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oft quite rus&ety ; calyx, large, open ; basin, shallow • flesh, whitish, firm, 

 juicy, mild acid. July. 



Giles 



From Wallingford. Conn. Fruit, medium, conical, dark red ; flesh, ten- 

 der, juicy; '• very good.''" October to November. 



Gilpin. 



Carthouse, [ Eomanit^of the West, 

 From Virginia. Its keeping and bearing qualities will always render it 

 more or less popular. Fruit, below medium, roundish, flattened at apex, 

 deep red and yellow; stem, varying : cavity, deep; calyx, closed; basin, 

 sometimes furrowed ; core, medium; seeds, ovate ; flesh, yellow, firm, juicy ; 

 will keep a year. 



Gloucester White. 



American ; medium, roundish oblong, bright yellow, black patches ; flesh, 

 breaking, dry. October and November. 



GoBLE Russet, 

 Sweet Seek-no-further. 

 Medium to large, oblong flattened, yellow russet, marbled with red; flesYi 

 whitish yellow, dry, sweet. October and December. 



GoLDE.N Goss. 

 Fruit, roundish flattened, angular, yellow; stem, slender; calyx, nearly 

 closed; flesh, whitish, juicy, brisk; '• very good;" core, medium. 



Grandfather. 



American. Fruit, large, roundish flattened ; color, yellowish white, striped, 

 splashed, and shaded with rich red ; stem, short ; cavity, deep, russeted ; 

 calyx, small, closed ; basin, deep, abrupt, with prominent angles ; flesh, 

 white, tender, juicy, sub-acid. October. 



Granniwixkle. 

 Treis, slow grower, compact head, first described by Coxe ; esteemed only 

 for cider. Fruit, medium, roundish oblong, dark red; flesh, yellowish, sweet, 

 October and November. 



Granny Earle. 

 Fruit, small, roundish oval, green, striped and splashed with red ; flesh, 

 white, crisp, tender. November to January. (Ho v. Mag.) 



Green's Choice. 



Origin, Chester Co., Pa. Tree, vigorous and productive. Fruit, me- 

 dium, roundish conical ; skin, yellow, striped w^ith red : flesh, tender, juicy, 

 very mild sub-acid or almost sweet ; ripe, last of August and first of 

 September. 



Green Cheese. 

 Winter Cheese, | Turner's Green. 



Origin, Tennessee. Tree, of rather slow growth, an early and abundant 

 bearer. Fruit, medium, oblate, obliquely depressed ; skin, greenish yellow, 

 covered with brow^n dots : stalk, very short, in a broad, deep cavity, sur- 

 rounded by russet ; calyx, partially closed, in a broad, shallow, imeven 

 basin; flesh, rather fine, juicy, with a brisk sub-acid flavor. November to 

 April. (Downing.) 



