Gordon. 1. Harrison Cat. 13. 1904.
Gordon is a very late variety from J. G. Harrison and Sons, Berlin, Maryland. The trees are not productive on the Station grounds. Glands small, globose; flowers appear late; fruit large, oval-cordate, halves unequal; apex tipped with a recurved, mamelon tip; skin tough, covered with short pubescence, creamy-white, blushed with lively red, with a few dull splashes; flesh white, tinged at the stone, juicy, tender, rich; quality very good; stone large, oval to obovate, flattened, wedge-shape at the base, free; ripens at the last of September.
Gorgas. 1. Mag. Hort. 19:519. 1853. 2. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 615, 616. 1857. 3. Hoffy N. Am. Pom. No. 1, Pl. 1860. 4. Leroy Dict. Pom. 6:130, 131 fig. 1879.
Gorgas originated with Benjamin Gullis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from a stone of Morris White planted in the fall of 1846. The variety first fruited in 1850. Tree vigorous, bearing glandless leaves; fruit moderately large, roundish, with a swollen point at the apex; suture indistinct; color yellowish-white, clouded and blotched with red on the cheek; flesh white, stained at the stone which is free, firm, juicy, sweet and agreeably flavored; quality very good; ripens late in September.
Goshawk. 1. Jour. Hort. 3rd Ser. 13:494. 1886. 2. Bunyard-Thomas Fr. Gard. 113. 1904.
Autour. 3. Thomas Guide Prat. 55, 215. 1876.
Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, raised Goshawk from a seed of Coolidge impregnated with pollen from the Stanwick nectarine. On the Station grounds the trees are not vigorous; leaves devoid of glands; flowers large; fruit large; skin greenish-white, mottled with spots of dull red; flesh juicy, melting, brisk; ripens in mid-season.
Gough Late Red Clingstone. 1. Prince Treat. Fr. Trees 17. 1820.
Listed by Prince in 1820.
Governor. 1. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 75. 1873.
Governor is a seedling of President which it surpasses in quality of fruit. It originated with L. E. Berckmans of Rome, Georgia, many years ago. Fruit very large, roundish, regular; skin white, nearly covered with red and with a dark red cheek; flesh white, melting, vinous, aromatic, free; quality good; ripens the middle of August.