464 THE GR_\PES OF NEW YORK. 



Golden Concord. (Lab.) Valle's White Concord. A white seedling of Concord; 

 from John Valle, New Haven, Missouri. Reported as inferior to Martha. 



Golden Drop. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A seedHng of Adirondac crossed with Delaware, 

 from C. G. Pringle, Vennont, in 1869. Medium in vigor, shy bearer; stamens upright; 

 clusters small, loose; berries small, roundish, greenish-yellow, persistent; firm, juicy; 

 tender, sweet, mild; good. 



Golden Gem. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A seedling of Delaware crossed with lona; from 

 J. H. Ricketts; first exhibited before American Pomological Society in 1881. Vigorous, 

 hardy, productive; clusters small, shouldered, compact; berries small, roundish, golden 

 vellow, thin bloom; juicy, sweet, vinous; very good; ripens with Concord. 



Gold3n Grain. (Lab. Vin. Bourq.) A seedHng of Lindley crossed with Delaware; 

 from Munson. Vigorous, doubtfully hardy, productive; stamens upright; clusters 

 medium, frequently shouldered, compact; berries small, oval, light green, thin bloom, 

 inclined to drop and to shrivel; moderately juicy, foxy, sweet; fair quahty. 



Goldstein. (Lab.) Goldstein's Early. From Mississippi, about 1897; similar to 

 Champion. Vigorous, hardy, productive; stamens upright; clusters medium, shouldered, 

 compact; berries large, round, black; poor quality; ripens early. 



Good Adle. (Vin.?) Noted in the Wisconsin Horticultural Society Report for 1872 

 as a fine white German grape; exhibited by a Mrs. Curtis, Milwaukee. 



Goodman. (Lab.) Noted by Prince in Gardener's Monthly for 1863 as a worthless 

 Labrusca. 



Governor Ireland. (Lab.) A pure seedling of Moore Early; from Munson. Lacks 

 vigor, medium in productiveness; bunch large, loose; berry large, globular, black with 

 whitish bloom; resembles Concord but is much coarser; subject to rot. 



Governor Ross. (Lab. Vin.) A seedling of Triumph; from Munson and introduced 

 in 1894. Weak to medium in growth, not productive; stamens upright; nearly self- 

 sterile; bunch large, oblong, compact; berries large, oval; sprightly, sweet; good; rots 

 badly. 



Graham. An accidental seedling, supposed to have been a cross of Bland and 

 Elsinburgh; from W. Graham of Philadelphia, about 1850. Cluster of medium size, 

 shouldered, not compact; berry large, round, purple; juicy, sweet, sprightly; very good. 



Gravel. Received by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1863 fcr 

 testing. 



Grayson. (Lab.) Seedling of Moore Early; raised by Munson. A black, large- 

 berried variety with clusters mediiun to large; moderately vigorous and productive; 

 flavor sweet but lacks character; good. 



Gray's Seedlings. A number of seedlings of Concord were raised by W. C. Gray of 

 Atwood, Illinois, about 1890. None attained prominence. 



Green Castle. (Lab.) A large-clustered, large-berried black seedling of Concord; 

 from D. S. Mar\-in. 



