Gold Dust. 1. Ill. Hort. Soc. Rpt. 107. 1882. 2. Boonville Nur. Cat. 18. 1912.
Gold Dust originated with J. C. Evans, Howell County, Missouri. The peaches on the Station grounds are very attractive. Trees moderately productive; glands reniform, large; flowers appear in mid-season, small; fruit large, roundish-cordate, halves unequal; apex ends in a small, recurved, mamelon tip; skin thin but tough, heavily pubescent, golden-yellow, overspread with lively red and with few splashes of darker red; flesh tinged at the pit, juicy, meaty, sprightly; quality fair; stone adherent, large, oval to ovate, acutely pointed at the apex; ripens late in September.
Gold Mine. 1. Greening Bros. Cat. 85. 1901. 2. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul. 44:45, Pl. 1910.
G. E. Prater, Paw Paw, Michigan, grew and introduced Gold Mine. It is a cross between Barnard and Late Crawford, resembling the latter parent. On the Station grounds the variety lacks productiveness; trees vigorous, hardy; glands small, globose; flowers appear in mid-season, small; fruit large, oval to cordate, halves decidedly unequal; apex with a large, mucronate tip; skin thick, tough, coarsely pubescent, greenish-yellow, blushed with dull red; flesh yellow except at the pit, juicy, coarse, sprightly, pleasing; quality good; pit free, large, ovate, plump, tinged with purple; ripens late in September.
Golden. 1. Horticulturist N. S. 7:178. 1857.
Golden is a mediocre variety from Georgia.
Golden Ampère. 1. Mas Pom. Gen. 12:185. 1883.
Listed in this reference.
Golden Ball. 1. Elliott Fr. Book 292. 1854.
Golden Ball is of American origin. Glands globose; fruit large, roundish, orange-yellow; flesh stained at the stone, juicy; freestone; ripens early in September.