 

 surface strewed with large russet dots. Eye, open, with divergent- 

 segments like Blenheim Pippin, set in a pretty deep and even basin. 

 Stamens, median ; tube, funnel-shaped. Stalk, about an inch long, 

 slender, inserted in a wide and deep cavity. Flesh, yellowish, tender, 

 juicy, sweet, and briskly flavoured. Cells, roundish obovate ; abaxile. 



A dessert or cooking apple ; in use during October and November. 



A very old apple, mentioned by Worledge. 



GOLDEN HARVEY (Brandy Apple; Bound Basset Harvey). 

 Fruit, small, two inches wide, and an inch and three-quarters high ; 

 oblato-cylmdrical, even, and free from angles. Skin, entirely covered 

 with rough scaly russet, with sometimes a patch of the yellow ground 

 colour exposed on the shaded side, and covered with brownish red on 

 the side next the sun. Eye, small and open, with very short, reflexed 

 segments, set in a wide, shallow, and slightly plaited basin. Stamens, 

 median ; tube, short, funnel-shaped. Stalk, half an inch long, inserted 

 in a shallow cavity. Flesh, yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, sugary, with an 

 exceedingly rich and powerful aromatic flavour. Cells, obovate ; axile, 

 closed. 



This is one of the richest and most excellent dessert apples ; it is in 



