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A variety from H. A. Terry not to be confused with the Golden of Burbank (Gold 

 of Stark Brothers). Fruit of medium size, roundish; cavity shallow, small; orange- 

 yellow and red; bloom thin; skin rather thick, astringent; flesh yellow, firm, meaty, 

 subacid; good; clingstone. 

 Gold Coin. Americana. 1. Terry Cat. 1900. 



An unknown variety mentioned by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, as the parent 

 of Coinage. 



Gold Colored. Americana, i. Wis. Sta. Bui. 63:39. 1897. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 

 150. 1901. 



From Edson Gaylord, Gaylord, Iowa. Fruit of medium size, bright yellow; stone 

 small, free. 

 Golden Cluster. Domestica. i. Montreal Hort. Soc. Rpt. 93. 1885. 



A seedling from Henry Corse of Montreal. Tree slow in growth, with long inter- 

 nodes; fruit of medium size, egg-shaped; hanging in dense clusters by firmly adherent 

 stems; gold, tinged with brown; flesh firm, pleasant; ripening season long. 

 Golden Gage. Domestica. N. Y. Sta. Rpt. 12:611. 1893. 



Golden Gage is a seedling of Golden Drop grown by J. T. Macomber, Grand Isle, 

 Vermont. Fruit small, oval; cavity shallow; suture a line; apex round; skin thin; 

 pale yellow with red specks; bloom thin; dots small; flesh yellow, very sweet; good; 

 stone oval, slightly necked; free; mid-season; of little commercial importance because 

 of inferior size and color. 

 Golden Gem. Species? 



A variety originating from seed with P. P. Dawson, Payette, Idaho. 

 Golden Prolific. Species? i. Ont. Fr. Exp. Sta. Rpt. 5:116. 1898. 



Tree vigorous, productive; fruit medium, yellow; very good; clingstone; poor 

 shipper. 



Golden Prune. Domestica. i. Wickson Cal. Fruits 360. 1891. 2. Cal. Sta. Bd. Hort. 

 112. 1891. 3. U. S. D. A. Rpt. 291. 1893. 4. Waugh Plum Cult. 105. 1901. 



Golden 2. 



Grown by Seth Lewelling, Milwaukee, Oregon, from a seed of the Italian Prune; 

 mentioned in the last two catalogs of the American Pomological Society. Fruit large, 

 oval; cavity small, round, shallow, abrupt; stem short; suture shallow; apex depressed, 

 sometimes cracking ; light yellow; bloom thin; dots numerous, yellow; skin thin; flesh 

 yellow, firm, tender, juicy; good; stone of medium size, long-oval, nearly free; mid- 

 season. 

 Golden Queen. Americana, i. Terry Cat. 1900. 2. III. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 426. 1905. 



Originated with H. A. Terry; first fruited in 1897. Tree characterized by its 

 luxuriant foliage ; fruit large, roundish-oblong, golden-yellow ; good ; said to be valuable 

 for dessert. 



Golden Transparent. Domestica. i. Card. World 10:448. 1893. 2. Rivers Cat. 34. 

 1898. 3. Thompson Card. Ass't 157. 1901. 



From Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England; closely allied to the Transparent 

 Gage, but is distinctly later and more golden in color ; an excellent dessert plum. 



