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Grimwood's Early Orleans. See Early Orleans. 

 Grosse Luisante. See White Magnum JBonum. 

 Grosse Beine. See Green Gage. 

 Grosse Rouge de Septembre. See Belle de Septemlre. 

 Grove House Purple. See Father ingJiam. 



GUTHBIE'S APRICOT. Fruit above medium size, 

 roundisli-oval. Skin yellow, strewed with crimson dots, 

 and covered with thin bloom. Stalk rather long, set in 

 a small depression. Flesh yellow, rather coarse, juicy 

 and sweet, adhering to the stone. Shoots smooth. 



A second-rate dessert plum. Ripe in the end of August. 



Guthrie's Aunt Ann. See Aunt Ann. 



GUTHRIE'S LATE GREEN. Fruit above medium size, 

 round, marked with a suture, which is swollen on one 

 side. Skin yellow, clouded with green, and covered with 

 a thin bloom. Stalk three quarters of an inch long, 

 inserted in a small cavity. Flesh yellow, firm, not very 

 juicy, but exceedingly rich and sugary, adhering slightly 

 to the stone. Shoots smooth. 



A very fine dessert plum,, rivalling the Green Gage, 

 and ripening about a month later the end of September. 

 The tree is hardy, and a good bearer. 



Hampton Court. See Early Orleans. 

 Howell's Large. See Nectarine. 



HULINGS' SUPERB (Gloire de Neiv York; Keyser's 

 Plum}. Fruit very large, roundish-oval, marked with a 

 shallow suture. Skin greenish-yellow, covered with a 

 thin bloom. Stalk short and stout, inserted in a small 

 round cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, rather coarse, but 

 rich and sugary, and with a fine brisk flavour j it adheres 

 to the stone. Shoots downy. 



A fine, large, and richly-flavoured plum. Ripe in the 

 end of August. 



ICKWORTH'S IMPERATRICE (Knight's No. 6). Fruit 

 large, obovate. Skin purple, marked with yellow streaks. 

 Stalk stout, an inch or more in length. Flesh greenish- 

 yellow, tender and juicy, with a rich, sugary flavour, 

 and adhering to the stone. Shoots smooth. 



An excellent late dessert plum. Ripe in October. It 

 will hang till it shrivels, and is then very rich in flavour. 



Imperatrice. See Slue Imperatrice. 



