162 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



Green Catpierine. or Rousselet. See Rousselet. 



Green Mountain Boy. Color, golden yellow ; form, 

 round obovate, irregular ; size, 2 to 1 ; use, table ; texture, 

 melting, juicy, sugary; quality, 2; season, September. 



Remarks. — '- Native American." 



Green Chisel, see Madeleine. 



Gray Doyenne, ^Yith many synonymes. Color, cinna- 

 mon russet ; form, roundish, obovate ; size, 2 ; use, table ; 

 texture, melting, juicy, buttery ; quality, 1; season, Sep- 

 tember. 



Remarks. — Distinct from Boussock and Surpasse Yer- 

 galieu. A good bearer on pear or quince. A hardy tree. 

 A small, very early green pear, never turning yellow, 

 rotting rapidly — a very poor fruit, nothing like the Made- 

 leine, which is one of our best Summer fruits. 



Gran Pear of Yair, or Grand Monarque. A poor affair. 



Grise Bonne, or Good Gray Pear. Color, gray, with 

 black spots ; form, regular ; size, 2 ; use, table ; texture, 

 juicy; quality, 2 ; season, August. 



Remarks. — Flesh, large grained, but juicy. 



Grooms Princess Royal. Color, greenish brown ; form, 

 roundish ; size, 2 ; use, table ; quality, unknown in Amer- 

 ica, but 1 in England; season, Winter. 



Remarks. — ^ISTot yet tested here. Raised by Mr. Groom, 

 the famous tulip grower, near London, who has earned a 

 good name as a great fruit and flower grower. 



Grosse Calebasse. Color, greenish yellow; form, bell; 

 size, 1; use, kitchen; texture, crisp, dry; quality, 3. 



