Gates Cling. 1. Wickson Cal. Fruits 312. 1889.
Originated and named by J. W. Gates, Vacaville, California. Trees tender; fruit large; skin too tender for shipping, silver-white, with a red blush; flesh white, firm; pit large, irregular.
Gather Late October. 1. Van Lindley Cat. 19. 1892.
A very late clingstone listed by Van Lindley, Pomona, North Carolina.
Gaylord. 1. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 614. 1869. 2. Tex. Sta. Bul. 39:812. 1896.
A peach grown in Mississippi by Dr. M. W. Phillips. Tree fairly vigorous, but not productive; glands large, round; flowers small; fruit resembles Crothers, large, round, with a pointed apex; skin creamy-white, heavily pubescent; flesh white, juicy, rich; freestone; ripens the middle of August.
Geary. 1. Budd-Hansen Am. Hort. Man. 2:346. 1903.
Gearys Hold-On. 2. Gard. Mon. 19:174. 1877. 3. Hood Cat. 31. 1905.
Hold-On. 4. Fulton Peach Cult. 176. 1908.
Geary is said to be a seedling of Smock; on the Station grounds it ripens with it. Tree large, vigorous but not very productive, slightly drooping; leaves finely serrate, with large, reniform glands; flowers small, faded pink, darker at the edges; fruit above medium in size, oval, halves unequal; cavity deep, sides drawn up forming a prune-like neck; tip mucronate; skin tough, covered with short pubescence, golden-yellow, slightly splashed with darker red on a dull blush; flesh pale yellow, stained at the pit, rather dry, coarse, sweet; fair in quality; stone large, oval, flattened, more or less pointed, free.
Gebhardt. 1. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul. 44:41. 1910.
A locally known seedling of Hale Early grown by Benton Gebhardt, Oceana County, Michigan, about 1878. It is valued for high quality in fruit. Tree hardy and an early and regular bearer, not very susceptible to fungus; fruit above medium in size, roundish-oblong, flattened slightly at the ends; cavity broad; suture continuous, deeper at the ends; skin velvety, creamy-white, with a solid, dark crimson cheek; flesh creamy-white, tender, juicy, mild subacid, aromatic; quality very good; stone free; ripens just before Early Michigan.