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Genesee. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A seedling of Delaware crossed with lona ; from near 

 Rochester, New York, about 1880. Vigorous, productive, healthy; bunch large, com- 

 pact; berries large, red; high quality. 



Gerbig No. 2. (Lab. Vin. Aest.) A seedHng of Eumelan, open to cross fertiliza- 

 tion; from A. V. Gerbig, Archbald, Pennsylvania, about 1890. 



Gerbig No. 10. (Lab. Vin. Aest.) A seedling of Gerbig No. 2, open to cross fer- 

 tilization; from A. V. Gerbig, about 1892. Vigorous, hardy, productive; cluster small, 

 compact; berr\- medium, slightly oval, yellowish -green; juicy, slightly meaty, sweet, 

 mild; good. 



German Seedling. (Rip.) Noted in the Illinois Horticultural Society Report, 1871, 

 as much like Clinton but not as productive. 



Giant. (Rup.) A wild male Rupestris; found by Munson in Missouri. It is now 

 discarded bj- him. 



Gibb. (Rip.) From Magloire Den,-, St. Hilaire, Canada. Slow in gro-n-th, hardy; 

 bunch small, loose, sometimes shouldered; berrj- small, black with hea\y bloom; melt- 

 ing, juicy; good. 



Gilbert's White Shonga. (Lab. Vin.) According to Floy-Lindley, 1833, this is a 

 wild grape found by Garret Gilbert on the Shonga IMountains, New York, in 1825. Simi- 

 lar to Isabella in habits; bunch and berries resemble Isabella in size and shape; white 

 with purple tinge on sunny side; sweet; good. 



GUI Wylie. (Lab. Vin.) Noted in the Bushberg Catalogue, 1883, as a new grape 

 from Dr. A. P. Wylie, Chester, South Carolina. Foliage healthy, of Labrusca type; 

 bunch large, loose, shouldered; berr\- large, oblong; texture soft, rich; ripens with 

 Concord. 



Gilt Edge. (Lab. Bourq. Vin.) A seedling of Delaware; from Dr. L. C. Chisholm. 

 Medium in vigor, shy bearer; stamens upright; bunch small, compact; berries small, 

 yellowish-green; subacid, delicate flavor; ripens a few days later than its parent. 



Gold Dust. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) Mnnson No. 22. A seedling of Lindley crossed 

 with Delaware; from Munson, about 1880. Vigorous, productive; stamens upright; 

 clusters medium to above, usually shouldered, loose ; berries medium, roundish, yellowish- 

 green with thin graj"^ bloom, persistent, ■with tendency to shrivel before ripening; juicy, 

 foxy, mild ; fair in quality. 



Golden Beauty. (Lab.) A seedhng of Perkins; from J. B. ]\Iiller, Anna, lUinois. 

 Bunches short; berries medium; sweet; good; long keeper. 



Golden Berry. (Vin. Lab.) Culbert No. 5. A white seedling of Hartford and 

 General Marmora; from Dr. W. A. JI. Culbert, Xewburgh, New York; exhibited as a 

 new fruit before the American Pomological Society in 1877; hardy and a free bearer. 



Golden Clinton. (Rip.) King. A chance seedling, probably of Clinton, found in 

 a garden in Rochester; fruited in 1857; introduced by WilUam King. Apparently the 

 same as Clinton except that it is less productive and the berries are greenish-white. 



