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87. Gloucestershire Creeper. — Fruit small, conical, light green; flesh soft 

 and svvccl ; keeps from August till December. Tree readily propagated by cuttings 

 or layers ; great bearer. 



88. Golden Harvey.— See Brandy Apple. 



89. Golden Knob. — An English seedling. Fruit small, roundish, gold and russet ; 

 flesh firm aiul juicy; keeps from October till April. Tree hardy. 



90. GoDOLPHiN. — Originated in Lord Godolphin's garden in 1792. Fruit large, 

 oblong, streaked with white, red, and yellow ; very beautiful ; flesh firm and acid. 

 Tree large, and a good bearer. 



91. GiLLVi LOWER. — Fruit large, oval, greenish where shaded, yellow and red 

 next the sun ; beautiful ; flesh crisp and vinous ; keeps from September till March. 

 Tree middlc-!>i/.cd, and a good bearer. 



92. GoLDEM Gloucester. — Fruit middle-sized, golden yellow where shaded, red 

 towards the sun ; keeps till March. 



93. Gravenstein Apple. — This is esteemed the best apple in Germany and the 

 Low Countries, and is well entitled to the high reputation it has acquired. Resem- 

 bles the Ribstoti pippin in size, and not unlike it in form. Ripens in October, and 

 will keep till December, and may be fairly considered a rival to our Ribston pippin. 

 The figure in this work was taken from a tree in the private garden of Mr. Lee, of 

 the Hammersmith nursery, by Mr. Hart, Jun. The name is derived from Graven- 

 stein, a ducal estate in Sleswick, and was first described by Hirschfeld. It is sup- 

 posed to have been accidentally raised from seed in the gardens of the Duke of 

 Augustenbcrg, in Holstein, although some suppose it to be of Italian origin. It is 

 highly esteemed all over the north of Europe, and by them considered one of their 

 best sorts. Fruit generally round, somewhat flattened, rather angular on the sides, 

 eye sunk in a deep cavity, surrounded by several projecting folds or knobs ; stalk 

 very short, deeply inserted; skin smooth, of a fine clear straw color, streaked with 

 red where exposed to the sun ; flesh of a pale yellow color, not very fine in texture, 

 juicy, and with a high vinous, sweet taste. 



91. Hall-door.— An esteemed Kentish apple. Fruit large, flat, yellowish green 

 where ihaded, streaked with red towards the sun ; flesh firm, acid ; in eating from 

 January till March. Tree vigorous, and a great bearer. 



95. Hubbard's Apple. — A Norfolk apple. Fruit middle-sized, not handsome, is 

 notwitlistiinding one of our best table apples ; is in eating from January till April. 



9G. JuNE-EATtNO, Jetietin, Gencton. — Fruit small, roundish, yellow, sometimes 

 reddish; flesh tender and juicy, rather sharp when not ripe; is apt to get mealy if 

 over-ripe; should be eaten from the tree. Is one of our earliest fruits, and keeps 

 for a week or so good. Tree of humble growth, suited for forcing or planting in 

 pots ; great bearer. Is ripe often in the end of June (hence the name), and always 

 in the beginning of July. 



97. July Flower Apple. — An excellent Cornish apple. Fruit conical, color yel- 

 lowish green, red towards the sun ; leaves remarkably long and narrow. Tree luxuriant 

 aiul irregular, not easily-trained ; the fruit, when cut, emits an agreeable perfume. 



98. Julien, or Early Jm//V7i.— Introduced by Mr. H. Ronalds, from Scotland. Is 

 a very excellent early variety, ripening in the beginning of August. Middle size, 

 of an irregular form, with many ribs or angles on the sides, which become very pro- 

 minent round the eye ; skin of a uniform pale yellow ; flesh approaching to yellow, 

 firm and crisp, having much the highest flavor of any of our early apples. 



99. L \dv's Finger. — An esteemed Scotch apple. Fruit middle-sized, conical, 

 rather long, approaching to cylindrical, yellowish where shaded, reddish where ex- 

 posed to the sun ; flesh delicate, juicy, and high flavored ; keeps from October till 

 DeceniU r. Tree rather small, pyramidal or upright, and a good bearer. 



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