92 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



Golding (American Golden Pippin). An old American variety; 

 tree of strong growth with round spreading top, not an early bearer, 

 but very productive with age. 



Golding. 



Fruit medium to large, roundish oblate, inclining to conic, ob- 

 scurely ribbed; surface yellow, sometimes a brownish blush in sun, 

 often slightly netted with thin russet; dots few, gray; cavity large, 

 deep; stem short, moderately stout; basin broad, open, slightly 

 corrugated; calyx closed; segments pointed, slightly recurved. Core 

 rather large; flesh yellowish, breaking juicy, rather coarse, rich, aro- 

 matic, subacid ; very good. November to February. 



Grandmother (No. 469). Origin, Russia; the Russian name 

 Babuscheno means grandmother. 



Fruit medium or above, regular, roundish oblate, somewhat conical ; 

 surface green, with dull red cheek, obscurely striped; dots large, 

 numerous, white, some are areolar with whitish bases; cavity very 

 wide and shallow, regular, russet, the russet often extending out in a 

 large irregular patch; stem very short and stout; basin rather narrow 

 and shallow, regular; calyx closed; segments broad, large, erect con- 

 vergent. Gore closed; cells axile, ovate, slit; tube conical; stamens. 



