. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. GOLDEN CHERRY GONZALES 201 a faint apricot flavor, somewhat acid when cooked ; fair in quality; stone adhering, turgid, oval, abruptly pointed at the base and apex, smooth and with a coating of yellowish-brown, cottony substance. GOLDEN CHERRY. P. cerasifera. Mar- ket Plum. Youngken Golden. This plum is one of the few cultivated representatives of P. cerasifera. It offers some attractions be- cause of real merit, and because it adds variety to the list of plums for fruit-growers. Some of its qualities are strongly marked, and the variety migh
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. GOLDEN CHERRY GONZALES 201 a faint apricot flavor, somewhat acid when cooked ; fair in quality; stone adhering, turgid, oval, abruptly pointed at the base and apex, smooth and with a coating of yellowish-brown, cottony substance. GOLDEN CHERRY. P. cerasifera. Mar- ket Plum. Youngken Golden. This plum is one of the few cultivated representatives of P. cerasifera. It offers some attractions be- cause of real merit, and because it adds variety to the list of plums for fruit-growers. Some of its qualities are strongly marked, and the variety might prove of value in plant-breeding. Golden Cherr\^ originated with Samuel Reeves, Salem, New Jersey, as a seedling of Myro- balan, in the early part of the last century. Tree large, vigorous, spreading, dense-topped, unpro- ductive ; branches slender, sparingly thorny. Leaves oval, 1 inch wide, 2 inches long ; margin serrate, with few small glands; petiole reddish, eglandular; blooming season early. Flowers well distributed on lateral buds and spurs. Fruit very early; 1^4 inches in diameter, greenish-yellow, changing to pale j'ellow with a tinge of red, overspread with thin bloom; flesh pale yellow, very juicy, melting, sweet next to the skin but rather tart at the pit; aromatic ; good. Stone clinging, oval, with a nearly smooth surface. GOLDEN DROP. P. domestica. Coe's Golden Drop. Golden Gage. Silver Prune. Well grown, this variety produces the largest, handsomest, and best of the yellow plums; but in many regions, even in the hands of the most careful growers, the trees do not reach perfection. Thus, in eastern America, trees of Golden Drop lack vigor; and, while hardy, the fruit-buds are often caught by cold; they are slow in growth; and have a precarious existence because of insects and diseases. The fruits need a long season to reach perfect maturity, often failing to ripen where other plums mature well; they are used for all pur- poses to which plums are put—fo
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