GOLD MEDAL. (Ryland Surprise.) Culinary, end 

 August to September, large, 4^ by 3j, flat conical. 

 Colour, yellowish-green. Flesh soit, white, slightly 

 acid. Eye, closed, segments reflexed, in a shallow 

 and ribbed basin. Stem, very short in a very wide 

 and deep cavity. Growth, sturdy and compact, 

 making twiggy snoots, which become tortuous when 

 tree ages ; fertile. Leaf, round, rather large, slightly 

 upfolded, undulated, serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. 

 Troughton, a nurseryman, at Preston, and introduced 

 about 1882. Originally called Ryland Surprise. Now 

 little grown, Grenadier having replaced it. It is 

 often confused with this apple owing to their having 

 been mixed when introduced ; see under Grenadier. 



Gold Reinette : see Reinette du Canada. 



GOOSEBERRY. Her. Pom., 43. Culinary, Novem- 

 ber to June, medium to large, 3 by 2f, square 

 round, irregular. Colour, pea green to pale yellow, 

 with occasional slight brown flush. Flesh, tender, 

 greenish, acid. Eye, half open, in a deep, wide much 

 plaited basin. Stem, stout, fairly long, in a rather 

 deep cavity from which russet veins spread out over 

 the base of fruit. Growth, vigorous ; fertile. Origin, 

 undiscovered. Known for over 100 years. Not to 

 be confused with the Gooseberry Apple of Ronalds. 

 This apple is still to be found in old orchards. 



GOSPATRICK. Culinary, till March, medium, 

 2} by 2|, rounded-oblong, irregular. Colour, pale 

 greenish-yellow. Flesh, sweetish, firm, pale yellow, 

 of no particular merit. Growth, moderate ; fertility, 

 fair. Leaf, medium, long, narrow, pale, flat, doubly 

 serrate. Origin, raised by Mr. Charles Ross, in 1875, 

 from Golden Reinette, and introduced by Messrs. 

 Bunyard & Co., Maidstone. Not worthy of retention. 



Gowrie : see Tower of Glamis. 

 Graf en Apfel : see Gravenstein. 

 Grand Sultan : see White Transparent. 



