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tree, middle size, bears well. The Green Virgin, the Standard, and 

 Green Langlast, may be reckoned the most profitable winter apples in 

 this district.— M C. H. S. iv. 471. 



578. GREEN VIRGIN. 



Tree an excellent bearer ; bears when young ; fruit keeps well, is of 

 good quality, and of a fine yellow when kept. This is one of the most 

 valuable apples in the Carse of Gowrie, but only known in Gourdiehill 

 Orchard ; tree healthy, middle sized. — 31. C. IT. S. iv. 471. 



579. GREEN WINE 



A variety peculiar to the Carse of Gowrie orchards, in Perthshire. 

 Fruit, of excellent quality, tree bears well, but sickly when old. — 

 M. a H. S. iv. 474. 



580. GREY QUEENING. 



A medium sized dessert apple, of second-rate quality, it is of an oval 

 shape, green and russety color ; and is in use from December till 

 February.— Z?. S. C. n. 609. 



581. GRIDDLETON PIPPIN. 



This is a large angular-shaped apple, of a green color, with a little 

 blush towards the sun. It is a baking apple, and keeps till March. — 

 Fors. Treat. 105. 



582. GROSSER EDLER PRINZESSINAPFEL. 



Stnonyme. — Princesse Noble, ace. Did. 



Fruit, medium sized, two inches and three quarters broad, and about 

 the same in height ; somewhat conical. Skin, tender, covered with a 

 bloom when on the tree, and of a pale, waxen, yellowish-green, which 

 changes to deep yellow color as it ripens ; covered on the side exposed 

 to the sun, with broken stripes of beautiful crimson, and paler stripes 

 on the shaded side. Eye, closed, continues long green, set in a moderately 

 deep basin, which is surrounded with plaits, and small warts. Stalk, 

 very short and stout, sometimes only a fleshy knob, and set in a deep, 

 wide, smooth, and funnel-shaped cavity. Flesh, yellowish-white, firm, 

 juicy, and of a very pleasant, strong cinnamon, vinous, and sugary 

 flavor. 



A very excellent Dutch apple, of first-rate quality ; it is ripe in 

 November, and continues during the winter. 



The tree is a good grower, but does not attain over the middle size, 

 and is an early and excellent bearer. — Diet Kernobst. xi 24. 



583. GROSSE RHEINISCHER BOHNAPFEL. 



Fruit, large, three inches broad, and the same in height ; somewhat 

 conical. Skin, smooth, tender, greenish-yellow at first, but changing by 



