240 PLUMS. 



cavity. Flesh yellow, firm, coarse-grained, and not very 

 juicy, briskly acid, with a slight sweetness, and separating 

 from the stone. Shoots downy. 



A cooking plum. Ripe in the middle of August. The 

 tree is an early and abundant bearer. 



Gisborne's Early. See Gisbornes. 



Gloire de New York. See Hidings' Superb. 



Golden Drop. See Goes Golden Drop. 



Golden Gage. See Goes Golden Drop. 



GOLIATH (Caledonian; St. Cloud; Steers' Emperor ; 

 Wilmot's Late Orleans}. Fruit large, oblong, with a 

 well-marked suture, one side of which is higher than the 

 other. Skin deep reddish-purple, but paler on the shaded 

 side, and covered with thin blue bloom. Stalk three 

 quarters of an inch long, inserted in a deep cavity. Flesh 

 yellow, juicy, brisk, and of good flavour, adhering to the 

 stone. Shoots downy. 



A fine showy plum, and though only of second-rate 

 quality for the dessert, is excellent for preserving and 

 other culinary purposes. Ripe in the end of August. 

 This is sometimes, but erroneously, called Nectarine Plum. 



Gonne's Green Gage. See Yellow Gage. 



Great Damask. See Green Gage. 



GBEEN GAGE (Abricot Vert; Bradford Green Gage; 

 Brugnon Green Gage; Damas Vert; Daupliine ; Great 

 Green DamasJc ; Grosse Reine ; Ida Green Gage ; Isle- 

 worth Green Gage ; Mirabelle Vert Double ; Queen 

 Claudia ; Heine Claude ; Reine Claude Grosse ; Rens- 

 selaar Gape ; Schuyler Gage ; Sucrin Vert ; TrompJie 

 Garcon ; Trompe Valet; Verdacia ; Verdochio ; Vert 

 Bonne; Verte Tiquetee ; Wilmot's Green Gage). Fruit 

 medium sized, round, and a little flattened at both ends ; 

 dimpled at the apex, and marked on one side by a shallow 

 suture, which extends from the stalk to the apex. Skin 

 tender, yellowish-green, but, when fully ripe, becoming 

 of a deeper yellow, cloudedwith green, and marked with 

 crimson spots, and covered with thin ashy-grey bloom. 

 Stalk half an inch to three quarters long, inserted in a 

 small cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, tender, melting, 

 and very juicy, with a rich, sugary, and most delicious 

 flavour; it separates freely from the stone. Shoots smooth. 



One of the richest of all the plums. Ripe in the middle 

 and end of August. 



