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Golden Pippin – Grosse Calebasse

Golden Pippin

Dessert. Fruit small, very excellent flavour. November to January. A well-known and highly-esteemed sort.

Golden Reinette

Dessert. Fruit rather small, yellowish red, streaked with re; flavour excellent, sweet and rich. One of the best and most useful of dessert apples. October to December.

Gravenstein

Kitchen. Fruit large, handsome, sweet and crisp. November to January. A very prolific sort.

Gilliflower

A name corrupted from the French Giroflee; it is also written

Glenton Green

(F). Fruit medium, oblong, with very hairy, thick skin. Leaves pubescent above. Branches pendulous.

Green Gascoigne

(F). Fruit deep green, small, round, hairy; early. Branches erect. Free bearer.

Green London

(s). Fruit bright green, medium, smooth. Branches short-jointed, spreading.

Green Overall

(F). Fruit dark green, of good flavour, medium size, smooth. Branches spreading. An excellent variety.

Green River

Fruit deep green, smooth, medium, oval. Branches spreading.

Green Walnut

(F). Fruit dark green, smooth, medium, obovate; skin thin; early. Branches long, spreading. SYNS. Nonpareil, Smooth Green.

Gregory's Perfection

Fruit green, downy, large, round. Branches pendulous. Good late variety.

Grosse Calebasse

Fruit of immense size, pyriform; eye small, in a deep basin; skin pale grey-russet, slightly flushed. A good stewing Pear, recommended for its size.