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Mary Holman, female; Mrs. F. J. Close, female; Pride of Butler 



female; Red Flush, female; Red Spice, female; Sleigh Bells, female; 

 Thanksgiving, female; Valentine, female. 



Grandpappy (J. V. Whitfield, Holly Letter 33, p. 2. 1969, as "Grand- 

 pappy holly") — original tree in the wild 3 miles northeast of New Bern, 

 North Carolina, on the property of J. W. Laughinghouse ; this tree was 

 determined in 1961 by the State of North Carolina Holly Tree Com- 

 mission to be the largest and oldest known specimen of J. opaca with a 

 circumference of 11 feet, 1 inch; it was 72 feet tall, had a 45-foot spread, 

 and was 198 years old; in 1965 the State of North Carolina purchased 

 this tree along with 3 acres of land for the preservation of this tree and 

 as a State park; in trod. 1968 by Steed Nurs., Candor, North Carolina. 

 Holly Letter 40, 1971 — narrow upright with horizontal branching; 

 leaves moderate size, broadly ovate, curved, keeled, 3 to 4 spines each 

 side; male, flowering in early May; Holly Soc. Amer. Registr. No. 1-71 

 by Thad Eure, Chairman, State of North Carolina Holly Arboretum 

 Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina. 



Gravatt (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 29. 1953, with- 

 out descr.) — select, at Frederick, Maryland, by F. L. O'Rourke; named 

 for G. F. Gravatt, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Mary- 

 land. Female. 



Greaser (Hume, Natl. Hort. Mag. 26(3) : 172. 1947)— everbearing with 

 good fruit and foliage; orig. on Mt. Lookout at about 2,500-foot elev. 

 in West Virginia; in trod, by State of West Virginia. Wister and others, 

 Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 29. 1953, without descr.) — discov. by 

 G. Greaser; select, before 1947 by W. C. Frierson. 



Great Smoky (Wister and others, Holly Soc. Amer. Bui. 6, p. 29. 1953, 

 female without descr.) — select, about 1930 by E. Dilatush. Native 

 American Holly Farm, Manheim, Pennsylvania, Cat. 1959 — large 

 leaves, good color throughout winter; fruit large, brilliant. 



Greenleaf (Monrovia Nurs., Azusa, California, advert, in Amer. 

 Nurseryman 129(4): 71. 1969, without descr.). Monrovia Nurs., Azusa, 

 California, Cat. p. 89. 1971 — upright, densely branched, strong growing; 

 leaves bright green; fruit red. In keeping with the intent of the Inter- 

 national Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants — 1969, item g, 

 page 19, the International Registration Authority for Ilex must decide 

 that the word "greenleaf" is unsuitable for use as a cultivar name. This 

 word reflects an attribute common to all hollies, as well as to the vast 

 majority of higher plants in the plant kingdom. 



Greta (Angelica Nurs., Mohnton, Pennsylvania, Cat. Fall 1953— Spring 

 1954) — pyramidal, slow growing; holds fruit well. 



Griscom (J. J. White, Whitesbog, New Jersey, Cat. 1942, female with- 

 out descr., photograph only). H. G. Mattoon, Plants & Gardens 3(4): 

 238. 1947 — leaves very glossy; fruit oval, very large, glossy. Hume, 



