Bois (error), Monstrous Pippin, Ox Apple, Grosse de 

 St. Clement.) Culinary, till January, immense, 4 by 3j, 

 square conical, angular. Colour, grass-green, changing 

 to straw-yellow. Flesh, tender, white, sub-acid. Eye 

 open, in a deep wide, boldly ribbed basin. Stem, 

 short, in a very wide and deep russet cavity. Growth, 

 vigorous, upright ; fertility very poor. Leaf, large, 

 upcupped, undulating, boldly serrate . Origin, American . 

 Introduced to England from America in 1817. There 

 is some disagreement as to the origin of this apple. 

 It was first recorded in America in 1804. Too uncertain 

 a cropper in most parts. It cooks a brown colour, but 

 is very sweet and rich. 



Glory of Flanders : see Brabant Bellefleur. 

 Glory of the West : see Dutch Codlin. 

 Glory of the West : see EcklinviUle. 

 Goff : see Orange Gojff. 

 Golden Drop : see Court of Wick. 

 Golden Ducat : see Cobham. 



GOLDEN HARVEY. RonaMs, p. 23. F., Harvey 

 dore. (Brandy Apple, Round Russet Harvey.) 

 Dessert, till May, small, 2 by if, flattened, round, even. 

 Colour, greenish-yellow with dull red flush, covered 

 with thin russet. Flesh, firm, yellow, very sweet and 

 rich. Eye, open in a shallow basin, Stem, moderately 



Slong, in a small cavity. Growth, moderate ; fertile. 

 Leaf, rather small, nearly flat. Origin, English ; 

 known early in the seventeenth century. The original 

 tree was at the Royal Horticultural Show, at Chiswick, 

 in 1821. One of the good old sorts which have been 

 neglected. 



GOLDEN KNOB. Ronalds, p. 32. (Old Maid, 

 Old Lady.) Dessert, till May, very small, 2j by if, 

 round, flattened, regular. Colour, orange-brown, 



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